The league table is allowed to rest as Enyimba and Al Merreikh battle for CAF Champions League honors in this first 1st Round leg of two fixtures.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
This pitch has grass, which is not Al Merreikh's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Al Merreikh have performed like this: Played 18 matches resulting in 8 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats with the goal stats 24-15 (scored/conceded).
These teams have little in common geographically as Al Merreikh have to travel 3900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Enyimba form and stats
Last season, Enyimba's CAF Champions League journey ended in the 1st round.When playing at home in the Npfl, Enyimba have managed 1 win, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 1 games. 1W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the CAF Champions League for Enyimba.
The Enyimba goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 273 minutes without conceding a goal in the Npfl.
Enyimba's last game was hosting Abia Warriors and winning 1-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Al Merreikh in the CAF Champions League.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Npfl game versus Wikki Tourist in only four days. This game is also played here at Enyimba International Stadium.
Early season league goal statistics from Enyimba's 1 home game: 1 goal, 0 conceded.
Al Merreikh form and stats
Last season their CAF Champions League adventure ended in the preliminary round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Sudan Premier League travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Total CAF Champions League statistics for Al Merreikh: 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. In general it has been a productive period now for Al Merreikh as they haven't lost any of their last 19 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Al Ahly Shendi game have they lost an away game, meaning Merreikh has taken points from eight away matches in a row.
Two travels in a row for Merreikh, whose manager could celebrate last time after the Sudan Premier League win against Hay Al Arab. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Al Hilal Kadougli in the Sudan Premier League.
Al Merreikh have the goal stats of 3-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Al Merreikh - Enyimba 3-0.Enyimba missing players
Al Merreikh missing players
| Enyimba | Al Merreikh | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 35 | 20 | Scored | S | 19 | 47 | ||
| 28 | 8 | Conceded | C | 7 | 11 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6.7 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 6.8 | ||
| 2.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2 | ||
| 64% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 100% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rivers United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Kwara United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Katsina United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | MFM | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Nasarawa United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Enyimba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Ifeanyi Uba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Adamawa United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Kano Pillars | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Akwa Starlets | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Akwa United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Heartland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Warri Wolves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Wikki Tourist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Enugu Rangers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Lobi Stars | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Sunshine Stars | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Abia Warriors | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Plateau United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Al Ahly Shendi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Al Merreikh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Alamal Atbara | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Al Hilal Port Sudan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Merreikh El-Fasher | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Hilal Obayed | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Al-Ahly Merowe | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Al Ahli Khartoum | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Al Hilal Kadougli | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Al Hilal Omdurman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Hay Al Wadi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Hilal El-Fasher | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 14 | Hay Al Arab | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Tuti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Al Shorta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 0 |