Al Ettifaq-Al Ittihad is a match of the fourteenth day of the Saudi Pro League and is played on Friday at 4 p.m.: TV, streaming, formations, predictions.
There are two points difference between the teams. With the hosts chasing Benzema and co. Both, however, are far behind Al Hilal, which leads the league, and have also been caught up and overtaken by Ronaldo’s Al Nassr, which has been gearing up dragging its troop.
We can’t call it a challenge between disappointments – it’s a long way to the end of the season – but it’s close, especially as far as Al Ittihad is concerned. More was certainly expected from the guests given the major investments made over the summer that gave them in all departments men of depth and not just people who decided to go to Saudi Arabia for a kind of early retirement. But the results to date have been quite mixed: especially away from home where, in the last two outings between the league and the Asian Champions League came two defeats. The Yellowoners would need a major external blow, which, objectively, could also fit. Also because during this break there has been an important change on the bench: the team in fact has been entrusted to Gallardo, an announcement that came as a thunderbolt given that half of Europe was looking for him and he had also been approached by some Italian clubs.
Al Ettifaq, in fact, is not experiencing a good moment of form: in the last five outings it has won only once, showing major structural limitations at a time when the other formations of the top Saudi league have also found a certain tactical squareness. Long gone are the days of four wins in a row; it really seems like a lifetime ago. Now the focus is on the present. Although reversing course on this day seems difficult, if not impossible.
The Prediction
Favorite for the visiting team, which has the makings of an outside shot. A match that although with difficulty Benzema and his teammates should be able to bring home. To seek an immediate rise in the standings.
The probable lineups of Al Ettifaq-Al Ittihad
AL ETTIFAQ (5-3-2): Victor; Al Otaibi, Tisserand, Hendry, Khateeb, Al Shamrani; Al Ghamdi, Wijnaldum, Hazzazi; Quaison, Gray.
AL ITTIHAD (5-3-2): Grohe; Shanqeeti, Luiz Felipe, Sharahili, Kadesh, Bamasud; Kante, Fabinho; Romarinho; Coronado, Benzema.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-2
