"We moved to the sixth spot in the league table and are aiming to climb further to the fifth or fourth place to play directly in the UEFA Cup next season or at least take part in the Intertoto," Al-Saqqa told FilGoal.com on Friday.

"This will not happen unless we defeat Rizespor and Gaziantepspor in our remaining two games."

The Egypt international defender is relieved that his compatriots Ibrahim Saied and Beshir Al-Tabei, who play for Rizespor, will not take part in the game due to suspension.

"Both of them are regulars in Rizespor so their absence will negatively affect our opponents' performance."

"It is also good for me personally that they will miss the game because it is very difficult to see their sadness in case Rizespor suffer defeat and go down to second division," he added.

Rizespor risk being relegated as they lie third from bottom on 36 points, one adrift of the safety zone.