Al Ittihad vs Damac - prediction, team news, lineups

Damac tin boost their hopes of Saudi Pro League endurance by beating hosts Al Ittihad at Al-Faisal Stadium on Sunday.

Sitting 4th past successful 15th spot with 26 points, Damac are lone 3 points up of the bottommost 3 with 3 matches remaining, whereas Al Ittihad are sixth with 49 points and are retired of ACF Champions League contention.

Match preview

The location broadside were held to a goalless stalemate by Al Kholood connected Monday, a crippled successful which they failed to person immoderate of their 5 large chances.

Boss Sergio Conceicao's squad person endured a disappointing play considering they claimed the rubric successful 2024-25 with a points full of 83, but the maximum they tin extremity 2025-26 with is 62 points.

The Tigers person encountered difficulties successful the last third, scoring 1 oregon less goals successful 7 of their 9 astir caller games, and they are the lowest scorers successful the apical six (47).

Al Ittihad's gully with Al Kholood means they person present taken 7 points from the past 18 connected offer, with the nine suffering 4 defeats and conceding 3 oregon much goals 3 times.

The hosts' grounds astatine location has been mostly been affirmative this play considering they person won 5 of their past 7 clashes at Al-Faisal Stadium, but portion they lone mislaid erstwhile successful that period, they are present winless successful their past 2 astatine the ground.

Damac were beaten 2-0 by Al Khaleej connected May 2, losing their 2nd crippled successful a row, arsenic good arsenic their 3rd successful 5 Saudi Pro League matches.

Knight of the South failed to people successful 3 of those fixtures, and they besides picked the shot retired of their ain nett 7 times.

The nine whitethorn boast a three-point pb implicit 16th-placed Al Riyadh, but they volition look league-leaders Al Nassr successful matchweek 34, and they are inactive astatine superior hazard of relegation.

When the 2 clubs clashed connected January 13, they were forced to stock the spoils aft drafting 1-1, and they some had 2 wins against each different successful their anterior 4 meetings.

Defeat for manager Fabio Carille would beryllium his side's 3rd consecutive nonaccomplishment connected their travels, and it would beryllium their sixth successful their past 8 distant outings.

Al Ittihad Saudi Pro League form:

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Team News

Al Ittihad goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic is acceptable to beryllium protected by centre-back's Ahmed Mohammed Sharahili and Hasan Kadesh, who some started against Al Kholood.

Midfielders Awad Al Nashri and Danilo Pereira were trusted past clip out, and the duo's antiaircraft intstincts could beryllium cardinal connected Sunday.

Striker En-Nesyri has lone scored erstwhile successful his past 4 games for the club, and helium indispensable amended his grounds successful beforehand of extremity if his broadside are to get backmost to winning ways.

As for Damac, they could tract wide attackers David Kaiki and Jonathan Okita either broadside of centre-forward Arielson, who volition beryllium looking for his 2nd extremity of the league season.

Morlaye Sylla, Tariq Mohammed and Valentin Vada whitethorn beryllium utilized successful arsenic a trio up of centre-backs Jamal Harkass and Abdelkader Bedrane.

Al Ittihad imaginable starting lineup:

Rajkovic; Simic, Sharahili, Kadesh, Mitaj; Al Nashri, Danilo; Al-Julaydan, Aouar, Bergwijn; En-Nesyri

Damac imaginable starting lineup:

Kewin; Al-Hawsawi, Harkass, Bedrane, Al Obaid; Sylla, Mohammed, Vada; Kaiki, Arielson, Okita

We say: Al Ittihad 2-0 Damac

Despite the information the hosts person struggled offensively, their opponents' attacking displays person been adjacent much concerning.

Al Ittihad besides boast an fantabulous grounds at Al-Faisal Stadium, and thing different than a location triumph would beryllium a important upset this weekend.

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