Match Report
25 points for Al-Ahly Merowe (15th), 38 for Al Shorta (8th): a 13-point gap. Against a league average of 1.06 goals per team per game, Al-Ahly Merowe ran at 0.7 scored and 1.33 conceded, Al Shorta at 1.07 and 1.19.
A win had eluded Al-Ahly Merowe for 5 matches. Defeat had followed defeat for Al Shorta — three in succession.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 1 Al-Ahly Merowe win, 1 for Al Shorta, 2 draws, at 3 goals per meeting. Goals at both ends are the pattern: both teams scored in 75% of the meetings.
The match was played at Karima Stadium in Karima (capacity 6,000).




