Oman’s national team faces its counterpart To whomThis evening, within the competitions of the second round of the group stage of the Arab Gulf Cup “Gulf 25”, where the Basra International Stadium will host the confrontation between Oman and Yemen at 3:15 a.m. Cairo time.
The Oman national team occupies the third place in the standings of the first group with one point, while Yemen is at the bottom of the group standings in the fourth place without a balance of points, as the Omani team snatched a tie point from the Iraqi host without goals in the first round, while Yemen lost from Saudi Arabia with two clean goals.
Iraq is hosting the Arab Gulf Cup competitions for the first time since 1979, as both teams seek to win to ensure competition for snatching one of the two qualifying cards for the next round.
The Yemeni national team is looking for the first victory in the history of its participation in the Arabian Gulf Cup, after playing 31 matches, drawing in 6 of them and losing 25 times.
While the Oman national team played 108 matches in the tournament, during which it achieved 20 wins, 28 draws, and lost 60 matches so far.
Oman coach Branko Ivankovic is expected to enter the match with the following formation:
Goalkeeper: Ibrahim Al Mukhaini
Defense: Ahmed Al-Khamisi – Ahmed Al-Kaabi – Juma Al-Habsi – Ahmed Al-Harthy
Middle: Hareb Al-Saadi – Arshad Al-Alawi – Jamil Al-Yahmadi – Zaher Al-Aghbar
Attack: Al-Mundhir Al-Alawi – Essam Al-Subhi
While coach Miroslav Skop, coach of Yemen, is expected to enter the match with the following formation:
Goalkeeper: Salem Al-Harish
Defense line: Emad Al-Jadimah – Director of Abd Rabbo – Haroun Al-Zubaidi – Ahmed Al-Wajih
Middle: Muhammad Al-Tair – Nasser Muhammadoh – Anis Al-Maari – Omar Al-Dahi – Abdul-Wasa Al-Matari
Attack: Ahmed Maher.
The tournament will be held with the participation of 8 teams: UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain.
The first group includes the teams of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman and Yemen, and plays their matches at the Basra International Stadium, while the teams of the Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait participate in the second group and play their matches at Al-Mina Stadium.
The championship competitions will be held between January 6 and 19 in the Iraqi city of Basra, and each team seeks to reach the podium.
The Kuwaiti national team is at the top of the most crowned team in the Arabian Gulf Cup with 10 titles, a full 7 times difference from its closest opponents, who are Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Iraq.