RIYADH. Al Nassr destroys Al Riyadh 4-1 with goals of Cristiano Ronaldo (31′), Otávio (45′), Talisca (67′) and Talisca (90′). On the opposite side, Al Riyadh scored with Andre Gray (68′). Al Nassr was surely better in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Mrsool Park stadium in Riyadh on Friday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Majed Al Shamrani assisted by Bader Ali Al Shamrani and Esaa Khibariy. The 4th official was Abdullah Al-Shehri. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 24.04 degrees Celsius or 75.27 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 13%.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Al Nassr has 37 points to sit in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Al Riyadh will stays with 16 points like Al Khaleej to remain in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Nassr will play away against Al Ittihad on the 13th of December with a 14-12 head to head statistic in favor of Al Ittihad (12 draws).
Al Riyadh will host Al Khaleej on the 13th of December with a 0-0 head to head record.
Al Nassr – Formation
Al Nassr
88'
83'
45'
Al Nassr adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Luís Manuel Ribeiro de Castro decided to play with the following team: Nawaf Al-Aqidi , Sultan Al-Ghannam , Ali Lajami , Aymeric Laporte , Ayman Yahya , Marcelo Brozovic , Seko Fofana , Talisca , Otávio , Sadio Mané and Cristiano Ronaldo .
The home team had on the bench: Mohammed Al-Fatil, Abdulelah Al-Amri, Abdulmajeed Al-Sulaiheem, Sami Al-Najei, Mohammed Maran, Abdullah Al-Khaibari , Mohammed Qasem, Abdulrahman Ghareeb and Raghed Najjar.
Substitutions
Al Nassr made 3 changes: Marcelo Brozovic for Abdullah Al-Khaibari (78′), Sadio Mané for Abdulrahman Ghareeb (83′) and Otávio for Abdulmajeed Al-Sulaiheem (90′).
Player of the match: Talisca
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Nassr was Talisca.
His rating is with 2 goals, 42 passes (71% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 12 duels out of 16. He performed 1 cross.
Al Riyadh – Formation
Al Riyadh
Also Al Riyadh adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Odair Hellmann played with: Martín Campaña , Khalid Bin Shuwayyi , Dino Arslanagić , Ahmad Asiri , Abdulelah Al Khaibari , Fahad Al Rashidi , Birama Touré , Yahia Al-Shehri , Didier Ndong , Abdullah Ibrahim Rashid Al Omar Al Dossari and Mohammed Al-Dosari, Saleh Al Abbas .
They had on the bench: Rakan Najjar , Amiri Kurdi, Abdulrahman Al Yami, Alin Toșca, Andre Gray , Juanmi , Knowledge Musona , Abdulhadi Al-Harajin and Mohamed Al Oqil.
Al Riyadh could not rely on the presence of Rakan Najjar (injured).
Substitutions
Al Riyadh made 5 changes: Martín Campaña for Rakan Najjar (59′), Abdullah Ibrahim Rashid Al Omar Al Dossari for Andre Gray (46′), Saleh Al Abbas for Juanmi (59′), Yahia Al-Shehri for Abdulhadi Al-Harajin (81′) and Fahad Al Rashidi for Knowledge Musona (68′).
Player of the match: Andre Gray
The player that probably impressed the most for Al Riyadh was Andre Gray.
His rating is with 1 goal, 8 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 2. He performed 1 cross.
His performance was fantastic also because he started the encounter from the bench before entering in the 46′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Al Khaleej – Abha – 3-1
- Al Taawon – Al Feiha – 4-1
- Al Nassr – Al Riyadh – 4-1
- Al Tai – Al Hilal – 1-2
