The Saudi-Oman match faces Omicron and injuries

The Saudi city of Jeddah will host the Saudi and Omani national teams, in the seventh round of the final qualifiers for the World Cup Qatar 2022.

Before the expected confrontation, the Saudi Green lost the efforts of Salman Al-Faraj, Zaid Al-Bawardi and Abdul Rahman Ghareeb to injury, while the Omani red suffered from the emergence of three positive cases of COVID-19 among the members of the mission, two players and the photographer. Al-Ahmar lost one of its most important offensive elements, Issam Al-Subhi, and the player Abdulaziz Al-Ghilani, as well as Salah Al-Yahiai, who was confirmed to have a second-degree rupture.

The confrontation represents a lifeline for the Omani team, which is in fourth place in the standings of Group Two (7 points), while Al-Akhdar is at the top of the group without defeat (5 wins and a draw), and seeks to snatch the points to confirm its lead in the group.

Given the importance of the meeting, the Saudi Ministry of Sports decided to increase the capacity of Abdullah Sports City Stadium, which will host the meeting, with 100% attendance.