Match Report
14 points for Alamal Atbara (1st), 4 for Al Ahly Shendi (5th): a 10-point gap. Al Ahly Shendi had been under-performing their position — 18th on five-round form against 5th in the table. Per game in the league, Alamal Atbara were scoring 1.63 and conceding 1.13, Al Ahly Shendi 0.25 and 0.88, against a competition average of 1.05 goals per team per game.
Alamal Atbara arrived off four consecutive draws. Al Ahly Shendi had gone 6 games without a win.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Alamal Atbara 2, draws 3, Al Ahly Shendi 1, at 1.17 goals per meeting. Only 33% of these meetings ended in a home win. Historically tight: 33% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The venue was Al-Jazeera Stadium, with room for 15,000 spectators.