2023-04-26 15:10:00
Ittihad Jeddah seeks to move away from the top of the Saudi Roshan League and get closer to touching the championship when it meets its guest Al-Shabab on Friday in the 24th round of the competition.
Al-Ittihad leads the competition with 56 points from 23 matches and is three points ahead of Al-Nassr, who played 24 matches, while Al-Shabab comes in third place and has 50 points from 23 matches, followed by Al-Hilal, the defending champion, who has 49 points from 25 matches, and may have surrendered in the competition race with his focus On the final of the AFC Champions League, where it hosts Urawa Red Diamonds in the first leg next Saturday.
Al-Ittihad bid farewell to the King’s Cup after losing to Al-Hilal in the semi-finals, losing the dream of the local treble after winning the Super Cup title last January.
Al-Ittihad seeks to avoid what happened to it last season, when it was far behind in the lead, but lost the title to Al-Hilal in the last round.
Al-Shabab recovered from losing five points in three matches, to win the last two matches, including a victory over Al-Hilal.
The confrontation will be between Al-Shabab’s attack, the strongest in the league so far, and Al-Ittihad’s iron defense, which conceded only eight goals, while Al-Shabab suffers at the level of defense, conceding 22 times.
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