Match Report
6 points and 6 places separated them: Al-Ahly Merowe 9th with 35, Hilal Obayed 15th with 29. Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 6th in the league over the last five rounds against 15th overall. Against a league average of 1.01 goals per team per game, Al-Ahly Merowe ran at 1.13 scored and 1.33 conceded, Hilal Obayed at 0.77 and 1.3.
5 meetings are on record — 2 won by Al-Ahly Merowe, 2 by Hilal Obayed, 1 drawn, at 2.4 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 40% of those meetings.




