BELEK. Al Nassr was capable to reverse the score against Al Batin. It was Al Batin to score first with a goal from R. López. Nonetheless, later Al Nassr found the way to reverse the score scoring 3 consecutive goals with Abdulrahman Ghareeb (90′), Mohammed Al-Fatil (90′) and Mohammed Maran (90′). Al Nassr was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (70%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Belconti Resort Hotel stadium in Belek on Friday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Sami Al Jires who was helped by Saad Al-Subaiee and Emad Mohammed Askar. The 4th official was Meshal Ali Al-Shehri. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 16.3 degrees Celsius or 61.3 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Nassr had a strong ball possession 70% while Al Batin was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Nassr was more pushing with 71 dangerous attacks and 26 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Nassr won the match.
Al Nassr shot 26 times, 6 on target, 20 off target. On the opposite side, Al Batin shot 8 times, 1 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Al Nassr received 2 yellow cards (Mohammed Maran and Nawaf Al-Aqidi). Talking about the opposition, Al Batin received 4 yellow cards (M. Campaña, Rakan Shamlan, R. López and M. Salifu).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Al Nassr will have 46 points to sit in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Al Batin will stay with 6 points to remain in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Nassr will host Al Fateh on the 30th of May with a 14-3 head to head in favor of Al Nassr (9 draws).
Al Batin will host Al Adalh on the 25th of May with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Al Adalh (1 draw).
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: Nawaf Alaqidi, Abdullah Mohammed Madu, Sultan Abdullah Al Ghanam, Ali Alawjami, Ghislain Konan, Luiz Gustavo Dias, Sami Khalil Al Naji, Abdullah Alkhaibari, Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, Jaloliddin Masharipov and Abdulrahman Ghareeb.
The home team had on the bench: Yousef Hussain Haqawi, Mohammed Maran, Abdulmajeed Mohammed Al Sulaiheem, , Mohammed Abdulhakim Al Fatil, Majed Mohammed, Nawaf Boushal, Ali Al Hassan and Agustín Daniel Rossi.
Substitutions
Al Nassr made 5 changes: Abdullah Al-Khaibari for Abdulmajeed Al Sulaiheem (46′), J. Masharipov for Mohammed Maran (46′), Sami Al-Najei for Nawaf Boushal (76′), Sultan Al-Ghannam for Majed Mohammed (82′) and Ali Al-Oujami for Mohammed Al Fatil (90′).
Al Batin – Formation
Al Batin
Al Batin started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).
Zdravko Lograrocic played with: Martín Nicolás Campaña Delgado, Maurício de Carvalho Antônio, Abdullah Al Yousif, Mohammed Naji, Yahya Al-Qarani, Mohammed Bassam Alhurayji, Renzo López Patrón, Andre Watshini Bukia, Rakan Alanaze, Yousef Al Shammari and Juan Sebastián Pedroza Perdomo.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Faysal Omar, Abdulrahman Saad, Bader Alhwidy Alshammary, Tariq Madaad Al Mutairi, Salifu Mudasiru, Meshaal Huriss, Nawaf Al-Sehimai, Yousef Fawaz and Abdullah Al-Barrih.
Substitutions
Al Batin made 3 changes: Rakan Shamlan for Salifu Mudasiru (59′), Maurício Antônio for Nawaf Al-Sehimai (71′) and Yahya Al Qarani for Tariq Madaad Al Mutairi (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Al Raed – Al Ittifaq – 1-2
- Al Nassr – Al Batin – 3-1
- Al Khaleej – Al Ittihad – 0-3
