KENNESAW. Al Nassr topped Al Fateh to win 2-1. It was Al Nassr to strike first with a goal of Cristiano Ronaldo at the 17′. Then it was a goal in the 29′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Otávio gave the win to Al Nassr in the 72′ minute with a goal. Al Nassr was surely superior in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the KSU Soccer Stadium stadium in Kennesaw on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Sami Al Jires with the help of Hesham Mohammed Al Refaei and Mohammed Ahmed Wazi. The 4th official was Abdullah Al-Harbi. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 24.01 degrees Celsius or 75.22 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 23%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Nassr had a strong ball possession 66% while Al Fateh was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Nassr was more pushing with 81 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Nassr won the match.
Al Nassr shot 24 times, 9 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Al Fateh shot 12 times, 6 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Al Nassr received 1 yellow card (Marcelo Brozovic). On the other side, Al Fateh received 4 yellow cards (Mourad Batna, Marwane Saadane, Cristian Tello and Salem Alnajdi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Al Nassr has 49 points to hold in the 2nd place. On the other side, Al Fateh will stays with 29 points to remain in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Nassr will play away against Al Shabab on the 21st of February with a 15-13 head to head in favor of Al Shabab (11 draws).
Al Fateh will host Dhamk on the 21st of February with a 2-2 head to head record.
Al Nassr – Formation
Al Nassr
81'
72'
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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: Raghid Alaa Mohammed Najjar , Sultan Al-Ghannam , Ali Lajami , Aymeric Laporte , Alex Telles , Abdullah Al-Khaibari , Marcelo Brozovic , Talisca , Otávio , Sadio Mané and Cristiano Ronaldo .
The home team had on the bench: Mohammed Al-Fatil, Abdulelah Al-Amri , Abdulmajeed Al-Sulaiheem, Nawaf Al-Boushal, Sami Al-Najei, Ali Al-Hassan, Ayman Yahya, Waleed Abdullah and Abdulaziz Al-Aliwa.
Al Nassr could not rely on the presence of Waleed Abdullah (injured) and Sami Al-Najei (injured).
Substitutions
Al Nassr made 3 changes: Raghid Alaa Mohammed Najjar for Waleed Abdullah (26′), Otávio for Sami Al-Najei (90′) and Sultan Al-Ghannam for Abdulelah Al-Amri (81′).
Player of the match: Sultan Al-Ghannam
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Nassr was Sultan Al-Ghannam even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 38 passes (89% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 6 crosses.
Al Fateh – Formation
Al Fateh
Also Al Fateh adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Slaven Bilić played with: Jacob Rinne , Ali Alzubaidi , Jason Denayer , Marwane Saadane , Salem Alnajdi , Sofiane Bendebka , Mukhtar Ali , Mourad Batna , Lucas Zelarayán , Cristian Tello and Djaniny .
These were the players on the bench: Fahd Mohammed Al-Harbi, Nouh Al-Mousa, Mohammed Al Saeed, Amaar Al Dohaim, Ali Al Masoud, Saad Al-Shurafa , Waled Al Enazi, Abbas Sadiq Alhassan and Qasim Al-Oujami .
Substitutions
Al Fateh made 3 changes: Djaniny for Abbas Sadiq Alhassan (68′), Cristian Tello for Saad Al-Shurafa (79′) and Sofiane Bendebka for Qasim Al-Oujami (89′).
Player of the match: Qasim Al-Oujami
The most impressive player for Al Fateh was Qasim Al-Oujami.
His rating is with 1 passes (0% accurate) and 0 key passes.
His performance was sensational also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 89′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
