Saudi Arabia and Iraq will meet in a decisive match to determine the identity of the team that will accompany Bahrain to the semi-finals of the Arabian Gulf Football Cup “Gulf 26”.
The Saudi team needs a draw at the very least to snatch the ticket to qualify for the semi-finals, while Iraq, the defending champion, will have to win in order to continue the campaign to defend the title.
“Al-Akhdar” occupies second place in the second group with 3 points, ahead of “Al-Rafidain Lions” on goal difference, while the Yemeni team is in last place with a score of 0 points.
Date of the Saudi Arabia vs. Iraq match and broadcast channels
The summit between Saudi Arabia and Iraq will be held on Saturday, December 28, at Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, and will start at five-thirty in the evening, Iraq, Doha and Mecca time.
The live broadcast of the match will be broadcast through the following channels:
- Dubai Sports HD 1
- SSC NEWS HD
- Oman Sports HD
- Cup 1
- Sharjah Sports HD
- Abu Dhabi Sports HD 1
The two teams have previously met in 8 previous Gulf Cup matches, and it may have been possible to increase the number of matches to nine had it not been for the cancellation of the match that brought them together in the sixth edition in the Emirates in 1982, due to the withdrawal of the Iraqi team against the Emirates and the cancellation of all its results in the same edition.
The Iraqi team is numerically superior to “Al-Akhdar” in the Gulf Cup with six victories compared to two victories for the Saudi team. It is noteworthy that the result of the tie that the Saudi team is waiting for on Saturday was not witnessed in any of the two teams’ matches in the Gulf Championship.
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