An exciting classic between Al Hilal and Al Ittihad in the AFC Champions League quarter-finals (Getty)

Today, Tuesday, all eyes turn to the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, as it hosts the exciting El Clásico between Al Hilal and Al Ittihad in the first leg of the AFC Champions League quarter-finals.

Today's football summit between Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad comes 4 days after their confrontation in the local league, which the landowner, Al-Hilal, decided in its favor 3-1.

Schedule of the AFC Champions League quarter-finals

Al-Hilal hopes to renew its victory over its rival to continue its journey in the competition in which it holds the record for the number of titles won (4 times, most recently in 2021), while Al-Ittihad, the champion twice in 2004 and 2005, will try to restore its reputation and go a long way towards the round of four.

⏳Tonight.. our date #Kingdom_Arena 💙 #Al Hilal pic.twitter.com/h1qs9E6hj4

- Al Hilal Saudi Club (@Alhilal_FC) March 5, 2024

But the task of the men of Argentine coach Marcelo Gallardo will not be easy in front of the men of Portuguese coach Jorge Jesus, who have achieved victory in the last 25 matches in various competitions, and have not tasted the taste of loss so far this season, and are looking forward to achieving a big victory that will relieve them in the return match.

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AFC Champions League


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Quarter-final first leg


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Kingdom Arena pic.twitter.com/p9x4K43XYw

- Al-Ittihad Saudi Club (@ittihad) March 5, 2024

Match date

The Al Hilal match against Al-Ittihad is scheduled to be held today, Tuesday, March 5, at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, and the match will start at 21:00 local time, six pm GMT.

Transmission channels

The Al Hilal and Al-Ittihad match can be watched on the Qatari “BeIN Sports” group of channels on the “BeIN Sports AFC” channel and also on the Saudi “SSC” channels. The match can also be watched on Abu Dhabi channels inside the Emirates and the Qatari Al Kass channel “Al Kass 9”. HD".

Al Hilal expected lineup

  • Goalkeeper:

    Yassine Bounou.

  • Defense:

    Ali Al-Bulaihi, Kalidou Koulibaly, Saud Abdelhamid, Renan Lodi.

  • Midfield:

    Salman Al-Faraj, Ruben Neves, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Salem Al-Dosari.

  • Attack:

    Malcolm, Aleksandar Mitrovic.

The expected lineup of Al-Ittihad

  • Goalkeeper:

    Abdullah Al-Mayouf.

  • Defense:

    Sweilem Al-Menhali, Ahmed Hegazy, Hassan Kadish, Fawaz Al-Saqour, Zakaria Hawsawi.

  • Midfield:

    Fabinho, Faisal Al-Ghamdi, N'Golo Kante.

  • Attack:

    Abdel Razzaq Hamdallah, Romarinho.

Source: Al Jazeera + agencies