A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and 17th place in the table will show on the pitch.
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.
This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike Al-Ahli Atbara's home stadium. The visitors last eleven games on artificial turf have ended in 0 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses.
Al Ahly Shendi form and stats
2-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Sudan Premier League numbers at home for Al Ahly Shendi so far this season.
The home team returns after sharing the points with Al Fallah (placed 7th) on their last time out; the Sudan Premier League game ended 0-0. Before that game, the 5-0 home victory against Al Rabta Kosti.
Goals decide football matches and Al Ahly Shendi are scoring many of them at home; 9 on target from 4 league matches. Al Ahly Shendi's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al-Ahli Atbara form and stats
The visitors are W0-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Sudan Premier League.
The manager was unhappy after their last game, a Sudan Premier League match played at their home ground. Al-Ahli Atbara suffered a 2-4 loss to Alamal Atbara (placed 2nd). Before that, Al-Ahli Atbara travelled to Al Hilal Kadougli and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Al-Ahli Atbara, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Al-Ahli Atbara are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 4 away games. Al-Ahli Atbara have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's 8 Al Ahly Shendi victories, 1 draw and 0 Al-Ahli Atbara wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.Al Ahly Shendi missing players
Al-Ahli Atbara missing players
| Al Ahly Shendi | Al-Ahli Atbara | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 15 | 9 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 86% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 71% |
| 62% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 57% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 12% | 25% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 57% |
| 38% | 25% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 75% | 43% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Al Ahly Shendi have created more than twice as many corners as Al-Ahli Atbara.
- Al Ahly Shendi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Ahly Shendi have scored more than double the goals of Al-Ahli Atbara.
- Al Ahly Shendi have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Al Ahly Shendi haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Al-Ahli Atbara have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Al-Ahli Atbara have yet to win a game.
- All of Al Ahly Shendi'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 | Al Hilal Omdurman | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 |
| 2 | Alamal Atbara | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Al Ahly Shendi | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Al Merreikh | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Hay Al Wadi | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Hilal Obayed | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | Al Fallah | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -3 | 11 |
| 8 | Hay Al Arab | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -7 | 11 |
| 9 | Merreikh El-Fasher | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | Al Hilal Kadougli | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Al Shorta | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 12 | Al Khartoum | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Hilal El-Fasher | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 14 | Al Ahli Khartoum | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
| 15 | Al Rabta Kosti | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 5 |
| 16 | Al-Ahly Merowe | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 17 | Al-Ahli Atbara | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 2 |