Match Report
6 points and 3 places separated them: Al Merreikh 1st with 19, Alamal Atbara 4th with 13. The last five rounds placed Alamal Atbara no better than 23rd for form, against 4th in the standings. Against a league average of 1.39 goals per team per game, Al Merreikh ran at 1.4 scored and 0.8 conceded, Alamal Atbara at 0.9 and 0.9.
Al Merreikh were unbeaten in 6.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 4 Al Merreikh wins, 1 for Alamal Atbara, 1 draw, at 1.83 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 33% of meetings won. Historically tight: 17% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The venue was Al-Ubayyid Stadium, with room for 30,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, Al Merreikh led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-1.