It's early days in the Sudan Premier League and both Alamal Atbara and Al Merreikh are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
- Al Merreikh has the fewest conceded goals (0) in Sudan Premier League
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Sudan Premier League match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Al Hilal Omdurman.
It should be mentioned that Al Merreikh play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Al Merreikh on grass are 8 victories, 2 draws and 9 defeats from 19 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 25-17. You can compare this with overall results below.
Alamal Atbara form and stats
A Sudan Premier League draw at home so far for Alamal Atbara. Last season their home statistics were 9 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat from 13 matches.
Prior to that, an away loss at Salitas in the CAF Confederations Cup.
Alamal are traveling soon after this match as the Sudan Premier League match at Hay Al Wadi awaits in four days.
Early season league goal statistics from Alamal Atbara's 1 home game: 0 goals, 0 conceded.
Al Merreikh form and stats
Only one away game in the Sudan Premier League so far for Al Merreikh and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 8 victories, 0 draws and 4 losses from 12 travels.
It was a CAF Champions League defeat before that one as the away game against Enyimba wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
After this away game Al Merreikh return home for a Sudan Premier League game against Hilal Obayed. That game is only three sleeps after this.
It's early days yet, but Al Merreikh has scored 3 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Alamal victories, two draws and six Al Merreikh wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Alamal Atbara missing players
Al Merreikh missing players
| Alamal Atbara | Al Merreikh | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 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 |
| 0.7 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6.3 | 4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 100% |
- Al Merreikh has the fewest conceded goals (0) in Sudan Premier League
- Al Merreikh has the most clean sheets (3) in Sudan Premier League
- Al Merreikh is in the best form (2-1-0)
| Alamal Atbara | Last season | Al Merreikh | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 11 | 23 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 43 | 25 | Scored | S | 26 | 60 | ||
| 29 | 8 | Conceded | C | 13 | 17 | ||
| 91% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 75% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 59% | ||
| 34% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 47% | ||
| 16% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 6% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 16% | ||
| 47% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 28% | ||
| 41% | 56% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 59% | ||
| 22% | 19% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6.9 | ||
| 1 | 0.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.4 | ||
| 83% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 88% | ||
| 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 Khartoum | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Al Merreikh | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Al Hilal Port Sudan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Al Ahly Shendi | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Al Hilal Omdurman | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Al Ahli Khartoum | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Alamal Atbara | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Hilal El-Fasher | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Merreikh El-Fasher | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 10 | Tuti | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Al-Ahly Merowe | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 12 | Al Hilal Kadougli | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 13 | Hay Al Wadi | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| 14 | Hay Al Arab | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 |
| 15 | Hilal Obayed | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | Al Shorta | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
| 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 | 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 |