Walid Abdullah
The attention of Bahraini football fans and fans is heading to the Bahrain National Stadium stadium, which witnesses at 7 pm the confrontation that brings together the national football team and its Saudi national team, as part of the ninth round matches for the third group of the third stage competitions in the World Cup qualifiers 2026.
Returning to the position of the two teams before this confrontation, the football red occupies the fifth place with 6 points collected from a single victory over the Australian national team and 3 draws. Whereas, the Saudi Green is third with 10 points, collected from two wins against the Chinese team and 4 draws.
The match will not be divided into two, as Red, led by Croatian coach Dragan Talayic, will play this confrontation with the slogan “I am or not, especially since it will be a crucial match and determines significantly, whether the national team will continue to compete in these qualifiers, or get out permanently from the competition race.
The team will play this match in order to achieve the result of the victory only in order to win the points of this confrontation, which raises its score to point 9, and revives its hopes for obtaining the opportunity to continue the competition race in these World Cup qualifiers.
In this confrontation, Al -Ahmar will miss the services of striker Mohamed Al -Rumaihi, who was injured in the connective muscle, who is expected to participate in the last match against China.
On the other hand, Al -Akhdar, led by his French coach, Renard Harvey, enters this meeting and appointed him to win, especially since he is looking to confront our national team to win the points of the match and not to neglect it, in order to ensure direct competition for the second qualification card for this group to the 2026 World Cup.
In this match, Al -Akhdar will miss the services of defender Jihad Zekry, who suffers from the injury, as the coach decided to exclude him and summon defender Abdullah Mado to the Saudi national team squad for Bahrain and Australia.
The expected formation
It is expected that our national team will start the match with a squad that includes the goalkeeper Ibrahim Lutf Allah, in the defense line Walid Al -Hayam, Amin Bennadi, Hamad Shamsan and Abdullah Al -Salvi, in the midfield, Sayed Diaa Saeed, Camille Al -Aswad, Ali Al -Moda, Mahdi Humaidan and Muhammad Marhoun, and in the front line Mahdi Abdul Jabbar. While the Saudi team is expected to play the match with a squad that includes the goalkeeper Nawwaf Al -Aqidi, in the defense line Muhannad Al -Shanqeeti, Hassan Al -Tamkati, Ali Lapei and Nawaf Bouchel, in the midfield Musab Al -Juwair, Faisal Al -Ghamdi, Nasser Al -Dossary and in the front line Ayman Yahya, Firas Al -Braikan and Salem Al -Dossary.
