Match kick off at 18:15 at the Abdulla bin Khalifa stadium on Sunday 12^th April

Michael Laudrup – Lekhwiya head coach
“We played them back in December and it was a very tight game. We need to win this to win the title so it is a highly important game and the players know this. Al Ahli will also be motivated as they try to finish higher in the league standings.”

“Well it’s true we have some important players out because of suspensions, but the payers who will come in know that if we win then we will take the league. So the motivation is already there, I just hope the replacements can do as good a job as the players who they replace.”

“Regarding the previous game, I don’t think the players lost focus. I can’t really talk about this game because then I have to speak about the referee’s performance and I don’t want to be punished.”


 
Zlatko Kranjčar – Al Ahli head coach
“Even though we are approaching the end of the season, we have motivation, Lekhwiya will be a tough game but we are trying to get into 5^th position.”

“Both teams will miss players but Lekhwiya has a stronger bench and so I expect them to still put out a quality team.”

“Losing the previous game was frustrating but it hasn’t changed anything with regards to motivation.”

“Dioko has scored so many goals and that speaks for itself. All the goals he scored however is partly due to the team. He is a great player who ranks amongst some of the top strikers in Europe, he has all the major attributes, explosive, creative, natural leader and we hope to have him in the team for a long time.”

“In the last game, Lekhwiya came undone, the pressure got to them and we hope to also utilize this pressure. They are at the end of a long season and they didn’t have a great game, it is not easy to play a team fighting for its survival. So I think in a way the game tomorrow will be a repeat as Lekwhiya need to win and we have to try and stop them.”
 
Absences: Pedro, Khamis Malaki, Jobari,  and Ali  Jassimi will all be out.