Bahrain vs Yemen - prediction, team news, lineups

Bahrain and Yemen volition quadrate disconnected successful their last Gulf Cup radical crippled connected Wednesday astatine the Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium.

Both sides person mislaid their opening 2 matches and are already retired of the competition, but they volition look to salvage immoderate pridefulness erstwhile they conscionable successful their last game.

Match preview

Bahrain person failed to marque an interaction successful the tournament, losing some of their matches and conceding 5 goals successful the process.

They suffered a 2-0 decision to Qatar successful their opening game, prompting Bahrain to lodge a beardown protest, though the Gulf Football's disciplinary committee subsequently rejected the appeal.

Assim Madibo featured for Qatar successful that lucifer contempt having been handed a five-match suspension for a convulsive situation connected Canada's Ismael Kone during the 2026 World Cup.

Bahrain were thoroughly outplayed by the UAE successful their 2nd game, suffering a 3-0 decision aft conceding successful each half.

The effect means Dragan Talajic's broadside person present won conscionable erstwhile successful their past six matches, losing five, and they volition beryllium hopeless to debar a 4th consecutive defeat.

Yemen volition beryllium highly disappointed with their aboriginal exit from the Gulf Cup aft making a beardown commencement to the AFC Asian Cup qualifying campaign, wherever they presently pb their group.

Noureddine Ould Ali, the Yemen caput coach, was peculiarly frustrated by his side's constrictive 1-0 decision to Qatar successful their erstwhile game.

Ali suggested that his players gave everything connected the transportation and tried to enactment unit connected their opponents, but a second-half extremity from Yusuf Abdurisag yet made the difference.

Yemen were thoroughly outplayed by the UAE successful their opening game, suffering a 4-0 decision aft conceding 3 goals successful the archetypal fractional alone.

The 2 sides past met successful 2024, erstwhile Yemen secured a 2-1 triumph implicit Bahrain successful the Gulf Cup, but whether they person the information and vigor to nutrient a akin effect this clip remains a large question.

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Team News

Abbas Al-Asfor picked up a reddish paper towards the extremity of the clash against Qatar and remains suspended for the gathering with Yemen.

Apart from that, Talajic is expected to instrumentality with mostly the aforesaid radical of players helium has utilized crossed the opening 2 games, though Mohamed Al Romaihi could travel into the broadside successful spot of Mahdi Abduljabbar.

Yemen caput manager Ould Ali admitted aft the erstwhile crippled that his players person been struggling with fatigue and humidity, which has affected their performances.

There could beryllium a fewer changes successful midfield, with Osamah Anbar, Omar Al Dahi and Abdul Majeed Saharan each successful contention to instrumentality to the starting XI.

Bahrain imaginable starting lineup:

Lutfalla; Al-Shamsan, Benadi, Hayam, Khulasi; Madan, Al Aswad, Saeed, Marhoon, Al-Humaidan; Romaihi 

Yemen imaginable starting lineup:

Aman, Wasmani, Zubaidi, Rimi, Hubaishi; Golan, Matarai, Anbar, Dahi, Sabarah; Mellor 

We say: Bahrain 1-1 Yemen

Both sides are already retired of the contention and volition beryllium playing for pride, with neither squad having recovered the nett successful their opening 2 matches portion some person conceded 5 goals.

There is small to abstracted Bahrain and Yemen connected existent form, and with some teams hopeless to debar ending their run empty-handed, we expect them to settee for a stock of the spoils.

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