Preview: Al-Hilal vs Al Wahda – Prediction, Team News, Lineups

Saudi Pro League champions Al Hilal The goal of the welcome will be to secure their fifth league win in a row Al Wahda to the Kingdom Arena on Tuesday evening.

With five wins from the last six meetings between the two teams, the home side have largely dominated this game and will be confident of emerging victorious in Riyadh.

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Al-Hilal, fresh from fighting for the league title last time with a whopping 94 points and zero defeats, had a good chance of winning another domestic title, but this season they faced a serious challenger in Al-Ittihad.

Both teams are at the top with 40 points Saudi Pro League table However, in the middle of the campaign Jorge JesusDue to their better goal difference, Al-Fateh’s men are almost ahead, thanks in no small part to their 9-0 win over Al-Fateh in their last game.

Salem Al-Dawsari And Marcos Leonardo Both scored three goals each to lead Al-Hilal Renan Lodi, Kalidou Koulibaly And Sergei Milinkovic-Savic.

As the club prepares to split up NeymarAl Za’eem is showing no signs of slowing down in attack, having scored a whopping 14 goals in the last two games and a league-high 48 goals this season.

Neymar is expected to have played his final game for Al-Hilal after head coach Jesus confirmed that the Brazilian superstar will not be registered for the second half of the season due to his recurring injury concerns.

In the fourth game of an extremely tight January schedule for the hosts on Tuesday, they will be pushing hard to get all three points to keep the juggernaut going ahead of the final two games of the month against Al-Qadisah and Al-Okhood.

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Al Wahda ended 2024 with one win in their last ten competitive games, but started the new year with a narrow 2-1 win over Al Fateh at Al Fateh Club Stadium on January 9.

However, Daniel CarrenoIn their last game, Al-Quadrat men suffered another defeat as they suffered a resounding 3-0 defeat against Al Quadisiya in their clash at the King Abdul Aziz Stadium on Friday.

A disappointing first half performance was punished in the penultimate minute Cameron Puertas‘s opener before Pierre Emerick Aubameyang And Ezequiel Fernandez ensured the result in the second third.

The Knights of Mecca have only picked up 12 points from their 15 league appearances so far and are currently second to last in the table, although they are currently in the relegation zone on goal difference alone.

Having conceded the fewest goals in the league alongside Al Fateh (one), the visitors still have a lot to do defensively on Tuesday to turn their season around and escape the fight for survival.

Al-Hilal Saudi Pro League form:

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Team news

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Neymar remains unavailable for Al-Hilal as talks of his departure intensify, with former club Santos waiting in the wings for a reunion with their once most valuable player.

Leading goalscorer Aleksandar Mitrovic has missed the last two games due to an injury problem, which is expected to rule the Serb out of Tuesday’s competition.

Marcos Leonardo is on a five-game goal streak for the home side, finding the net eight times, and the striker is definitely one to keep an eye on.

Despite the worrying number of goals conceded Abdullah Al Owayshir is expected to retain his place in Al Wahda’s starting lineup for the seventh consecutive season.

Twenty-five years old Yahya Naji could miss a third straight game for the away team, having not featured since the friendly against Al Fateh in December.

Al-Hilal possible starting lineup:
Bono; Cancelo, Koulibaly, Al Bulayhi, Lodi; N Al-Dawsari, Neves; Malcolm, Milinkovic-Savic, S Al-Dawsari; Leonardo

Al Wahda possible starting lineup:
Al Owayshir; Al Muwallad, Al Hafith, El Yamiq, Al Alaeli; Cretu, Bakshween; Al Makahasi, Bacuna, Goodwin; Ighalo

We say: Al-Hilal 5:0 Al Wahda

Al-Hilal is in top form at the moment and will certainly have to endure a lot here. We assume that the hosts will achieve a confident triumph in front of their fans and score numerous goals in the process.

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