The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Merreikh El-Fasher are in the 7th position while the guests worry at 13th.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Merreikh El-Fasher form and stats
Overall Sudan Premier League stats at home this season for Merreikh El-Fasher are 2-2-1 (wins-draw-losses).
Merreikh El-Fasher drew their last game, also a home match. Hilal Obayed (placed 6th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Al Shorta.
Merreikh El-Fasher are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. 5 goals have been conceded.
Al Rabta Kosti form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Sudan Premier League travels is 0 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Al Rabta Kosti's last three away games as they have all been lost.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Sudan Premier League home defeat versus Al Merreikh with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Al Khartoum.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Al Rabta Kosti's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 14 goals in 5 travels.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Merreikh El-Fasher 4 wins, 3 draws and Al Rabta Kosti 3 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 8 games had two or less.Merreikh El-Fasher missing players
Al Rabta Kosti missing players
| Merreikh El-Fasher | Al Rabta Kosti | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 12 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 17 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 55% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 27% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 42% |
| 18% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 60% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 8% |
| 45% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 42% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 42% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 100% | 100% |
- Al Rabta Kosti have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Al Rabta Kosti have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Al Rabta Kosti have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Rabta Kosti have yet to win a game away.
- Al Rabta Kosti haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- All of Al Rabta Kosti's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Merreikh El-Fasher have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Merreikh El-Fasher have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Merreikh El-Fasher haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Alamal Atbara | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
| 2 | Hay Al Arab | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 3 | Al Merreikh | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | Al Hilal Omdurman | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 19 |
| 5 | Al Ahly Shendi | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | Hilal Obayed | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 17 |
| 7 | Merreikh El-Fasher | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 8 | Hay Al Wadi | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| 9 | Al Ahli Khartoum | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Al Fallah | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | -5 | 15 |
| 11 | Al Khartoum | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 12 | Al-Ahly Merowe | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 13 | Al Rabta Kosti | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -7 | 12 |
| 14 | Al Shorta | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 10 |
| 15 | Al Hilal Kadougli | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 16 | Hilal El-Fasher | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -7 | 9 |
| 17 | Al-Ahli Atbara | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -12 | 5 |