Preview: 9 points divide the teams so far, Al Ahli Khartoum the superior team. Can Al Shorta upset the odds?
- Al Shorta have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al Ahli Khartoum have scored away.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Al Shorta form and stats
The story so far in the Sudan Premier League for Al Shorta at their home stadium (Port Sudan Stadium) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Two draws in a row at home now for Al Shorta.
In their previous game, led his Shorta to a defeat away at Hay Al Arab. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Port Sudan Stadium.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Hay Al Wadi that ended 0-0.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Al Shorta as they are travelling to their away game against Al Merreikh in the Sudan Premier League. That match is four days after this one.
Al Shorta has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches.
Al Ahli Khartoum form and stats
1 win, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Al Ahli Khartoum playing as the away team in the Sudan Premier League this season.
Khartoum are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the game against Alamal Atbara (placed 6th).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Kober at their stadium, the result 2-0.A new game in only four days for Al Ahli Khartoum, the Sudan Premier League home match versus Al Ahly Shendi. Busy days.
Goals are few and far between in Al Ahli Khartoum's away league games. Only 2 goals from 5 travels. Khartoum are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 2 goals away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: two - five - one (Al Shorta wins - draws - Al Ahli Khartoum wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Al Shorta missing players
Al Ahli Khartoum missing players
| Al Shorta | Al Ahli Khartoum | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 11 | 5 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 70% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 40% | 60% |
| 60% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 40% | 50% |
| 30% | 20% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 20% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 20% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 40% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 50% | 60% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 80% | 60% |
| 40% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 80% | 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 Shorta have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al Ahli Khartoum 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 Ahli Khartoum | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| 2 | Al Ahly Shendi | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| 3 | Al-Ahly Merowe | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | Tuti | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | Al Hilal Port Sudan | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | Alamal Atbara | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 13 |
| 7 | Hay Al Wadi | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Hay Al Arab | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Hilal El-Fasher | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 10 | Wad Nubawi | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Al Shorta | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | Kober | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 13 | Hilal Obayed | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 10 |
| 14 | Al Khartoum | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -8 | 8 |
| 15 | Al Hilal Omdurman | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 16 | Al Merreikh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
