Wydad Casablanca vs Al Ain Preview: Team News & Prediction | 2025 FIFA Club World Cup | Group Stage
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In a tough group alongside both Juventus and Manchester City, Wydad Casablanca and Al Ain have already been eliminated after two games of the FIFA Club World Cup.
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Wydad Casablanca team news: Fully fit
Wydad Casablanca have a fully fit and available squad for their final group stage game against Al Ain this week. That means the Moroccans may well name an unchanged eleven for this one.
Predicted XI (3-4-3): Benabid; Guilherme Ferreira, Boutouil, Meijers; Moufi, Zemraoui, El Moubarik, Moufid; Amrabat, Obeng, Lorch
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Al Ain team news: Potentially unchanged
Much like their north African opponents in this game, Al Ain also have a fully fit and available squad for this one with no fresh injury concerns or suspension issues. It would therefore be no surprise to see them name an unchanged eleven themselves.
Predicted XI (3-5-2): Eisa; Niang, Park, Rabia; Jasic, Nader, Traore, Zabala; Chadli, Rahimi, Al Baloushi
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Key stats
- The is the first FIFA club competition match between teams from Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.
- Wydad are without a win in their previous five FIFA competition matches (W0 D1 L4).
- Al Ain have lost their last three FIFA competition matches, since a 6-2 victory against Auckland City in the FIFA Intercontinental Cup African-Asian-Pacific Play-off in September 2024.
- Al Ain have four Moroccan players in their playing roster; Sofiane and Houssine Rahimi, Nassim Chadli and Yahya Ben Khaleq.
- Al Ain’s Moroccan brothers, Sofiane and Houssine Rahimi have both played in their homeland for Wydad’s Casablanca arch-rivals Raja.
- Al Ain’s Nassim Chadli joined the club from Wydad earlier this month.
- Moroccan midfielder El Mehdi El Moubarik is on loan to Wydad from Al Ain, the club he joined in 2022.
Wydad Casablanca vs Al Ain prediction
Wydad Casablanca entered the tournament as one of the weaker sides and that has been shown against tough opposition in their opening games. The Moroccans began their campaign with a 2-0 loss to Manchester City before then suffering a 4-1 hammering at the hands of Juventus the other day.
Al Ain qualified for the tournament under the management of Hernan Crespo, but they have drifted quite significantly since his departure. The Emirati outfit began the campaign with a 5-0 loss to Juventus before then being beaten by six goals to nil by Manchester City in their second outing.
Whilst Wydad have been underwhelming thus far, Al Ain are extremely poor and have been for a while now so a Wydad victory to finish off the group stages seems likely.
Wydad Casablanca vs Al Ain tip: Wydad Casablanca to win
