Urawa Reds vs Al Ahly: Predicted lineup, injury news, head-to-head, telecast

Published at :December 20, 2023 at 11:13 PM

Modified at :January 14, 2024 at 12:29 AM

A chance to finish third in the tournament

Urawa Red Diamonds and Al Ahly SC will play for pride in the FIFA Club World Cup 2023. Both teams lost their respective semi-finals and will now compete for third place.

Al Ahly won their first match against Al Ittihad. After this big win, they faced Brazilian club Fluminense. The Egyptian club started the match well but conceded two second-half goals.

Urawa Red Diamonds, on the other hand, faced European powerhouses Manchester City. Pep’s men won their match 3-0 against the Japanese outfit.

Kick-off:

Friday, 22 December 2023 at 2:30 PM (GMT); 8:00 PM (IST)

Location: Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium

Form

Urawa Reds (in all competitions): L-W-L-W-W

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

Players to watch

Jose Kante (Urawa Reds)

Jose Kante leads the attack for the Japanese club. The Guinea striker is yet to score a goal but has an assist to his name. He will look to be the difference-maker in this match.

Kahraba (Al Ahly)

The Egyptian forward leads the attack for his team. He created two goals in Al Ahly’s win over Al Ittihad in their first match. In the last match, Kahraba attempted two shots and both were on target. He will look to get his name on the score sheet.

Match facts

Al Ahly will play their fourth consecutive third-place match in the Club World Cup.
Al Ahly came fourth in the 2022 edition.
Urawa Red Diamonds finished third in 2007.

Injury & team news

Anthony Modeste missed the last game for the Egyptian club after receiving a straight red card. He will be in contention to play this match.

There are no injury concerns for both clubs.

Head to Head

This is the first meeting between these two sides.

Predicted Lineup

Urawa Reds predicted lineup:

Nishikawa, Akimoto, Hoibraten, Scholz, Sekine, Iwao, Ito, Koizumi, Yasui, Okubo, Kante

Al Ahly predicted lineup:

El Shenawi, Maaloul, M. Abdelmonem, Y. Ibrahim, M. Hany, Ashour, Ateya, Tawfik, Tau, El Shahat, Kahraba

Match Prediction for Urawa Reds vs Al Ahly

This will be a tight contest between the Asian and African giants. Al Ahly have the edge over their opponents as per the betting odds. The match might also go into extra-time and decide on penalties.

Prediction: Urawa Reds 0-1 Al Ahly

Telecast for Urawa Reds vs Al Ahly

India – Eurosport, Fancode and FIFA+

UK – TNT Sports and FIFA+

US – TNT Sports, Discovery+ and FIFA+

Nigeria – StarTimes and FIFA+

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