Al Ittihad will host neighbor Al Hilal at the Saudi El Clasico this Friday night at (21:00) local time as part of the fifth round of the Roshan professional football league.
Nuno Santo, 49, coach of Al-Ittihad Jeddah, will enter the following starting line-up, led by his French striker Karim Benzema, to face Al-Zaim at the Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium in Jeddah:
Marcelo Grohe
Ahmed Basmud
Ahmed Sharahili
Omar Khavsavi
Extend Almighty God
Ngolo Kante
Igor Coronado
Fabinho
Abdul Razzaq Hamdallah
Karim Benzema
Romarinho.
List of the first football team in the meeting with Al-Hilal #Ittihad_Crescentpic.twitter.com/K3lpQUek4F
– Saudi Al Ittihad Club (@ittihad) September 1, 2023
On the other hand, another Portuguese, Jorge Jesus (69), manager of the Al Hilal club, chose the following starting line-up for the meeting with the Tigers:
37- Yasin Bono
66- Saud Abdul Hameed
3- Koulibaly
5- Ali Al Bulaikhi
12- Yasser Al-Shahrani
28- Muhammad Kno
8- Ruben Neves
22- Sergei Milinkovich-Savic
77- Malcolm
29- Salem Al-Dosari
9- Alexander Mitrovic.
📋 Here is the list #big_asia To resist the Union ⚽️💙#Crescentpic.twitter.com/r2BQg7P81t
– Saudi Al-Hilal Club (@Alhilal_FC) September 1, 2023
Al Ittihad Club, the defending champions, are at the top of the league with a full mark of 12 points ahead of their runners-up Al Ahly’s scorer.
At the same time, the Al-Hilal club is third in the standings with ten points, ahead of the Al-Taawun club, which is in fourth place, also on goal difference.
Source: RT