Al‑Ahli Vs Machida Zelvia LIVE Score, AFC Champions League: Defending Champs Face Debutants In Final

Starting XI: Kosei Tani; Gen Shoji (c), Daihachi Okamura, Yuta Nakayama; Hotaka Nakaumra, Neta Lavi, Hiroyuki Mae, Kotaro Hayashi; Erik, Tete Yengi, Yuki Soma.

Bench: Tatsuya Morita (gk), Yoshiaki Arai (gk), Ibrahim Dresevic, Keiya Sento, Hokuto Shimoda, Henry Heroki Mochizuki, Asahi Masuyama, Ryohei Shirasaki, Shota Fuijo, Futa Tokamura, Kanji Kuwayama, Sang-Ho Na.

Starting XI: Edouard Mendy (c); Rayan Hamed, Merih Demiral, Roger Ibanez, XZakaria Hawsawi; Valentin Atangana Edoa, Franck Kessie; Riyad Mahrez, Enzo Millot, Wenderson Galeno; Ivan Toney.

Bench: Abdulrahman Al Sanbi (gk), Abdullah Abdo (gk), Mohammed Abdulrahman, Matteo Dams, Yazan Madani, Mohammed Sulaiman, Matheus Goncalves, Saleh Abu Al-Shamat, Ziyad Aljohani, Eid Al Muwallad, Firas Al-Buraikan, Ricardo Mathias.

Machida Zelvia will enter the final as huge underdogs, but the Japanese club have enjoyed a unique journey so far. Only two decades ago, they were down in the seventh tier of Japanese football. Go Kuroda, their head coach, is a former high school trainer. Now, they are in the final in their debut campaign in the AFC Champions League Elite.

• Fixture: Al-Ahli Saudi vs Machida Zelvia

• Series: AFC Champions League Elite 2025-26

• Venue: Alimna Bank Stadium in King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah

• Date: Saturday, April 25, 2026

• Time: 9:45 PM IST

Good evening, football fans! This is the start of our live blog covering the AFC Champions League Elite final between Al-Ahli and Machida Zelvia in Jeddah. Stay tuned for pre-match updates and line-ups as they are released.