RIYADH. Al Nassr finds the way to recover against Al Hilal with a goal on the O. Ighalo 10′ and a penalty kick on the S. Al-Dawsari 65′.
The match was played at the King Saud University Stadium stadium in Riyadh on Monday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos with the help of Alberto Morín Méndez and Miguel Ángel Hernández Paredes. The 4th official was Majed Al Shamrani. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 14.1 degrees Celsius or 57.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Al Nassr was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Al Hilal that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Al Nassr was putting more pressure with 53 dangerous attacks and 26 shots of which 13 were on target. However, that was not enough Al Nassr to win the match.
Al Nassr shot 26 times, 13 on target, 13 off target. On the opposite side, Al Hilal shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Al Nassr received 2 yellow cards (Ayman Yahya and Abdullah Alkhaibari). Regarding the opposition, Al Hilal received 2 yellow cards (Gustavo Cuéllar and Jang Hyun-Soo).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Al Nassr will have 23 points to hold in the 1st place. On the other side, Al Hilal will have 21 points like Al Ittihad to hold in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Nassr will play away with Al Fateh on the 2nd of February with a 14-3 head to head statistic in favor of Al Nassr (8 draws).
Al Hilal will host Al Adalh on the 15th of January with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Al Hilal (0 draws).
Al Nassr – Formation
Al Nassr
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Al Nassr started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Rudi Garcia decided to play with the following team: David Ospina Ramírez, Álvaro González Soberón, Sultan Abdullah Al Ghanam, Ghislain Konan, Abdulelah Al Amri, Luiz Gustavo Dias, Anderson Souza Conceição, Sami Khalil Al Naji, Abdullah Alkhaibari, Ayman Yahya and Vincent Paté Aboubakar.
The home team had on the bench: Waleed Abdullah Ali, Ali Alawjami, Abdulrahman Ghareeb, Mohammed Abdulhakim Al Fatil, Ali Al Hassan, Gonzalo Nicolás Martínez, Majed Mohammed, Abdulmajeed Mohammed Al Sulaiheem and Mohammed Maran.
Al Nassr could not rely on the presence of Ali Alawjami (injured).
Substitutions
Al Nassr made 5 changes: Abdullah Alkhaibari for Ali Al-Hassan (46′), Ayman Yahya for Gonzalo Martínez (46′), Sami Al-Najei for Abdulrahman Ghareeb (79′), Sultan Al-Ghannam for Ali Alawjami (85′) and Vincent Aboubakar for Abdulmajeed Al Sulaiheem (90′).
Al Hilal – Formation
Al Hilal
Al Hilal started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Ramón Ángel Díaz played with: Abdullah Ibrahim Al Maiouf, Mohammed Yahya Jahfali, Hyun-Soo Jang, Mohammed Al Burayk, Saud Abdullah Abdul Hamid, Gustavo Leonardo Cuéllar Gallego, André Martín Carrillo Díaz, Salem Mohammed Al Dawsari, Mohammed Kanoo, Odion Jude Ighalo and Luciano Vietto.
These were the players on the bench: Saleh Khalid Al Shehri, Hamad Al Yami, Abdulelah Al Malki, Khalifah Aldawsari, Mohammed Khalil Al Owais, Matheus Fellipe Costa Pereira, Nasser Al Dawsari, Abdullah Ibrahim Otayf and Michael Richard Delgado de Oliveira.
Substitutions
Al Hilal made 3 changes: Mohammed Al-Burayk for Nasser Al-Dawsari (21′), Luciano Vietto for Michael Delgado (58′) and André Carrillo for Khalifah Aldawsari (85′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Al Nassr – Al Hilal – 2-2
- Al Feiha – Al Tai – 2-1
- Al Ittihad – Al Taawon – 3-0
- Al Fateh – Al Shabab – 4-1
- Al Batin – Al Raed – 1-2
