Game day in Riyadh for the first leg of the quarter final between Al Hilal & Al Ittihad.
Al Hilal should be full line up for this game except Al Tambakti & of course Neymar. On the previous game against Al Ittihad, Mitrovic wasn't playing but he is not injured. Foreigners for this game were not communicated by the club yet but Jorge Jesus was going to decide it after the training session today.
On their side Al Ittihad should be without Al Sagour. Hawsawi is doubtful. Grohe likely not included in the squad anymore. Saad Al Mosa is back from suspension. Benzema will continue to recover so he won't play this game again.
Al Ittihad is a big team but it has been complicated this season even if they bring big players, management isn't good and they failed with some cases as with Jota. Benzema wanted to leave the club if they were not investing more. Fans are mad about Benzema's performance. They added a new coach, Gallardo but he is not doing that good until now, team improved but against big teams it's complicated.
AFC CL is very important for Al Hilal and they are going on this game with confidence as they won the previous H2H with a strong domination.
Whatever the foreigners for this clash, Al Hilal has a stronger squad, better tactically and they have better domestic players.
I expect a strong one side game again and a win 2-0 or 3-1.