Match Report
The table gap was wide: 32 points between Merreikh El-Fasher (6th, 49 pts) and Al-Ahli Atbara (17th, 17 pts). On recent form Merreikh El-Fasher sat only 14th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 6th overall. Per game in the league, Al-Ahli Atbara were scoring 0.81 and conceding 2.25, Merreikh El-Fasher 1.22 and 0.91, against a competition average of 1.15 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Merreikh El-Fasher, winners of their last three.
The match was played at Stade Al-Amal Atbara in Atbara (capacity 13,000).




