Al-Shabaab is keen to regain a winning tone after last Thursday’s last gasp equalizer with the Iraqi Air Force when they face him today, Monday, at the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium in Riyadh. Al Shabab lead the second group with seven points, three ahead of Al Jawiya, while Al Jazeera of the United Arab Emirates and the city of Mumbai in India are tied with three.
In the last match, Al Shabab were affected by the absence of players Hattan Bahbri and Brazilian Carlos Junior as he did not find anyone who could turn their chances into goals and they are expected to return to participate alongside Argentine Ever Banega, Turki Al-Ammar and Hussein Al-Qahtani.
On the other hand, Ali Kazim, Safa Hadi, Ibrahim Bayesh, Saad Natik and Ahmed Ibrahim stand out in the Iraqi team. In addition, in today’s second match, Al Jazeera wants to repeat their victory over Mumbai without their international defender Mohammed. Al-Attas, who is injured, will put him out of action for 3 weeks.
Collaboration for repetition
Al Taawun are aiming to repeat their victory over Iran’s Sepahan this Monday at the King Abdullah Sports City stadium in Buraydah.
Al-Taawun leads Group D (6 points) with a goal difference over Al-Duhail of Qatar, who are looking to repeat their victory over Uzbek Pakhtakor.
Saad Al-Obeid, Nawaf Al-Sobhi, Spaniard Alvaro Medran and Cameroonian Leander Tawamba are counting on cooperation.
As for Al-Duhail, who was saved by the Belgian Edmilson Junior with a hat-trick in the second half over Pakhtakor with a score of 3:2, his Argentine coach Hernan Crespo said: match.”
In the third group, there is a sharp struggle for leadership, when Qatari Al-Gharafa (5 points) plays with Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai from the United Arab Emirates (3), and Fulad Khuzestan from Iran (5) with Al-Turkmenistan (1).
