Published On 29/11/2025
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Last update: 14:02 (Mecca time)
Al-Ittihad will host its counterpart Al-Shabab in the quarter-finals of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup 2025/26 for football.
Al-Ittihad reached the quarter-finals after defeating Al-Nasr in the eighth-final, while Al-Shabab ousted Al-Zulfi in the eighth-final.
Date of Al-Ittihad’s match against Al-Shabab in the Saudi King’s Cup
The match will be held today, November 29, at Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium in Jeddah.
The match starts at 8:30 pm (20:30) Saudi time, 9:30 pm (21:30) UAE time.
Channels broadcasting the Al-Ittihad and Al-Shabab match in the Saudi King’s Cup
- “Thmanyah 1 HD” channel network
You can also follow the events of the match, moment by moment, through live coverage on Al Jazeera Net.
Al-Ittihad enters the match looking for a pass to the semi-finals in its mission to preserve its title, amid difficult circumstances that the team is experiencing, whether at the league level or in the elite AFC Champions League, especially as it is coming from a 4-2 loss in the Asian Championship at Al-Duhail, Qatar, last week.
On the other hand, Al-Shabab – which recorded fluctuating results in the league that dropped it to 13th place with 8 points – is looking to continue the journey in the “most expensive cups” towards regaining a title that has been absent for 11 years.
The history of the King’s Cup was filled with many confrontations between Al-Ittihad and Al-Shabab, the most recent of which was the one that brought them together in the semi-finals of the last edition, in which Al-Ittihad turned a 1-2 deficit into a 3-2 victory in stoppage time. What is noteworthy is that it was the same result of the last confrontation that brought them together, which was in the 33rd round of the league championship last season, which reflects the extent of the rivalry and excitement in the confrontations between the two teams.
The first meeting between Al-Ittihad and Al-Shabab in the King’s Cup dates back to 1980, when Al-Shabab won 3-0 in the semi-final.
In total, Al-Ittihad and Al-Shabab met in the King’s Cup 11 times, with Al-Ittihad winning 8 matches, compared to 3 victories for Al-Shabab.
The two expected formations
Al-Ittihad: Rajkovic, El-Shinqiti, Pereira, Kaddish, Mitaj, Fernandes, Kante, Fabinho, Bergwijn, Benzema, Al-Ghamdi.
Al-Shabab: Grohe, Harbouch, Al-Shuwairekh, Houdit, Bel-Obeid, Maanouq, Al-Sabani, Onai, Hussein Al-Sabani, Hamdallah, Brownhill.