Al Merreikh should be expected winners of this home game against Alamal Atbara, if the league table is anything to judge by. Or are we eyeing a possible shock?
- Al Merreikh have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Sudan Premier League
- Al Merreikh have scored more than double the goals of Alamal Atbara.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Alamal Atbara 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 6-4-8 (win-draw-loss) from 18 matches.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Al Merreikh and Alamal Atbara.
Al Merreikh form and stats
Al Merreikh have been outstanding at home so far in the Sudan Premier League with 10 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses. Ever since the Hay Al Wadi game Merreikh has been unbeatable here at Khartoum Stadium producing five straight wins.
Al Merreikh are returning here after visiting Al Shorta and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Al-Ahly Merowe in a game that was won 3-0.Some goal stats: A review of the 18 latest league games shows that 15 of them had at least one goal from each team.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Kober are coming to town in four days.
The Al Merreikh fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 12 league matches. Al Merreikh have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Alamal Atbara form and stats
There's been little loot from Alamal Atbara's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 12 away games in the Sudan Premier League. Alamal Atbara only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 6 draws. Alamal has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Alamal Atbara's last game was the home draw against Kober (0-0).
Prior to that result Alamal won their away game at Hay Al Arab. The scoreline was 1-0.A tale of few goals? 9 of this team's latest 11 league rounds have contained zero, one or two goals.
Alamal Atbara have another match away from home in just four nights, a Sudan Premier League game against Al Shorta. A difficult schedule for the visiting team!
The attacking power of Alamal Atbara when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 12 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these teams face each other this campaign, as the history books show this recent match: Alamal Atbara - Al Merreikh 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - three - one (Merreikh wins - draws - Alamal Atbara wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Al Merreikh missing players
Alamal Atbara missing players
| Al Merreikh | Alamal Atbara | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 28 |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 50 | 26 | 9 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 33 |
| 86% | 92% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 69% | 75% |
| 71% | 69% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 46% | 57% |
| 36% | 46% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 32% |
| 18% | 23% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 23% | 18% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 32% | 23% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 39% |
| 68% | 77% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 46% | 36% |
| 14% | 8% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 46% | 50% |
| 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 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Al Merreikh have not yet lost a game.
- Al Merreikh have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Merreikh have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Merreikh have scored more than double the goals of Alamal Atbara.
- Al Merreikh have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Sudan Premier League
- Al Merreikh have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Sudan Premier League
- Al Merreikh have the most scored goals in the second half (2) in Sudan Premier League
- Al Merreikh have the the best goal difference (+19) at home in Sudan Premier League
- Alamal Atbara have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 49 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 36 | 65 |
| 2 | Al Merreikh | 26 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 45 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 35 | 62 |
| 3 | Al Hilal Port Sudan | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 44 |
| 4 | Al-Ahly Merowe | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 32 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 37 |
| 5 | Al Ahly Shendi | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | -3 | 35 |
| 6 | Kober | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 34 |
| 7 | Al Ahli Khartoum | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 33 |
| 8 | Hay Al Arab | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | Tuti | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -4 | 32 |
| 10 | Hilal El-Fasher | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 32 |
| 11 | Wad Nubawi | 26 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 30 |
| 12 | Hay Al Wadi | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | -8 | 29 |
| 13 | Alamal Atbara | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 33 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -13 | 26 |
| 14 | Al Shorta | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 24 | -10 | 25 |
| 15 | Al Khartoum | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -13 | 23 |
| 16 | Hilal Obayed | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 18 | -18 | 22 |
