Al Nassr overcomes Al Shabab 3-2

RIYADH. Al Nassr overcome Al Shabab.

February 26, 2024

RIYADH. Al Nassr beat Al Shabab.

The match was played at the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium stadium in Riyadh on Sunday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Tamás Bognár with the help of Balázs Buzás and Peter Kobor. The 4th official was Abdullah Al-Kharbosh. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 24.23 degrees Celsius or 75.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 29%.

Match Statistics

Al Shabab

2 - 3

Al Nassr

54 Ball Possession 46

Shots

15 Total 12
7 On Target 6
4 Off Target 1
4 Shots blocked 5

97 Attack 86
56 Dangerous attack 25
95 Ball safe 93

1 Penalties 1
11 Corners 3
5 Off Sides 2

Fouls

12 Total 9
5 Yellow Cards 2
1 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

3 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Al Shabab was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Al Nassr that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Al Shabab was more pushing with 56 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 7 were on target. Still, Al Nassr managed to find the solution to win this encounter.

Al Shabab shot 15 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Al Nassr shot 12 times, 6 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Al Shabab received 4 yellow cards (Nader Abdullah Al Sharari, Yannick Carrasco, Romain Saïss and Abdullah Radif). On the opposite side, Al Nassr received 2 yellow cards (Aymeric Laporte and Nawaf Al-Boushal).

Match Timeline

19'

Sadio Mané(VAR)

21'

Cristiano Ronaldo (penalty)

Y. Carrasco- Yellow

26'

Y. Carrasco(VAR_CARD)

25'

Y. Carrasco(penalty)

45'

46'

Talisca (goal)Otávio

45'

Aymeric Laporte- Yellow

Carlos Júnior(goal)Habib Diallo

67'

76'

Sami Al-Najei- sub ->Otávio

76'

Nawaf Al-Boushal- sub ->Ali Lajami

Musab Al Juwayr- sub ->Carlos Junior

79'

Abdullah Radif- sub ->Habib Diallo

79'

83'

Ayman Yahya- sub ->Sadio Mané

86'

Talisca (goal)Abdullah Al-Khaibari

Hussain Al-Monassar- sub ->Yannick Carrasco

86'

Romain Saïss- Yellow

51'

Nader Al Sharari- Yellow

88'

Abdullah Radif- Yellow

90'

Ali Al-Hassan- sub ->Marcelo Brozovic

Abdullah Radif(yellowredcard)

90'

Nawaf Al-Boushal- Yellow

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this encounter, Al Shabab stays with 24 points to remain in the 11th place. Regarding the opposition, Al Nassr will has 52 points to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Al Shabab will play away against Al Khaleej on the 6th of March with a 8-2 head to head stats in favor of Al Shabab (2 draws).

Al Nassr will host Al Hazm on the 6th of March with a 14-3 head to head statistic in favor of Al Nassr (3 draws).

Al Shabab – Formation

Al Shabab

Mohammed Al Absi 50.Saudi Arabia

6.6

Iago Santos 4.Brazil

6.6

Romain Saïss 14.Morocco

7.0

51'

Nader Al Sharari 88.Saudi Arabia

6.4

88'

Hamad Al Yami 2.Saudi Arabia

6.8

G. Cuéllar 6.Colombia

7.0

Carlos Júnior 13.Brazil

7.7

79'

67'

Y. Carrasco 23.Belgium

7.5

86'

26'

45'

Moteb Al-Harbi 24.Saudi Arabia

7.5

I. Rakitić 30.Croatia

7.5

Habib Diallo 20.Senegal

7.5

79'

Substitutes

Mustafa Malayekah 1.Saudi Arabia

Hussain Al Sibyani 16.Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Issa 19.Saudi Arabia

Majed Kanabah 12.Saudi Arabia

Hussain Al-Monassar 15.Saudi Arabia

6.8

86'

Nawaf Al Saadi 21.Saudi Arabia

Riyadh Sharahili 26.Saudi Arabia

Musab Al Juwayr 55.Saudi Arabia

6.4

79'

Abdullah Radif 49.Saudi Arabia

6.1

79'

90'

Al Shabab started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Vítor Manuel de Oliveira Lopes Pereira decided to play with the following team: Mohammed Al-Absi (6.6), Nader Abdullah Al Sharari (6.4), Iago Santos (6.6), Romain Saïss (7.0), Hamad Al Yami (6.8), Gustavo Cuéllar (7.0), Ivan Rakitić (7.5), Moteb Al-Harbi (7.5), Carlos Junior (7.7), Yannick Carrasco (7.5) and Habib Diallo (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Mustafa Malaika, Majed Omar Kanabah, Husain Al-Monassar (6.8), Hussain Al-Sibyani, Mohammed Issa, Nawaf Alsadi, Riyadh Sharahili, Abdullah Radif (6.1) and Musab Fahd Aljuwayr (6.4).

Substitutions

Al Shabab made 3 changes: Carlos Junior for Musab Fahd Aljuwayr (79′), Habib Diallo for Abdullah Radif (79′) and Yannick Carrasco for Husain Al-Monassar (86′).

Player of the match: Carlos Junior

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Shabab was Carlos Junior.

His rating is 7.7 with 1 goal, 8 passes (63% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 9.

Al Nassr – Formation

Al Nassr

Waleed Abdullah 33.Saudi Arabia

8.1

Abdulelah Al-Amri 5.Saudi Arabia

7.0

Alex Telles 15.Brazil

6.3

Aymeric Laporte 27.Spain

7.0

45'

Ali Lajami 78.Saudi Arabia

7.0

76'

Sadio Mané 10.Senegal

6.7

83'

Abdullah Al-Khaibari 17.Saudi Arabia

7.1

Otávio 25.Portugal

7.1

76'

Marcelo Brozovic 77.Croatia

7.1

90'

Talisca 94.Brazil

8.4

46', 86'

Cristiano Ronaldo 7.Portugal

7.0

21'

Substitutes

Faris Afandy 37.

Mohammed Al-Fatil 4.Saudi Arabia

Nawaf Al-Boushal 12.Saudi Arabia

7.0

76'

90'

Mohammed Qasem 24.Saudi Arabia

Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhim 8.Saudi Arabia

Sami Al-Najei 14.Saudi Arabia

6.4

76'

Ali Al-Hassan 19.Saudi Arabia

90'

Ayman Yahya 23.Saudi Arabia

6.8

83'

Abdulaziz Al Elewai 46.Saudi Arabia

Al Nassr started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Luís Manuel Ribeiro de Castro played with: Waleed Abdullah (8.1), Ali Lajami (7.0), Abdulelah Al-Amri (7.0), Aymeric Laporte (7.0), Alex Telles (6.3), Abdullah Al-Khaibari (7.1), Marcelo Brozovic (7.1), Talisca (8.4), Otávio (7.1), Sadio Mané (6.7) and Cristiano Ronaldo (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Mohammed Al-Fatil, Abdulmajeed Al-Sulaiheem, Nawaf Al-Boushal (7.0), Sami Al-Najei (6.4), Ali Al-Hassan, Ayman Yahya (6.8), Mohammed Qasem, Faris Afandy and Abdulaziz Al-Aliwa.

Substitutions

Al Nassr made 4 changes: Otávio for Sami Al-Najei (76′), Ali Lajami for Nawaf Al-Boushal (76′), Sadio Mané for Ayman Yahya (83′) and Marcelo Brozovic for Ali Al-Hassan (90′).