The Al Merreikh & Alamal Atbara managers are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Sudan Premier League league table.
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!
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Alamal Atbara's home stadium. The visitors last twelve games on artifical turf have ended in 1 win, 3 draws and 8 losses.
Al Merreikh form and stats
Al Merreikh, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Sudan Premier League, are steadily winning Sudan Premier League games and points here. 7 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 10 games.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Merreikh as they are travelling to their away game against Al Hilal Omdurman in the Sudan Premier League. That match is two days after this one.
Al Merreikh can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 20 times. Defensively Merreikh have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 10 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Alamal Atbara form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Sudan Premier League travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. Things are running smoothly for Alamal who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Al Shorta. It's three draws from Alamal's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
Alamal has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Hilal El-Fasher for a Sudan Premier League game that ended a draw (1-1).
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Al Ahly Shendi in just two days.
Alamal Atbara have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 14 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Alamal have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Alamal Atbara - Merreikh 1-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Merreikh six wins, two draws and Alamal Atbara two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Al Merreikh missing players
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| Al Merreikh | Alamal Atbara | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 54 | 29 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 18 | 43 |
| 19 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 18 | 25 |
| 86% | 71% | 33% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 90% |
| 62% | 64% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 87% | 77% |
| 52% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 27% | 33% |
| 31% | 36% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 17% | 21% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 34% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 52% | 71% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 43% |
| 28% | 29% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | 29 | 2 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 13 | 22 |
| 12 | 12 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 80% | 83% |
- Al Merreikh has the fewest conceded goals (13) in Sudan Premier League
- Al Merreikh has the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Sudan Premier League
- Al Merreikh has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (-1) in Sudan Premier League
- Al Merreikh has the most clean sheets (7) at home in Sudan Premier League
- Al Merreikh has the most clean sheets (7) in Sudan Premier League
- Al Merreikh has the most scored goals in the first half (5) in Sudan Premier League
- Al Merreikh has the most scored goals in the second half (5) in Sudan Premier League
- Al Merreikh have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Merreikh is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Alamal Atbara has the most matches under the total-line (5) in Sudan Premier League
| 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 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 36 | 51 |
| 2 | Al Merreikh | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 27 | 48 |
| 3 | Hilal Obayed | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 42 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 26 | 48 |
| 4 | Alamal Atbara | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 46 |
| 5 | Hay Al Arab | 25 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -5 | 39 |
| 6 | Merreikh El-Fasher | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 38 |
| 7 | Hay Al Wadi | 24 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 38 |
| 8 | Al Ahly Shendi | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 32 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 33 |
| 9 | Al-Ahly Merowe | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 31 |
| 10 | Al Khartoum | 24 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 29 |
| 11 | Hilal El-Fasher | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -10 | 28 |
| 12 | Al Fallah | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 24 | -13 | 25 |
| 13 | Al Ahli Khartoum | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -8 | 24 |
| 14 | Al Hilal Kadougli | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 18 | -15 | 20 |
| 15 | Al Shorta | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 26 | -18 | 20 |
| 16 | Al Rabta Kosti | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 31 | -24 | 19 |
| 17 | Al-Ahli Atbara | 25 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 53 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 34 | -33 | 17 |