Al-Ahli vs Al Fateh - prediction, team news, lineups

Al-Ahli volition beryllium looking to support their faint rubric situation erstwhile they big Al Fateh astatine King Abdullah Sports City successful Jeddah connected Wednesday evening successful the Saudi Pro League.

The hosts get astatine the fixture successful fantabulous spirits, having already secured the AFC Champions League rubric this season, portion the visitors question to Jeddah looking to enactment immoderate region betwixt themselves and the relegation places with the run drafting to a close.

Match preview

It has been a singular play for Al-Ahli, who beryllium 3rd successful the Saudi Pro League array with 69 points from 21 wins, six draws and 3 defeats, and portion the rubric contention looks progressively hard to influence, the hosts stay mathematically successful contention with a fistful of fixtures remaining.

Their attacking output has been among the finest successful the division, with 59 goals scored and lone 22 conceded crossed the campaign.

That firepower was connected afloat show successful their astir caller league outing - a 4-0 dismantling of Al Akhdoud successful which Frank Jessie scored twice, with further goals from Valentin Atangana and Feras Albrikan.

That triumph was a timely one, coming connected the backmost of a 2-0 decision to league leaders Al Nassr - the effect that efficaciously dealt a superior stroke to their rubric ambitions.

Matthias Jaissle’s broadside person won 4 of their past 5 matches crossed each competitions portion scoring 9 goals and keeping 2 cleanable sheets during that run.

The reverse fixture betwixt these sides earlier successful the play offers a enactment of caution for the hosts, with Al Fateh claiming a 2-1 triumph connected that juncture - and successful the past 5 meetings, Al-Ahli person suffered 3 defeats, 1 gully and conscionable a win.

Al Fateh, meanwhile, get astatine King Abdullah Sports City successful a contrasting position, sitting 12th successful the array with 33 points from 8 wins, 9 draws and 13 defeats - 10 points supra the relegation portion with 3 fixtures remaining aft this one.

Jose Gomes’s broadside are not yet mathematically safe, and their caller signifier volition bash small to settee immoderate nerves, with 2 defeats, 2 draws and 1 triumph from their past 5 league outings.

There were encouraging signs successful their astir caller fixture, however, arsenic Al Fateh came from 2-0 down to assertion a 2-2 gully against Neom, with Mourad Batna and Sofiane Bendebka some uncovering the nett to rescue a constituent that keeps their endurance propulsion connected track.

With fewer games near to unafraid their top-flight status, the visitors volition beryllium determined to prime up points wherever imaginable - though a travel to look a title-chasing Al-Ahli broadside astatine King Abdullah Sports City represents 1 of the toughest assignments remaining connected their schedule.

The head-to-head grounds powerfully favours the visitor, but Al-Ahli’s superior quality, location vantage and information to support the rubric contention live marque them dense favourites to assertion each 3 points connected Wednesday evening.

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Team News

Riyad Mahrez and Ivan Toney were some absent from the squad successful the erstwhile outing but are expected to propulsion for starting berths connected Wednesday, which would correspond a important boost to Al-Ahli’s attacking options.

Franck Kessie is acceptable to anchor the midfield alongside Atangana and Enzo Millot, with the trio tasked with controlling proceedings successful what could beryllium an unfastened contest.

Roger Ibanez was substituted astatine fractional clip successful the past match, and his availability remains to beryllium seen.

Al Fateh travel into the fixture without immoderate important wounded oregon suspension concerns, giving Gomes a afloat complement of players to prime from for the travel to Jeddah.

Saeed Baattiah, Ziyad Maher Aljari, Jorge Fernandes and Majed Qasheesh are each expected to signifier the defence.

Marwane Saadane, Zaydou Youssouf and Bendebka are acceptable to run successful midfield, with the second having scored successful each of his past 2 appearances and looking to marque it 3 successful a row.

Matias Vargas, who came disconnected the seat past clip out, is pushing for a starting spot, with Batna and Fahad Aqeel Al-Zubaidi expected to implicit the attacking unit.

Al-Ahli imaginable starting lineup:

Mendy; Majrashi, Ibanez, Hamed, Hawsawi; Kessie, Atangana, Millot; Mahrez, Toney, Saleh

Al Fateh imaginable starting lineup:

Pacheco; Baattiah, Aljari, Fernandes, Qasheesh; Saadane, Bendebka, Youssouf; Batna, Vargas, Al-Zubaidi

We say: Al-Ahli 2-0 Al Fateh

Al-Ahli’s prime crossed the pitch, location advantage, and hunger to support the rubric contention live should beryllium much than capable to spot disconnected a visiting broadside inactive searching for the consistency needed to enactment their relegation fears firmly to bed.

With Mahrez and Toney perchance returning to the fold, the hosts person the firepower to marque this a comfy evening astatine King Abdullah Sports City.

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