Fighting it out for a place in the Club World Cup quarter-finals, Manchester City and Al-Hilal will come up against each other at Camping World Stadium on Tuesday morning.
The winner of this tie will progress to the last-eight where they will take on either Inter Milan or Fluminense.
Pep Guardiola's side were the only team to emerge from the group phase with nine points from a possible nine.
The most impressive of those victories came against Juventus on matchday three, with City claiming a thumping 5-2 win over Juventus.
As for Al-Hilal, they placed second in Group H, navigating their way to the knockout round without tasting defeat.
Simone Inzaghi’s side showed that they are no pushovers when holding Real Madrid to a 1-1 draw on matchday one, so they won’t be fazed by the task on hand when they pit their wits against star-studded City.
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How the bookies view it: Man City to march on
Given the momentum that they are carrying, it’s no surprise to see Man City as short-priced 2/7 favourites with Boylesports.
Despite avoiding defeat in each of their three Club World Cup matches so far, Al-Hilal are as big as 7/1 (Boylesports) to triumph while the 90 minute draw is also considered unlikely at 4/1 with the same firm.
Head to head: Some hope for Al-Hilal
Manchester City and Al-Hilal will face off in competitive competition for the first time ever this week. However, it’s worth noting that the two teams did contest a friendly fixture way back in 2012, with Al-Hilal running out 1-0 winners on that occasion.
Players to watch: Haaland hot streak to continue?
Erling Haaland has scored in each of his last two outings at the Club World Cup, but there is no value in siding with him here at 4/6 on Boylesports. However, backing Man City to win alongside a Haaland goal will boost the price to a much more attractive 4/5 when using the Boylesports Bet Builder tool.
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic looks overpriced to attempt two or more shots during this clash at 11/10 with William Hill. The all-action Al-Hilal midfielder registered two shots against Real Madrid before racking up four attempts against RB Salzburg on matchday two.
Predicted line-ups
Man City will again be unable to call upon the services of Claudio Echeverri after the attacking midfielder suffered an ankle injury in training prior to the Juventus game. Meanwhile, Rico Lewis will serve the final game of his three-match suspension.
Salem Al-Dawsari will miss the remainder of the Club World Cup after suffering a hamstring injury against Pachuca, so Mohamed Kanno is expected to come into the Al-Hilal starting XI here.
Man City: Ederson; Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O'Reilly; Gonzalez, Gundogan; Cherki, Foden, Doku; Haaland
Al-Hilal: Bono; Cancelo, Tambakti, Koulibaly, Lodi; N. Al-Dawsari, Neves, Kanno; Milinkovic-Savic; Malcom, Leonardo
Anything else catch the eye?
Ruben Dias looks well worthy of support to commit a minimum of one foul during this contest at even-money (1/1) on Bet 365.
The Portuguese centre-half was guilty of three separate offences against Juventus last time out.
Dias should have his hands full again here given that he could be in direct battle with Marcos Leonardo, who has drawn a combined total of five fouls across his three outings at the Club World Cup so far.
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