Match Report
Hay Al Wadi went into the game 1st in the table on 12 points; Alamal Atbara sat 1st on 14 — a 2-point gap. In league terms the two rates read 1/0.5 for Hay Al Wadi and 1.63/1.13 for Alamal Atbara (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.05.
Hay Al Wadi had banked 10 of the last 15 points on offer; Alamal Atbara, 4.
Across 6 recorded meetings, Hay Al Wadi have 3 wins to Alamal Atbara's 2, with 1 draw, at 2.5 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 33% of meetings won.
Stade Al-Merghani Kassala in Kassala staged the fixture, a ground that holds 11,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.