All the facts and stats for the CAF Champions League clash: Rivers United - Al Hilal Omdurman

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Competition: Africa CAF Champions League
Competition: Sun 17.October
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium (25000 seats)

Rivers United host the first leg in this deciding CAF Champions League 2nd Preliminary Round game. Al Hilal Omdurman will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Al-Hilal Stadium before the return leg in 12 days.

These teams have little in common geographically as Al Hilal Omdurman have to travel 3900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Rivers United form and stats

Rivers have not come this way in the CAF Champions League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Young Africans.

Home games in the Npfl have been a walk in the park for Rivers United so far, with 51 points won from 19 matches; 16 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since Rivers tasted defeat here at Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last 38 home games in the league.

A nice win for Rivers last time playing, versus Young Africans. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with U. Onwuansanya scoring for the victors. The victory against Young Africans came after U. Onwuansanya's winning goal. The Rivers manager S. Eguma was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 55th minute.

In the game before, an away victory in the CAF Champions League match versus Young Africans with a 1-0 scoreline.

Rivers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium with 33 goals in 19 league matches. Defensively Rivers have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (6 in 19 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Al Hilal Omdurman form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated Fasil Ketema in order to reach 2nd preliminary round of CAF Champions League. Al Hilal Omdurman's mission in CAF Champions League last season failed in the group stage.

The away performances of Al Hilal Omdurman have been very solid so far with 12 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats in the Sudan Premier League. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. Things are running smoothly for Omdurman who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 15 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Al Merreikh.

Omdurman play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Al Hilal Kadougli.

Prior to that result Al Hilal Omdurman won their away game at Al Merreikh in the Sudan Premier League. The scoreline was 2-1.

Omdurman have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 32 goals from 15 away matches. The Omdurman defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (7 goals in 15 games).

Head 2 Head

Rivers United missing players

Al Hilal Omdurman missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rivers United Al Hilal Omdurman
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
12 10   Won W   10 18
7 3   Drew D   2 5
6 0   Lost L   1 2
33 20   Scored S   28 55
26 5   Conceded C   8 12
96% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 92%
68% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 80%
36% 23%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 44%
24% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   23% 24%
8% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 8%
52% 38%   BTTS BTTS   38% 28%
40% 62%   Clean Sheets C S   62% 68%
12% 8%   Failed to Score F T   0% 12%
 
4.3 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.1
3.6 1.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 3.2
1.7 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.4
1 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
11.2 13.7   Shots (avg) S (   5.3 6.8
4 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2 2.6
31% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   83% 65%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Akwa United 38 19 14 5 53 24 19 16 3 0 38 8 19 3 11 5 15 16 29 71
2 Enyimba 38 18 12 8 41 33 19 12 7 0 25 13 19 6 5 8 16 20 8 66
3 Kwara United 38 19 8 11 48 28 19 15 4 0 35 5 19 4 4 11 13 23 20 65
4 Nasarawa United 38 20 5 13 55 38 19 17 1 1 43 13 19 3 4 12 12 25 17 65
5 Kano Pillars 38 19 7 12 38 29 19 17 2 0 26 3 19 2 5 12 12 26 9 64
6 Rivers United 38 18 9 11 48 36 19 16 3 0 33 6 19 2 6 11 15 30 12 63
7 Enugu Rangers 38 18 8 12 43 31 19 16 2 1 32 6 19 2 6 11 11 25 12 62
8 Lobi Stars 38 17 7 14 43 39 19 16 3 0 35 11 19 1 4 14 8 28 4 58
9 Plateau United 38 14 9 15 45 35 19 13 5 1 35 8 19 1 4 14 10 27 10 51
10 MFM 38 13 12 13 34 35 19 11 6 2 23 11 19 2 6 11 11 24 -1 51
11 Akwa Starlets 38 15 5 18 37 47 19 12 3 4 30 18 19 3 2 14 7 29 -10 50
12 Katsina United 38 14 7 17 35 42 19 13 5 1 31 10 19 1 2 16 4 32 -7 49
13 Heartland 38 13 9 16 43 50 19 11 6 2 28 14 19 2 3 14 15 36 -7 48
14 Abia Warriors 38 12 11 15 48 42 19 12 3 4 35 16 19 0 8 11 13 26 6 47
15 Wikki Tourist 38 12 9 17 40 47 19 12 4 3 31 17 19 0 5 14 9 30 -7 45
16 Sunshine Stars 38 11 12 15 28 39 19 9 8 2 18 10 19 2 4 13 10 29 -11 45
17 Jigawa Golden Stars 38 11 10 17 29 46 19 10 7 2 19 9 19 1 3 15 10 37 -17 43
18 Warri Wolves 38 11 8 19 30 45 19 11 4 4 20 10 19 0 4 15 10 35 -15 41
19 Ifeanyi Uba 38 9 12 17 33 50 19 9 7 3 21 12 19 0 5 14 12 38 -17 39
20 Adamawa United 38 5 10 23 20 55 19 5 9 5 17 16 19 0 1 18 3 39 -35 25
  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 30 24 5 1 75 12 15 12 2 1 43 5 15 12 3 0 32 7 63 77
2 Al Merreikh 30 20 8 2 50 16 16 9 5 2 22 10 14 11 3 0 28 6 34 68
3 Hay Al Wadi 30 12 11 7 35 25 15 6 4 5 16 13 15 6 7 2 19 12 10 47
4 Hay Al Arab 30 11 9 10 26 32 15 6 4 5 13 16 15 5 5 5 13 16 -6 42
5 Al Khartoum 30 11 8 11 34 34 15 6 4 5 20 16 15 5 4 6 14 18 0 41
6 Hilal Obayed 30 10 11 9 25 32 15 4 9 2 14 14 15 6 2 7 11 18 -7 41
7 Alamal Atbara 30 10 9 11 25 29 15 5 5 5 9 12 15 5 4 6 16 17 -4 39
8 Al-Ahly Merowe 30 9 11 10 24 28 15 6 5 4 14 13 15 3 6 6 10 15 -4 38
9 Hilal El-Fasher 30 10 8 12 35 41 14 5 3 6 18 21 16 5 5 6 17 20 -6 38
10 Al Hilal Port Sudan 30 10 5 15 27 33 15 5 1 9 10 18 15 5 4 6 17 15 -6 35
11 Al Shorta 30 8 11 11 26 36 14 2 5 7 10 19 16 6 6 4 16 17 -10 35
12 Al Ahly Shendi 30 9 7 14 21 27 16 5 3 8 11 15 14 4 4 6 10 12 -6 34
13 Tuti 30 8 10 12 26 39 15 3 6 6 13 20 15 5 4 6 13 19 -13 34
14 Al Ahli Khartoum 30 7 11 12 17 28 15 5 5 5 12 14 15 2 6 7 5 14 -11 32
15 Al Hilal Kadougli 30 5 10 15 22 39 15 2 5 8 9 19 15 3 5 7 13 20 -17 25
16 Merreikh El-Fasher 30 6 6 18 15 32 15 2 4 9 7 17 15 4 2 9 8 15 -17 24

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 30 24 5 1 75 12 15 12 2 1 43 5 15 12 3 0 32 7 63 77
2 Al Merreikh 30 20 8 2 50 16 16 9 5 2 22 10 14 11 3 0 28 6 34 68
3 Hay Al Wadi 30 12 11 7 35 25 15 6 4 5 16 13 15 6 7 2 19 12 10 47
4 Hay Al Arab 30 11 9 10 26 32 15 6 4 5 13 16 15 5 5 5 13 16 -6 42
5 Al Khartoum 30 11 8 11 34 34 15 6 4 5 20 16 15 5 4 6 14 18 0 41
6 Hilal Obayed 30 10 11 9 25 32 15 4 9 2 14 14 15 6 2 7 11 18 -7 41
7 Alamal Atbara 30 10 9 11 25 29 15 5 5 5 9 12 15 5 4 6 16 17 -4 39
8 Al-Ahly Merowe 30 9 11 10 24 28 15 6 5 4 14 13 15 3 6 6 10 15 -4 38
9 Hilal El-Fasher 30 10 8 12 35 41 14 5 3 6 18 21 16 5 5 6 17 20 -6 38
10 Al Hilal Port Sudan 30 10 5 15 27 33 15 5 1 9 10 18 15 5 4 6 17 15 -6 35
11 Al Shorta 30 8 11 11 26 36 14 2 5 7 10 19 16 6 6 4 16 17 -10 35
12 Al Ahly Shendi 30 9 7 14 21 27 16 5 3 8 11 15 14 4 4 6 10 12 -6 34
13 Tuti 30 8 10 12 26 39 15 3 6 6 13 20 15 5 4 6 13 19 -13 34
14 Al Ahli Khartoum 30 7 11 12 17 28 15 5 5 5 12 14 15 2 6 7 5 14 -11 32
15 Al Hilal Kadougli 30 5 10 15 22 39 15 2 5 8 9 19 15 3 5 7 13 20 -17 25
16 Merreikh El-Fasher 30 6 6 18 15 32 15 2 4 9 7 17 15 4 2 9 8 15 -17 24

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