This fixture has been long awaited by followers of both contenders, as it's the first Sudan Premier League match of the season. Both Al Shorta and Hilal Obayed are aiming for a good start to their season.
It's no vacation for neither Shorta 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.
Al Shorta form and stats
In the previous season, Al Shorta's league results were 8 wins, 11 draws and 11 losses, leading to 11th position in the Sudan Premier League. Over these 30 matches they scored 26 goals and gave away 36. Appearing as the home team in the last season Al Shorta generated 2-5-7 (win-draw-lost) with 10 goals and 19 conceded.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Al Shorta, as the Sudan Premier League home game vs Al Hilal Port Sudan is only four days away.
Hilal Obayed form and stats
Let's have a look at how Hilal Obayed performed last season in the Sudan Premier League: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 11 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 25 and conceded 32 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 2 and lost 7 with 11/18 goals scored/conceded.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Al-Ahly Merowe in just four days.
Head 2 Head
Data for the former eight meetings involving these two contenders are: one win for Al Shorta, three draws and four wins for Hilal Obayed. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Al Shorta missing players
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| Al Shorta | Hilal Obayed | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 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 | Last season | Hilal Obayed | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 11 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 26 | 10 | Scored | S | 11 | 25 | ||
| 36 | 19 | Conceded | C | 18 | 32 | ||
| 77% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 83% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 53% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 30% | ||
| 23% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 13% | ||
| 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 3% | ||
| 33% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 40% | ||
| 37% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 37% | ||
| 53% | 64% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 40% | ||
| 3.9 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.2 | 0.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5.6 | 4.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.8 | 6.2 | ||
| 1 | 0.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 1.2 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 90% | ||
| 6.6 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0.7 | 0.6 | ||
| 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 Ahly Shendi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Al Khartoum | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Kober | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Al-Ahly Merowe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Alamal Atbara | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Hay Al Arab | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Hilal El-Fasher | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Tuti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Wad Nubawi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Al Ahli Khartoum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Al Hilal Omdurman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Al Hilal Port Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Al Merreikh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Al Shorta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Hilal Obayed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Hay Al Wadi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 30 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 75 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 63 | 77 |
| 2 | Al Merreikh | 30 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 50 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 34 | 68 |
| 3 | Hay Al Wadi | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 47 |
| 4 | Hay Al Arab | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -6 | 42 |
| 5 | Al Khartoum | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 41 |
| 6 | Hilal Obayed | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 41 |
| 7 | Alamal Atbara | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 17 | -4 | 39 |
| 8 | Al-Ahly Merowe | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 24 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 38 |
| 9 | Hilal El-Fasher | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | -6 | 38 |
| 10 | Al Hilal Port Sudan | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 15 | -6 | 35 |
| 11 | Al Shorta | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 26 | 36 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 17 | -10 | 35 |
| 12 | Al Ahly Shendi | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 34 |
| 13 | Tuti | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 39 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -13 | 34 |
| 14 | Al Ahli Khartoum | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 28 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 32 |
| 15 | Al Hilal Kadougli | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 39 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -17 | 25 |
| 16 | Merreikh El-Fasher | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 15 | -17 | 24 |