| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Merreikh | 6 | W1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9/15 | 5-1 |
| ZESCO United | 6 | W4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13/15 | 8-2 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Merreikh | 8 | 5 | 2 | -5 | DLLLD | 8 | 0 |
| ZESCO United | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | DLWLW | 5 | 0 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2009-08-14
The table read 8th (Al Merreikh, 2 pts) against 5th (ZESCO United, 7 pts), 5 points apart. Per game in the league, Al Merreikh were scoring 1 and conceding 2, ZESCO United 1.6 and 1.4, against a competition average of 1.3 goals per team per game.
Al Merreikh were unbeaten in 6. Four consecutive wins preceded this game for ZESCO United.
Al-Merreikh Stadium in Omdurman, capacity 43,645, hosted the game.
