Struggling Al-Ahli Atbara will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Merreikh El-Fasher in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Merreikh El-Fasher have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Al-Ahli Atbara form and stats
Al-Ahli Atbara's results here at Stade Al-Amal Atbara in the Sudan Premier League have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Al-Ahli Atbara drew their last game, also a home match. Hay Al Wadi (placed 7th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Merreikh El-Fasher (0-5).
Al-Ahli Atbara are traveling soon after this match as the Sudan Premier League match at Al Hilal Omdurman awaits in three days.
Al-Ahli Atbara has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Al-Ahli Atbara have conceded 13 from these games.
Merreikh El-Fasher form and stats
3 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Merreikh El-Fasher playing as the away team in the Sudan Premier League this season.
Two travels in a row for Merreikh El-Fasher, whose manager could celebrate last time after the Sudan Premier League win against Al Rabta Kosti. Before that, Merreikh El-Fasher secured a home win against Al-Ahli Atbara with the score 5-0.
After this away game Merreikh El-Fasher return home for a Sudan Premier League game against Al Ahly Shendi. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Merreikh El-Fasher when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Merreikh El-Fasher are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Merreikh El-Fasher - Al-Ahli Atbara 5-0 entered in the official records. Al-Ahli Atbara-Merreikh El-Fasher H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al-Ahli Atbara five wins, Merreikh El-Fasher four wins, one draw. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Al-Ahli Atbara missing players
Merreikh El-Fasher missing players
| Al-Ahli Atbara | Merreikh El-Fasher | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | 11 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 37 | 13 | 9 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 82% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 88% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 33% | 53% |
| 59% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 35% |
| 41% | 38% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 29% | 25% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 47% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 22% | 29% |
| 29% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 56% | 53% |
| 41% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 100% | 100% |
- Al-Ahli Atbara has the fewest points (8) at home
- Al-Ahli Atbara has the most conceded goals (13) at home
- Al-Ahli Atbara has the most conceded goals (37)
- Al-Ahli Atbara has the the worst goal difference (-22)
- Al-Ahli Atbara have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Al-Ahli Atbara have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Merreikh El-Fasher have created more than twice as many corners as Al-Ahli Atbara.
| 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 Merreikh | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 20 | 38 |
| 2 | Al Hilal Omdurman | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 35 |
| 3 | Alamal Atbara | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 31 |
| 4 | Merreikh El-Fasher | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
| 5 | Hay Al Arab | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -4 | 27 |
| 6 | Hilal Obayed | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 26 |
| 7 | Hay Al Wadi | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 24 |
| 8 | Al Ahly Shendi | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 23 |
| 9 | Al Khartoum | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 21 |
| 10 | Al-Ahly Merowe | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 20 |
| 11 | Al Fallah | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 15 | -7 | 20 |
| 12 | Hilal El-Fasher | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -7 | 20 |
| 13 | Al Ahli Khartoum | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 19 |
| 14 | Al Rabta Kosti | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 21 | -14 | 15 |
| 15 | Al Hilal Kadougli | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -12 | 13 |
| 16 | Al Shorta | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -12 | 13 |
| 17 | Al-Ahli Atbara | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 24 | -22 | 10 |