Crown Prince Cup holder Al-Hilal and reigning champion Al-Ittihad meet in the Premier League decider for the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup at Jeddah's Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium Sunday. Although Al-Ittihad seems better placed against Al-Hilal in the last match of the competition, the two teams seem to have the same circumstances after their recent unconvincing draws. Al-Hilal failed to decide the championship when it drew the two delayed matches with Al-Shabab 1-1 and 0-0 respectively. On the other hand, Al-Ittihad has lost two earlier chances to assure the championship before meeting Al-Hilal. In the first match, Al-Ittihad drew with Al-Wehdah 1-1 before it got the same result with Al-Shabab. A positive result for Al-Ittihad in one of those two matches would have ended the title-race. Sunday's match will see Elvis Magno in action supporting Al-Hassane Keita in the front line. Magno has recently recovered from an injury that deprived the team of his services in Wednesday's AFC match against Sepahan of Iran, which Al-Ittihad lost 1-2. Al-Ittihad, being at the top with 48 points, has two chances to win the title -a win or a draw. Whereas with 45 points Al-Hilal is in a must-win situation to tie with Al-Ittihad on points. According to the new regulations of the competition, when two teams have the same number of points, the results of their first and second leg matches determine the award. The two teams had shared points in the first leg in Riyadh 0-0. This means that if Al-Hilal wins, the Blues will need to inform cargo officials in the airport that they have something valuable in their luggage. Both teams are expected to have the full squad. Al-Hilal's key players Tariq Al-Taib, Tavares, Yasser Al-Qahtani and Al-Shalhoob are ready for the “battle” as many supporters of both teams prefer to call it. Meanwhile, Suarez, the coach of Al-Ittihad, understands quite well that this match will decide his future. He has been blamed over the last couple of weeks for not doing well in two local competitions and for getting bad results in the AFC Championship. So, he is expected to either change his training philosophy or prepare himself to depart. Al-Ittihad squad will see perhaps all influential players in the starting lineup such as Mohammed Noor, Checo, Magno, Keita, Manaf Abu Shogair and AbdulRahman Al-Qahtani. __
