Ittihad have the advantage here in needing only a draw and they're experienced in taking down Hilal in finals matches (that Osama Muwallid goal was magical ) so they're favorites to win I'm afraid.
ittihad are favoutites.calderon rested some players like noor,hicham and osamah muwalled in champions league match.. but hilal was not like them .most of the first team players were playing unlike those injured players were replaced...
btw calderon has last chance to prove himself as ittihad lost 2 titles this year and he promised for at least 3.
GOD DAMN IT PEOPLE, ANSWER MY QUESTION! what happened to elton, and some news i dont know if tthey're true say that his contract was canceled...? WHY?? SOMEONE ANSWER ME that guy had talent
Are you Hilali or Nasrawi? Who the hell cares about Elton when there's a big game on Sunday?? FYI Elton is in Riyadh and his contract has not been canceled.
Our finals record against them is pretty even, and if you count last season's league decider as a final (technically it wasn't and neither is Sunday's game for that matter), then Hilal have a slight edge. However, Itti are the clear favorites simply because they're at near full strength, with a stable coaching regime, and have better form and morale at the moment. They also had the chance to rest some key players on Tuesday. They're missing Moteb but they have even more dangerous players on reserve (e.g. Hazzazi and Sabyani). Hilal on the other hand are with a brand new coach with ZERO experience in the region, are in much poorer form than 1 or 2 months ago, and are playing with 2 injured players (Zori and Nami), and two unfit players (Aziz and Marshadi), and our only striker worthy of the name is injured and won't play. Even if Hilal were in better shape I would still call it at 60% for Itti simply because Itti have a more experienced squad with fewer liabilities like Nami and more options on the bench. But under the current circumstances it's more like 80% Itti.
And because it causes a great deal of congestion that hurts both the NT and the clubs that play in the ACL. I actually hope Al-Hilal rests some of the international players for this competition, or at least the first couple of matches.
why there is relegation play off match between abha and raed even though raed have a better goal differernce
Al Ra'ed have a better home and away result too (they won the 2 games). but i think it's right to have a play-off match.
anyways congratz to Ittihadis, they really desurved it. a stupid mistake from K. Aziz was the main reason of losing in this match!
I believe Bouchroune wins if we take out penalties as Shamrani is the team's designated Penalty kicker.