Struggling Al-Ahli Atbara will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Al Merreikh in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Al Merreikh have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 8-4-8 (win-draw-loss) from 20 matches.
Al-Ahli Atbara form and stats
Al-Ahli Atbara's results here in the Sudan Premier League have been very modest with 1 victory, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
The Al-Ahli Atbara fans got no joy from their last match, a Sudan Premier League game also here: A 1-2 defeat against Al Ahli Khartoum (placed 11th). Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Hilal El-Fasher.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Al-Ahli Atbara as they have a new game in only one day, a Sudan Premier League match thankfully also at home. Hay Al Wadi are visiting.
Al-Ahli Atbara have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 9 goals in 6 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Al-Ahli Atbara with 12 goals conceded in these matches.
Al Merreikh form and stats
4 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Al Merreikh, who have the most points (12) away in Sudan Premier League, playing as the away team in the Sudan Premier League this season. It’s been three wins in a row for Al Merreikh on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
It's the second away game in a row for Al Merreikh, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Al Rabta Kosti (placed 12th) in the Sudan Premier League last time out. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Al Khartoum.
Al Merreikh are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 8 times in 5 away games so far. 5 goals have been conceded by Al Merreikh in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Al-Ahli Atbara won 1 game, 0 matches ended with a draw and Al Merreikh has 8 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 6 / 3Al-Ahli Atbara missing players
Al Merreikh missing players
| Al-Ahli Atbara | Al Merreikh | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 7 | 8 | 12 |
| 24 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 67% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 25% |
| 17% | 17% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 12% |
| 58% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 38% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
- Al Merreikh has the most points (12) away
- Al Merreikh have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Merreikh have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Merreikh haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Al-Ahli Atbara has the fewest points (4) at home
- Al-Ahli Atbara has the most conceded goals (12) at home
- Al-Ahli Atbara has the most conceded goals (24)
- Al-Ahli Atbara has the the worst goal difference (-12)
- Al-Ahli Atbara has the the worst goal difference (-3) at home
- Al-Ahli Atbara have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al-Ahli Atbara have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Al-Ahli Atbara haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- All of Al-Ahli Atbara's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Alamal Atbara | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 24 |
| 2 | Al Hilal Omdurman | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 19 |
| 3 | Hay Al Arab | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 4 | Al Ahly Shendi | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 5 | Al Merreikh | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 6 | Hilal Obayed | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 | Merreikh El-Fasher | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | Hay Al Wadi | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 9 | Al Fallah | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 10 | Al Khartoum | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 11 | Al Ahli Khartoum | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 12 | Al Rabta Kosti | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | Al Shorta | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 10 |
| 14 | Al-Ahly Merowe | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 15 | Al Hilal Kadougli | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 16 | Hilal El-Fasher | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -7 | 9 |
| 17 | Al-Ahli Atbara | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -12 | 5 |