Football facts: Hilal El-Fasher vs Al Merreikh - predictions and stats

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Competition: Sudan Sudan Premier League
Competition: Wed 18.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Khartoum Stadium (23000 seats)

Sudan Premier League: Two teams in pretty good shape get together for this game. Al Merreikh might have a small advantage with their 2nd place in the table?

Insights:
  • Hilal El-Fasher have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Sudan Premier League
  • Al Merreikh have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Sudan Premier League

Hilal El-Fasher and Al Merreikh should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

11 - 4 - 9 with 33-26. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Al Merreikh when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Al Merreikh play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Hilal El-Fasher form and stats

5 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Hilal El-Fasher have to build on here at Khartoum Stadium in the Sudan Premier League. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as El-Fasher has won their last four matches.

A nice win for El-Fasher last time playing, versus Al Ahli Khartoum. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1.

Before that match, a win away at Al Shorta.

The Hilal El-Fasher fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 13 matches. El-Fasher have conceded 19 in these home matches.

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Al Merreikh form and stats

Al Merreikh's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Al Merreikh collect 27 points from their 11 away matches in the Sudan Premier League. 8 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). Things are running smoothly for Merreikh who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 25 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Al Hilal Kadougli.

Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-0 against Alamal Atbara in their previous game.

A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Al Hilal Port Sudan.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Merreikh El-Fasher in just three days.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Al Merreikh are regular goalscorers on their travels. Merreikh are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 5 away goals have been conceded so far. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Here's the end result when the contenders played each other earlier this season; Al Merreikh - El-Fasher 2-1. Statistics for the previous nine meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for El-Fasher, one draw and eight wins for Al Merreikh. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Hilal El-Fasher missing players

Al Merreikh missing players

Hilal El-Fasher Al Merreikh
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 3 11 25
9 5 1 Won W 3 8 17
8 3 1 Drew D 0 3 8
9 5 1 Lost L 0 0 0
31 17 5 Scored S 7 22 43
32 19 8 Conceded C 1 5 11
88% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 84%
65% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 72%
46% 46% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 36% 36%
23% 31% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 16%
8% 15% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 4%
58% 54% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 36% 32%
27% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 64% 68%
27% 31% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 9% 16%
 
3.9 3.7 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6.9 6.4
3.7 2.8 6 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 2.4 2.1
1.3 1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.6 0.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
4.2 3.2 5 Shots (avg) S ( 7 9.4 8.8
0.8 0.5 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2 1.8
100% 100% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 100% 96%
Key stats in Sudan Premier League this season:
  • Al Merreikh have not yet lost a game.
  • Al Merreikh have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al Merreikh have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Al Merreikh have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Sudan Premier League
  • Al Merreikh have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Hilal El-Fasher have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Sudan Premier League

  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 25 19 5 1 66 11 14 11 2 1 40 5 11 8 3 0 26 6 55 62
2 Al Merreikh 25 17 8 0 43 11 14 9 5 0 21 6 11 8 3 0 22 5 32 59
3 Hay Al Wadi 27 10 11 6 29 21 13 5 4 4 12 9 14 5 7 2 17 12 8 41
4 Alamal Atbara 27 10 9 8 25 21 13 5 5 3 9 7 14 5 4 5 16 14 4 39
5 Al Khartoum 27 10 8 9 31 32 13 5 4 4 17 15 14 5 4 5 14 17 -1 38
6 Hay Al Arab 27 9 10 8 23 29 14 5 5 4 12 16 13 4 5 4 11 13 -6 37
7 Al Hilal Port Sudan 27 10 6 11 27 28 13 5 1 7 10 16 14 5 5 4 17 12 -1 36
8 Hilal El-Fasher 26 9 8 9 31 32 13 5 3 5 17 19 13 4 5 4 14 13 -1 35
9 Hilal Obayed 25 8 10 7 20 26 12 3 8 1 10 9 13 5 2 6 10 17 -6 34
10 Al-Ahly Merowe 27 8 9 10 19 24 14 5 5 4 13 13 13 3 4 6 6 11 -5 33
11 Al Shorta 28 7 10 11 22 33 13 2 4 7 8 17 15 5 6 4 14 16 -11 31
12 Tuti 28 7 10 11 24 37 15 3 6 6 13 20 13 4 4 5 11 17 -13 31
13 Al Ahly Shendi 27 7 6 14 16 27 14 4 2 8 10 15 13 3 4 6 6 12 -11 27
14 Al Ahli Khartoum 27 6 9 12 14 27 14 4 5 5 9 13 13 2 4 7 5 14 -13 27
15 Merreikh El-Fasher 28 6 6 16 15 29 13 2 4 7 7 14 15 4 2 9 8 15 -14 24
16 Al Hilal Kadougli 27 4 9 14 19 36 12 1 4 7 6 16 15 3 5 7 13 20 -17 21