It's CAF Champions League time and the hopeful contenders are Arta / SIHD and Al Merreikh

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Competition: Africa CAF Champions League
Competition: Sun 11.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade El Hadj Hassan Gouled (40000 seats)

Arta / SIHD host the first leg in this deciding CAF Champions League 1st Preliminary Round game. Al Merreikh will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Al-Merreikh Stadium before the return leg in 6 days.

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Arta / SIHD form and stats

Last season their CAF Champions League adventure ended in the 1st preliminary round against Tusker.

7-2-0 is the performance here at Stade El Hadj Hassan Gouled so far in the Division 1, giving Arta / SIHD a total of 23 from their 9 games here. Outstanding results!

Arta's last game was hosting Arhiba and winning 12-1. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Arta / SIHD played a great game against Arhiba and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

Before that, Arta / SIHD drew at home versus Gendarmerie.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Arta / SIHD is on fire here. A stunning 32 from 9 league matches. Defensively Arta have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 9 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Al Merreikh form and stats

Al Merreikh was sent out of CAF Champions League in the group stage last season.

Al Merreikh's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Al Merreikh collect 33 points from their 15 away matches in the Sudan Premier League. 9 victories and 6 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats).

Al Merreikh are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the game against Kober.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Alamal Atbara in the Sudan Premier League.

Merreikh has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 24 goals from 15 games. Al Merreikh are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 6 away goals have been conceded so far.

Head 2 Head

Arta / SIHD missing players

Al Merreikh missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Arta / SIHD Al Merreikh
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
18 10   Won W   8 18
5 3   Drew D   5 7
2 0   Lost L   0 0
74 44   Scored S   20 45
24 10   Conceded C   5 9
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   77% 84%
88% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 72%
60% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   23% 32%
48% 54%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 20%
32% 31%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 8%
60% 62%   BTTS BTTS   38% 32%
32% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   62% 68%
8% 0%   Failed to Score F T   23% 16%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
0 0   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0 0
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
0 0   Shots (avg) S (   0 0
0 0   Shots on Target (avg) S O   0 0
0% 0%   Goal Efficiency G E   0% 0%
 
0 0   Shots against (avg) S A   0 0
0 0   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   0 0

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arta / SIHD 18 14 3 1 55 12 9 7 2 0 32 4 9 7 1 1 23 8 43 45
2 Port 18 10 5 3 39 19 9 4 3 2 18 10 9 6 2 1 21 9 20 35
3 Guelleh / GR 18 10 5 3 29 14 9 6 2 1 14 3 9 4 3 2 15 11 15 35
4 ASAS 18 10 4 4 34 18 8 4 3 1 15 8 10 6 1 3 19 10 16 34
5 Gendarmerie 18 7 6 5 21 21 9 5 2 2 12 9 9 2 4 3 9 12 0 27
6 Police Nationale 18 7 5 6 24 21 9 4 2 3 15 12 9 3 3 3 9 9 3 26
7 Dikhil 18 4 7 7 21 23 9 3 3 3 13 10 9 1 4 4 8 13 -2 19
8 Hayabley 18 4 2 12 25 33 9 2 1 6 15 15 9 2 1 6 10 18 -8 14
9 EAD / PK 12 18 3 5 10 11 24 10 2 3 5 6 11 8 1 2 5 5 13 -13 14
10 Arhiba 18 0 0 18 17 91 9 0 0 9 11 43 9 0 0 9 6 48 -74 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Al Hilal Omdurman 29 23 5 1 56 13 14 11 3 0 26 7 15 12 2 1 30 6 43 74
2 Al Merreikh 29 21 8 0 52 10 14 12 2 0 28 4 15 9 6 0 24 6 42 71
3 Al Hilal Port Sudan 29 12 9 8 33 28 14 3 7 4 12 12 15 9 2 4 21 16 5 45
4 Hilal El-Fasher 29 10 9 10 27 28 15 5 6 4 16 15 14 5 3 6 11 13 -1 39
5 Al Ahly Shendi 29 11 6 12 24 26 14 4 3 7 10 14 15 7 3 5 14 12 -2 39
6 Al Ahli Khartoum 29 11 6 12 22 24 15 6 2 7 12 14 14 5 4 5 10 10 -2 39
7 Kober 28 9 9 10 28 28 14 4 6 4 14 14 14 5 3 6 14 14 0 36
8 Wad Nubawi 29 8 12 9 23 27 15 5 6 4 13 13 14 3 6 5 10 14 -4 36
9 Al-Ahly Merowe 29 8 11 10 33 38 15 5 5 5 16 17 14 3 6 5 17 21 -5 35
10 Tuti 29 8 10 11 21 26 15 3 7 5 9 12 14 5 3 6 12 14 -5 34
11 Hay Al Arab 29 7 12 10 18 21 14 3 3 8 8 14 15 4 9 2 10 7 -3 33
12 Al Shorta 28 8 7 13 27 36 14 5 5 4 14 13 14 3 2 9 13 23 -9 31
13 Hay Al Wadi 29 7 10 12 21 30 14 4 4 6 11 17 15 3 6 6 10 13 -9 31
14 Alamal Atbara 29 6 12 11 21 35 15 3 6 6 10 21 14 3 6 5 11 14 -14 30
15 Hilal Obayed 29 8 4 17 23 39 14 5 1 8 12 19 15 3 3 9 11 20 -16 28
16 Al Khartoum 29 5 8 16 29 49 15 2 3 10 13 28 14 3 5 6 16 21 -20 23

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Al Hilal Omdurman 29 23 5 1 56 13 14 11 3 0 26 7 15 12 2 1 30 6 43 74
2 Al Merreikh 29 21 8 0 52 10 14 12 2 0 28 4 15 9 6 0 24 6 42 71
3 Al Hilal Port Sudan 29 12 9 8 33 28 14 3 7 4 12 12 15 9 2 4 21 16 5 45
4 Hilal El-Fasher 29 10 9 10 27 28 15 5 6 4 16 15 14 5 3 6 11 13 -1 39
5 Al Ahly Shendi 29 11 6 12 24 26 14 4 3 7 10 14 15 7 3 5 14 12 -2 39
6 Al Ahli Khartoum 29 11 6 12 22 24 15 6 2 7 12 14 14 5 4 5 10 10 -2 39
7 Kober 28 9 9 10 28 28 14 4 6 4 14 14 14 5 3 6 14 14 0 36
8 Wad Nubawi 29 8 12 9 23 27 15 5 6 4 13 13 14 3 6 5 10 14 -4 36
9 Al-Ahly Merowe 29 8 11 10 33 38 15 5 5 5 16 17 14 3 6 5 17 21 -5 35
10 Tuti 29 8 10 11 21 26 15 3 7 5 9 12 14 5 3 6 12 14 -5 34
11 Hay Al Arab 29 7 12 10 18 21 14 3 3 8 8 14 15 4 9 2 10 7 -3 33
12 Al Shorta 28 8 7 13 27 36 14 5 5 4 14 13 14 3 2 9 13 23 -9 31
13 Hay Al Wadi 29 7 10 12 21 30 14 4 4 6 11 17 15 3 6 6 10 13 -9 31
14 Alamal Atbara 29 6 12 11 21 35 15 3 6 6 10 21 14 3 6 5 11 14 -14 30
15 Hilal Obayed 29 8 4 17 23 39 14 5 1 8 12 19 15 3 3 9 11 20 -16 28
16 Al Khartoum 29 5 8 16 29 49 15 2 3 10 13 28 14 3 5 6 16 21 -20 23

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