JEDDAH. Al Nassr conquered Al Ahli Jeddah to win 2-1. T. was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Al Nassr to strike first with a goal of Talisca at the 53′. Then Talisca scored again for Al Nassr in the 76′ minute with a goal scoring a double. Eventually, E. Alioski reduced the distance for Al Ahli Jeddah with a goal. Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Al Ahli Jeddah lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium stadium in Jeddah on Friday and it started at 7:40 pm local time. The referee was Vitor Jorge Fernandes Ferreira who had the assistance of Bruno Miguel Alves Jesus and Paulo Ricardo Duarte Brás. The 4th official was Ahmad Al Rumaikhani. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 26.9 degrees Celsius or 80.46 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Ahli Jeddah had a strong ball possession 58% while Al Nassr was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Ahli Jeddah was was putting more pressure with 89 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 9 were on target. Anyway, Al Nassr managed to find the solution to win this match.
Al Ahli Jeddah shot 15 times, 9 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Al Nassr shot 13 times, 7 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Al Ahli Jeddah received 4 yellow cards (A. Ndao, Mohammed Al-Khabrani, Ali Al-Asmari and E. Alioski). Talking about the opposition, Al Nassr received 3 yellow cards (Talisca, Ayman Yahya and Mansour Al Shammari).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Al Ahli Jeddah will stay with 15 points like Al Faisaly to hold in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Al Nassr will have 17 points to remain in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Ahli Jeddah will play away against Al Raed on the 27th of December with a 20-4 head to head stats in favor of Al Ahli Jeddah (3 draws).
Al Nassr will host Al Hazm on the 26th of December with a 11-3 head to head stats in favor of Al Nassr (3 draws).
Al Ahli Jeddah – Formation
Al Ahli Jeddah adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Besnik Hasi decided to play with the following team: Mohammed Al Yami, Mohammed Al-Khabrani, H. Nagguez, Abdulbasit Al-Hindi, E. Alioski, Nooh Al-Mousa, Abdulrahman Ghareeb, Ali Al-Asmari, Mohammed Al-Majhad, A. Ndao and Omar Al Somah.
The home team had on the bench: Motaz Hawsawi, Firas Al-Ghamdi, Yasser Al-Mosailem, Mohammed Majrashi, Hani Al-Sebyani, Abdullah Tarmin, Salman Al-Moasher, Haitham Asiri and Housain Al-Mogahwi.
Al Ahli Jeddah could not rely on the presence of Haitham Asiri (injured).
Substitutions
Al Ahli Jeddah made 4 changes: H. Nagguez for Motaz Hawsawi (69′), A. Ndao for Mohammed Majrashi (69′), Mohammed Al-Majhad for Haitham Asiri (78′) and Ali Al-Asmari for Housain Al-Mogahwi (78′).
Al Nassr – Formation
Also Al Nassr adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Marcelo Salazar played with: Amin Jan Bukhari, Mohammed Al Fatil, Sultan Al-Ghannam, Ali Lajami, Mansour Al Shammari, Talisca, Abdullah Al khaibari, Ali Al-Hassan, Khalid Al Ghannam, Ayman Yahya and V. Aboubakar.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Naif Almas, Mohammed Qassem, Nawaf Al-Aqidi, Abdulmajeed Al-Sulaiheem, Sami Al-Najei, Mukhtar Ali, Khalil Al Absi, R. Mori and Abdulkareem Al-Muziel.
Al Nassr could not rely on the presence of R. Mori (injured).
Substitutions
Al Nassr made 3 changes: Mohammed Al Fatil for R. Mori (61′), Ayman Yahya for Sami Al-Najei (79′) and V. Aboubakar for Abdulmajeed Al-Sulaiheem (79′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.