This has the potential to be an intriguing fixture as Hilal Obayed have their expected home advantage, while Al Merreikh are ahead 22 points in the Sudan Premier League standings.
- Hilal Obayed have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Sudan Premier League
- Al Merreikh have not yet lost a game away.
Al Merreikh could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a CAF Champions League game only two sleeps ago.
Obayed's stadium has a grass surface. Al Merreikh have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Al Merreikh when playing on grass; 11 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses from 24 matches. They have scored 33 goals in these games and conceded 26.
Hilal Obayed form and stats
Hilal Obayed have played 13 Sudan Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-8-1 (wins-draws-losses). The Hilal Obayed fans aren't used to losing league-games here and will expect new points from this game. Hilal Obayed has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.
Obayed lost their last game at Al Ahly Shendi (placed 13th) after a 0-1 scoreline.
Ahead of that match, Obayed won a home game hosting Tuti (2-1).Obayed have scored 12 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. Hilal Obayed have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Merreikh form and stats
Al Merreikh have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 30 points collected from 12 Sudan Premier League games. 9 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the record so far. Merreikh have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Merreikh won their last game, 1-0 versus Express FC played at home.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Express FC wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Merreikh manager D. Garzitto as the team has another away game coming up in only two days, this time against Merreikh El-Fasher.
The Merreikh manager D. Garzitto has got the team scoring on the road, with 24 away goals in 12 league matches. The Merreikh defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (6 goals in 12 games).
Head 2 Head
Al Merreikh - Obayed 3-1 was the scoreline in these squads' last H2H fixture, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Hilal Obayed wins - draws - Al Merreikh wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Hilal Obayed missing players
Al Merreikh missing players
| Hilal Obayed | Al Merreikh | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 27 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 10 | 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 8 | 24 | 45 |
| 28 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 82% | 69% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 85% |
| 50% | 62% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 74% |
| 29% | 31% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 42% | 37% |
| 11% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 15% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 39% | 54% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 42% | 33% |
| 39% | 38% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 58% | 63% |
| 39% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 19% |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.9 | 6.4 |
| 3.9 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 0.4 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6.2 | 7.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.4 | 8.8 |
| 1.2 | 1.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 90% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 100% | 96% |
- Al Merreikh have not yet lost a game away.
- 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 won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Hilal Obayed have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hilal Obayed have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) 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 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 70 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 59 | 68 |
| 2 | Al Merreikh | 27 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 45 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 31 | 62 |
| 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 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -5 | 40 |
| 7 | Alamal Atbara | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 17 | -3 | 39 |
| 8 | Hilal El-Fasher | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | -4 | 38 |
| 9 | Al-Ahly Merowe | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 37 |
| 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 | Tuti | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 39 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -13 | 34 |
| 13 | Al Ahly Shendi | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 33 |
| 14 | Al Ahli Khartoum | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 28 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 31 |
| 15 | Merreikh El-Fasher | 29 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 15 | -15 | 24 |
| 16 | Al Hilal Kadougli | 28 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 36 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -17 | 22 |