Al Ittihad vs Sepahan: Predicted lineup, injury news, head-to-head, telecast

Published at :December 2, 2023 at 5:13 PM

Modified at :January 14, 2024 at 12:10 AM

If Sepahan wins they automatically head to the next rounds instead of Al Ittihad

The Tigers are going to host matchday 6 of the AFC Champions League group stage action at their home. Last time around on matchday 5, they travelled to the Markaziy Stadion Olmaliq in Uzbekistan to face AGMK. The results were in their favour as they won 2-1.

Sepahan are heading into the reverse fixture after a 1-0 win over Al Quwa Al Jawiya on matchday 5 of the AFC Champions League group stage game. Although they were able to win that game, two of their players were sent off. Now if Sepahan needs the automatic qualification from Group C, they will have to make sure they take back nothing but a win against Al Ittihad.

Kick-Off:

Monday, 4 December 2023 at 11:30 PM IST (6:00 PM UK)

Location: King Abdul Aziz Stadium

Form

Al Ittihad (in all competitions): W-W-D-W-L

Sepahan (in all competitions): W-W-W-W-L

Players to Watch

Abderrazak Hamdallah (Al Ittihad)

The home side has a Moroccan man quite in form for the AFC Champions League games. Abderrazak Hamdallah who joined the side back in January 2022 has so far featured in 3 group stage games. The player has scored 3 goals in that period while also helping out his side score with an assist.

Ramin Rezaeian (Sepahan)

Ramin Rezaeian is not an out-and-out attacker, the player spends most of his field time as a right back. Still, we see Rezaeian lead the scoring benchmark for the Iranian club Sepahan in the AFC Champions League games. His stats are the same as Hamdallah however Rezaeian needed a game more.

Match Facts

Al Ittihad are on an unbeaten run of 4 home games
Sepahan are on an unbeaten run of 4 away games
Even a draw will see Al Ittihad getting the next-round spot automatically from Group C while Sepahan will need a win

Injury & Team News

The Tigers from Saudi Arabia have a few players sidelined due to injuries. This includes Sultan Farhan, Romarinho, N’Golo Kanté, Ahmed Mohammed Sharahili, Abdullah Al Jadani and Madallah Alolayan. Both Sharahili and Al Jadani are in a lengthy recovery process as they suffered cruciate ligament injuries. Awad Al Nashri and Aseel Abed will be medically assessed before the game.

The visitors have no such problem right now regarding any injury crisis. The Iranian outfit Sepahan does have players out suspended. Hadi Mohammadi and Mohammad Javad Hosseinnezhad Mahalehkolaei received a red card each on matchday 5 against Al Quwa Al Jawiya. So they will miss this game.

Head to Head

Total Matches – 3

Al Ittihad wins – 3

Sepahan wins – 0

Draws – 0

Predicted Lineup

Al Ittihad predicted lineup (4-2-3-1):

Al Maiouf (GK); Al Shanqeeti, Felipe, Kadesh, Bamsaud; Fabinho, Al Ghamdi; Al Amri, Hamdallah, Jota; Benzema

Sepahan predicted lineup (4-5-1):

Niazmand (GK); Karimi, Yazdani, Daneshgar, Zakipour; Rezaeian, Ahmadzadeh, Dabo, Ghorbani, Yousefi; Asadi

Match Prediction for Al Ittihad vs Sepahan

Al Ittihad leads the Group C table with 12 points while Sepahan are second placed with 10 points. A loss might mean trouble in easing towards the next rounds for Al Ittihad. The Argentine head coach Marcelo Gallardo wouldn’t do any of that. A win for the Saudi Arabian outfit at home could be the likely end result.

Prediction: Al Ittihad 3-1 Sepahan

Telecast for Al Ittihad vs Sepahan

India – Fancode

UK – FITE

US – Paramount+

Nigeria – No telecast

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