RIYADH. Al Nassr beats Al Hilal with a 2-0 win with a goal from V. Aboubakar (39′) and a goal from T. (90′). Al Hilal was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (63%).
The match was played at the King Fahd International Stadium stadium in Riyadh on Thursday and it started at 3:15 pm local time. The referee was Paolo Valeri with the collaboration of Alessandro Giallatini and Ciro Carbone. The 4th official was Sami Al Jires. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 26.1 degrees Celsius or 78.94 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 20%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Hilal had a strong ball possession 63% while Al Nassr was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Hilal was putting more pressure with 73 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Al Nassr was able to find the solution to win this match.
Al Hilal shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Al Nassr shot 15 times, 8 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Al Hilal received 3 yellow cards (B. Gomis, Salman Al-Faraj and Matheus Pereira). On the other side, Al Nassr received 4 yellow cards (Ayman Yahya, Mansour Al Shammari, Ali Al-Hassan and Talisca).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Al Hilal will stay with 21 points to remain in the 4th place. On the opposite side, Al Nassr will have 20 points to remain in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Hilal will host Al Fateh on the 25th of December with a 19-3 head to head statistic in favor of Al Hilal (3 draws).
Al Nassr will host Al Hazm on the 26th of December with a 11-3 head to head statistic in favor of Al Nassr (3 draws).
Al Hilal – Formation
The manager José Leonardo Nunes Alves Sousa Jardim decided to play with the following team: Abdullah Al Maiouf, Yasir Al-Shahrani, Jang Hyun-Soo, Ali Al-Bulaihi, Muteb Al Mufarrij, G. Cuéllar, Salman Al-Faraj, Salem Al-Dawsari, Matheus Pereira, B. Gomis and M. Marega.
The home team had on the bench: L. Vietto, Abdullah Al Hamdan, Mohammed Al Qahtani, A. Carrillo, Musab Fahz Aljuwayr, Saleh Al-Shehri, Hamad Al Yami, Habib Al-Wotayan and Mohammed Jahfali.
Substitutions
Al Hilal made 4 changes: Ali Al-Bulaihi for Hamad Al Yami (57′), B. Gomis for L. Vietto (73′), Matheus Pereira for A. Carrillo (73′) and G. Cuéllar for Saleh Al-Shehri (84′).
Al Nassr – Formation
Marcelo Salazar played with: Waleed Abdullah, Sultan Al-Ghannam, Ali Lajami, Abdulelah Al-Amri, 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: Hamed Al Mansour, Sami Al-Najei, Mukhtar Ali, R. Mori, Mohammed Al Fatil, G. Martínez, J. Masharipov, Amin Jan Bukhari and Anselmo.
Substitutions
Al Nassr made 3 changes: Ayman Yahya for G. Martínez (59′), Ali Al-Hassan for Anselmo (72′) and Khalid Al Ghannam for Hamed Al Mansour (81′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.