Coach Saad Al-Shahrani, the head coach of the Al-Ettifaq first football team, has begun to outline a new formation in preparation for the upcoming match against Al-Fateh, scheduled for Friday, as part of the sixth round of the Roshan Saudi League.

Special sources indicated that Al-Shahrani is considering making adjustments in the midfield and attack lines after the heavy loss to Al-Hilal with a score of 5-0, aiming to correct the course and improve the team's technical performance.

According to the information, Al-Shahrani is weighing between Ondrej Duda and Mukhtar Ali to include one of them in the midfield, while he is thinking of involving Mattia Glushkovich and Mohao Nkota in the front line to enhance offensive effectiveness in front of the goal.

The coaching staff hopes that these changes will help restore balance after a decline in results in recent rounds, especially since the team has not won in the last two consecutive rounds.

In the training session held on Tuesday evening at the club's stadium, Al-Shahrani focused on raising the players' fitness levels, then moved on to various tactical drills that included building attacks and high pressing.

Al-Ettifaq, currently in eleventh place with seven points, is preparing to face its host Al-Fateh, who sits in fifteenth place with only one point, in a match taking place at the Maysan Financing Stadium in Al-Ahsa, with both teams eager to return to the winning path.