Al Merreikh perform at a high level so far being 2nd in the table. Hilal El-Fasher can look both up and down from their 10th position.
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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Hilal 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 2-1-10 (win-draw-loss) from 13 matches.
Hilal El-Fasher have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Al Merreikh form and stats
Al Merreikh, who have the most clean sheets (6) in Sudan Premier League, have been outstanding at home so far in the Sudan Premier League with 6 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses. After failing to beat Al Khartoum here at Al-Merreikh Stadium, Al Merreikh has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Al Hilal Kadougli with a 3-1 scoreline.
Goals decide football matches and Al Merreikh are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 8 league matches. Al Merreikh have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 0 goals.
Hilal El-Fasher form and stats
Hilal El-Fasher have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Sudan Premier League, after 1-4-4 (9 played).
It's the second away game in a row for Hilal El-Fasher, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Al Ahly Shendi (placed 8th) in the Sudan Premier League last time out. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Alamal Atbara that ended 0-0.
The attacking power of Hilal El-Fasher when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Hilal El-Fasher have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Hilal El-Fasher - Al Merreikh 1-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Al Merreikh won six games, one match ended with a draw and Hilal El-Fasher has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / threeAl Merreikh missing players
Hilal El-Fasher missing players
| Al Merreikh | Hilal El-Fasher | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 30 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 13 | 20 |
| 89% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 78% | 82% |
| 56% | 62% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 65% |
| 44% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 33% | 41% |
| 28% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 22% | 12% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 28% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 35% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 22% | 35% |
| 33% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 67% | 47% |
| 5.5 | 5.5 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 19 | 1 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 12 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
- Al Merreikh has the fewest conceded goals (0) at home
- Al Merreikh has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (-1)
- Al Merreikh has the most clean sheets (6)
- Al Merreikh has the most clean sheets (6) at home
- Al Merreikh has the most scored goals in the first half (5)
- Al Merreikh has the most scored goals in the second half (5)
- Al Merreikh have created more than twice as many corners as Hilal El-Fasher.
- Al Merreikh have not yet conceded a single goal in all their home games.
- Al Merreikh have not yet lost a game at home.
- Al Merreikh have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Merreikh have scored more than double the goals of Hilal El-Fasher.
- Al Merreikh have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Al Merreikh is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Hilal El-Fasher have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 38 |
| 2 | Al Merreikh | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 38 |
| 3 | Alamal Atbara | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 34 |
| 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 | Hilal Obayed | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 29 |
| 6 | Hay Al Wadi | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | Hay Al Arab | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -4 | 27 |
| 8 | Al Ahly Shendi | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 26 |
| 9 | Al Fallah | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 15 | -6 | 23 |
| 10 | Hilal El-Fasher | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -6 | 23 |
| 11 | Al Khartoum | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 22 |
| 12 | Al-Ahly Merowe | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 20 |
| 13 | Al Ahli Khartoum | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -4 | 19 |
| 14 | Al Rabta Kosti | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 21 | -16 | 15 |
| 15 | Al Hilal Kadougli | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -12 | 14 |
| 16 | Al Shorta | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -16 | 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 |