Al-Sadd will miss the services of Saad Al-Dosari and Rodrigo Tabata in the upcoming clash with Qatar SC, a postponed match from Round 8 of the QNB Stars League.
Brazilian midfielder Guilherme Torres will also be absent from the match due to suspension, as he received his fourth yellow card in the last match against Al-Ahli.
After the end of Friday’s final training session, head coach Juanma Lillo announced the matchday squad, which consists of the following 18 players: Jehad Muhammad, Meshaal Barsham, Pedro Miguel, Bahaa Al-Laithi, Jung Woo-young, Ahmed Sayyar, Santi Cazorla, Baghdad Bounedjah, Akram Afif, Khoukhi Boualem, Abdullah Al-Yazidi, Ahmed Al-Saeed, Musaab Khidir, Hassan Al-Haydos, Abdulrahman Rashid, Tarek Salman, Ali Asad, and Hashim Ali.
The training session was attended by the national team head coach Carlos Queiroz, in addition to Eng. Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, Vice President of Al-Sadd SC, and Mohammed Ghanem Al-Ali, Head of Football at the club.