The Al Merreikh & Hilal Obayed managers are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Sudan Premier League league table.
It's no vacation for neither Al Merreikh nor Hilal Obayed as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It should be mentioned that Hilal Obayed play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Hilal Obayed on artifical turf are 3 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats from eight games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 11-16. You can compare this with overall results below.
Al Merreikh form and stats
24 points is a decent return from 10 Sudan Premier League games here at Khartoum Stadium for Al Merreikh. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Merreikh, as the Sudan Premier League home game vs Al-Ahli Atbara is only two days away.
The Merreikh manager has got the team scoring with 20 from 10 home games in the league. Merreikh have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Hilal Obayed form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Sudan Premier League travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Before that, Hilal Obayed travelled to Alamal Atbara and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
Obayed has another fixture away, a Sudan Premier League game, against Al Shorta in just two days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Obayed are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 12 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Hilal Obayed - Al Merreikh 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Merreikh wins - draws - Hilal Obayed wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Al Merreikh missing players
Hilal Obayed missing players
| Al Merreikh | Hilal Obayed | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 50 | 25 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 19 | 45 |
| 18 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 21 |
| 89% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 79% | 89% |
| 63% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 71% | 75% |
| 52% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 43% |
| 30% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 25% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 7% | 4% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 57% | 50% |
| 52% | 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | 43% |
| 26% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 29% | 18% |
| 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 | 2 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | 29 | 2 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 12 | 12 |
| 12 | 12 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 50% |
- 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)
- Hilal Obayed have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hilal Obayed have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 |