RIYADH. Al Nassr overcame Al Hazm to win 2-1. A goal from J. Masharipov was decisive in the 90min. It was Al Nassr to strike first with a goal of Khalid Al Ghannam at the 14′. Then V. Aboubakar scored again for Al Nassr in the 52′ minute. Eventually, Tiago Rodrigues reduced the distance for Al Hazm (57′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The match was played at the Mrsool Park stadium in Riyadh. The referee was Ivan Kružliak with the help of Branislav Hancko and Tomas Somolani. The 4th official was Bandar Al Qahtani. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.1 degrees Celsius or 50.14 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Al Nassr was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Al Hazm that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Al Nassr was more pushing with 54 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Nassr won the match.
Al Nassr shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Al Hazm shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Al Nassr received 3 yellow cards (Ali Al-Hassan, Abdullah Al Khaibari and J. Masharipov). On the opposite side, Al Hazm received 4 yellow cards (Alison, Saud Zidan, Abdulrahman Al-Dakheel and Ahmed Al-Juwaid).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Al Nassr will have 23 points to remain in the 4th place. On the other side, Al Hazm will stay with 11 points like Al Taawon to gain in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Nassr will play away with Al Fateh on the 1st of January with a 12-3 head to head stats in favor of Al Nassr (8 draws).
Al Hazm will host Al Ta’ee on the 31st of December with a 4-0 head to head statistic in favor of Al Hazm (2 draws).
Al Nassr – Formation
Al Nassr
81'
58'
90'
The manager Miguel Ángel Russo decided to play with the following team: Waleed Abdullah, R. Mori, Sultan Al-Ghannam, Abdulelah Al-Amri, Mansour Al Shammari, Sami Al-Najei, Abdullah Al Khaibari, Ali Al-Hassan, Khalid Al Ghannam, V. Aboubakar and J. Masharipov.
The home team had on the bench: Abdulkareem Al-Muzayl, Amin Jan Al Bukhari, Mohammed Al Fatil, Mukhtar Ali, Abdulfattah Adam, Anselmo, Mohammed Qassem, G. Martínez and Khalil Al Absi.
Substitutions
Al Nassr made 2 changes: Khalid Al Ghannam for G. Martínez (46′) and Ali Al-Hassan for Anselmo (58′).
Al Hazm – Formation
Al Hazm
Constantin Gâlcă played with: Dawood Al Saeed, Abdulrahman Al-Dakheel, Farhan Al-Aazmi, Fahad Al-Obaid, Tiago Rodrigues, Alison, Saud Zidan, Thaar Al-Otaibi, Ahmed Al-Juwaid, O. John and C. Strandberg.
These were the players on the bench: Ibrahim Zaid, Abdulelah Al Shammry, Abdulrahman Al-Dhefiri, Abdulrahman Al-Harthi, Masoud Bakheet, M. Rharsalla, Y. Omar, Khaled Al-Barakah and Mohammed Al Bassas.
Substitutions
Al Hazm made 4 changes: Tiago Rodrigues for Abdulelah Al Shammry (58′), Thaar Al-Otaibi for M. Rharsalla (59′), Saud Zidan for Masoud Bakheet (78′) and O. John for Y. Omar (78′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Al Ta’ee – Al Faisaly – 3-1
- Al Ittihad – Al Ittifaq – 3-2
- Al Nassr – Al Hazm – 2-1
