This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Mamelodi Sundowns at FNB Stadium when the CAF Champions League tournament arrives in town and Al Merreikh with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
This field uses grass, unlike Al Merreikh's home ground. The previous 27 games by the away team on grass have produced 10 wins, 5 draws and 12 losses.
Al Merreikh have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 6500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
This should be an absorbing fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both squads are well renewed since they last played a game. Bring it on!
Mamelodi Sundowns form and stats
Last season, Mamelodi's CAF Champions League journey ended in the quarter-finals against Al Ahly.10-2-0 is the performance here at FNB Stadium so far in the Premier League, giving Mamelodi Sundowns a total of 32 from their 12 games here. Outstanding results! This match is a CAF Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
Mamelodi Sundowns are returning here after visiting Al Hilal Omdurman in a CAF Champions League game and winning with a 4-2 scoreline.
The manager Mokwena will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Moroka Swallows in only four days.
The Mamelodi Sundowns manager Mokwena has got the team scoring with 26 from 12 home games in the league. From these home matches, Mamelodi have conceded only 7 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Al Merreikh form and stats
Al Merreikh's mission in CAF Champions League last season failed in the group stage.Four points from two away games for Al Merreikh, meaning one draw and one victory in the Sudan Premier League so far. When we have look at the CAF Champions League statistics, we find 3W-1D-5L. This is both home and away.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Alamal Atbara in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Al Shorta.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Al Merreikh has managed 4 goals and let in 1 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Al Merreikh - Mamelodi Sundowns 0-0 was the product when this pair of participants last played each other, earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  P. Shalulile 15 goals | T. Zwane 5 goals | P. Šafranko 4 goals |
Mamelodi Sundowns missing players
Al Merreikh missing players
| Mamelodi Sundowns | Al Merreikh | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 48 | 27 | Scored | S | 19 | 39 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Conceded | C | 10 | 22 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 40% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.3 | 7.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 7.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 45% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 64% | 61% | ||
| 6.7 | 5.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.7 | 6.2 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Al Ahly | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Al Merreikh | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 4 | Al Hilal Omdurman | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 28 | 51 |
| 2 | Real Kings | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 37 |
| 3 | Kaizer Chiefs | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 35 |
| 4 | Orlando Pirates | 23 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 35 |
| 5 | Cape Town City | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 33 |
| 6 | Stellenbosch | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 32 |
| 7 | SuperSport United | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 30 |
| 8 | Sekhukhune United | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 29 |
| 9 | AmaZulu | 23 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 29 |
| 10 | Tshakhuma | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 29 |
| 11 | Golden Arrows | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 28 |
| 12 | Maritzburg United | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 22 |
| 13 | Chippa United | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 21 |
| 14 | Moroka Swallows | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -12 | 18 |
| 15 | TS Galaxy | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 18 | -14 | 18 |
| 16 | Baroka | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 21 | -14 | 17 |
| 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 Ahly Shendi | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 24 |
| 2 | Al Hilal Port Sudan | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 3 | Al-Ahly Merowe | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 20 |
| 4 | Al Ahli Khartoum | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 20 |
| 5 | Hilal El-Fasher | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| 6 | Alamal Atbara | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 19 |
| 7 | Hay Al Arab | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| 8 | Wad Nubawi | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 9 | Tuti | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | Al Shorta | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | Kober | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 14 |
| 12 | Hay Al Wadi | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 13 | Hilal Obayed | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 12 |
| 14 | Al Merreikh | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 15 | Al Khartoum | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -10 | 9 |
| 16 | Al Hilal Omdurman | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
