Al Ahly vs Al-Ittihad – Preview, Prediction and Betting Tips 15/12/2023

Al Ahly and Al-Ittihad meet this Friday in the quarter-finals of the FIFA Club World Cup.

Whoever wins this match will be in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup, and in the event of a draw in normal time, the decision will be extended by 30 minutes. If equality persists, the winner will be decided in a penalty shootout.

Whoever comes out on top in this match will face Fluminense, current champion of the Copa Libertadores da América.

Al Ahly

Al Ahly will make its debut in the Club World Cup. The team was the big winner of the African Champions League.

It has positioned itself as the great team on the African continent and constantly makes its presence felt in the FIFA Club World Cup.

Last week the team even played in the African Champions League, but for the 23/24 season, which is worth a place in the next edition of the World Cup.

The team comes from 2 draws in the competition, when away from home they drew one to one against Young Africans, and in the last match playing as home team, a goalless draw against Belouizdad, a team from Algeria.

In 3 rounds played, the Egyptian team leads the group with 5 points, as they also beat Medeama 3-0 in their debut, playing at home.

At the end of November, the team participated for the last time in its national league and also ended with a goalless draw against Smouha.

In these last matches the team was already preparing for the Club World Cup and perhaps we cannot take it as such a faithful reference.

In the Egyptian national championship, the team appears in second place, still undefeated, with 4 wins and 2 draws, having scored 12 goals and conceded 4.

They will face the Al-Ittihad team, which has already made its debut in the Club World Cup.

Al-Ittihad:

Al-Ittihad is a team from Saudi Arabia and participates in the competition as the champion of the host country.

In the first phase of the competition, the team faced Auckland City, and with absolute calm they dispatched the Oceania team.

Final score 3-0 and all the goals were scored in the first half, demonstrating the enormous superiority of this team.

In fact, the names of the goal scorers already show the power of the Saudi Arabian team, which opened the scoring with Romarinho, expanded with Kante and closed the score with Benzema.

They are an absolutely qualified team, they made a big investment for this season, with the former Real Madrid striker as their biggest name.

In the national league, last week the team ended up losing and is further away from the title, but still, they are an absolutely dangerous team for this clash against Al Ahly.

Although they will face the current champion of the African continent, I believe that Al-Ittihad has a great chance of winning and advancing in the competition.

Conclusion:

My betting choice will be on Al-Ittihad’s victory, but just as I believe that they are two teams with good offensive power, the goal line also seems like an interesting option.