The league table in Sudan Premier League tells a story about these teams so far, with Al Khartoum leading Merreikh El-Fasher by 19 points. Match preview to follow:
- Al Khartoum have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Merreikh El-Fasher have the fewest scored goals (10) in Sudan Premier League
Al Khartoum and Merreikh El-Fasher should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Merreikh El-Fasher have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 5-3-17 (win-draw-loss) from 25 matches.
These teams have little in common geographically as Merreikh El-Fasher have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Al Khartoum form and stats
Al Khartoum have collected 19 points from their Sudan Premier League home games so far after 5-4-3.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Khartoum, who played 0-0 against Hay Al Wadi. That match was also played at this venue (Khartoum Stadium).
A 2-2 draw away before that, with Al Merreikh the opponent.Khartoum has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Al Khartoum's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Merreikh El-Fasher form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Merreikh El-Fasher so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-8 (win-draw-lose).
It's the second away game in a row for El-Fasher, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Tuti (placed 13th) in the Sudan Premier League last time out.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Hilal Obayed.There's been a serious shortage of goals from El-Fasher's away games in the league this season with only 5 goals from 13 matches. Merreikh El-Fasher have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Merreikh El-Fasher - Khartoum 0-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: eight wins for Khartoum, one draw and one win for Merreikh El-Fasher. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Al Khartoum missing players
Merreikh El-Fasher missing players
| Al Khartoum | Merreikh El-Fasher | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 24 |
| 10 | 5 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 30 | 17 | 11 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 27 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 26 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 79% |
| 75% | 83% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 38% | 38% |
| 38% | 42% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 15% | 21% |
| 25% | 17% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 8% | 8% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 46% | 58% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 15% | 21% |
| 33% | 25% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 31% | 38% |
| 29% | 25% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 62% | 62% |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 3.7 | 5 |
| 2.5 | 1.7 | 0.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.3 | 6 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 5.7 | 5.3 |
| 1.1 | 1.3 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92% | 75% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
- Al Khartoum have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Khartoum have scored more than double the goals of Merreikh El-Fasher.
- Al Khartoum have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Merreikh El-Fasher have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Merreikh El-Fasher have the fewest scored goals (10) in Sudan Premier League
- Merreikh El-Fasher have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Sudan Premier League
- Merreikh El-Fasher have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Sudan Premier League
- Merreikh El-Fasher have the the worst goal difference (-9) away in Sudan Premier League
- Merreikh El-Fasher have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Merreikh El-Fasher have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Merreikh El-Fasher is in the worst form (0-1-4)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Al Hilal Omdurman | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 44 | 52 |
| 2 | Al Merreikh | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 26 | 49 |
| 3 | Hay Al Wadi | 24 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 40 |
| 4 | Al Khartoum | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 37 |
| 5 | Al Hilal Port Sudan | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 35 |
| 6 | Hay Al Arab | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -3 | 33 |
| 7 | Al-Ahly Merowe | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 32 |
| 8 | Hilal Obayed | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 31 |
| 9 | Alamal Atbara | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 30 |
| 10 | Hilal El-Fasher | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -5 | 26 |
| 11 | Al Ahly Shendi | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 25 |
| 12 | Al Ahli Khartoum | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -10 | 23 |
| 13 | Tuti | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -16 | 23 |
| 14 | Al Shorta | 24 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -14 | 22 |
| 15 | Merreikh El-Fasher | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 14 | -16 | 18 |
| 16 | Al Hilal Kadougli | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -17 | 16 |