MAHALAH. Al Nassr had an adventurous win over Abha. The hero of the match was C. Ronaldo who scored in the 11th, 21st and 42nd minute. Al Nassr was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium stadium in Mahalah on Tuesday and it started at 10:00 pm local time. The referee was Ahmad Al Rumaikhani with the collaboration of Hesham Mohammed Al Refaei and Moayad Al Musajjen. The 4th official was Turki Al-Hashlan. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was hot at 29.79 degrees Celsius or 85.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Nassr had a superior ball possession 67% while Abha was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Nassr was more aggressive with 40 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 13 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Nassr won the encounter.
Abha shot 9 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Nassr shot 20 times, 13 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Abha received 2 yellow cards (Grzegorz Krychowiak and Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi). Regarding the opposition, Al Nassr didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Abha stays with 22 points like Al Tai to remain in the 17th place. Regarding the opposition, Al Nassr will has 62 points to hold in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Abha will host Al Fateh on the 17th of April with a 4-4 head to head statistic.
Al Nassr will play away against Damac on the 5th of April with a 7-1 head to head record in favor of Al Nassr (2 draws).
Abha – Formation
Abha
67'
14'
Abha adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Pitso John Mosimane decided to play with the following team: Ciprian Tătărușanu , Fahad Mohammed Al-Jumaiya , Ziyad Al-Sahafi , Marcel Tisserand , Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi , Mohammed Naji , Uros Matic , Abdulelah Al-Shammeri , Grzegorz Krychowiak , Mohammed Al-Kunaydiri and François Kamano .
The home team had on the bench: Abdullah Al Shammari, Saad Bguir , Saleh Al-Qumayzi , Fabián Noguera, Nasser Al-Omran, Abdulrahman Mohammed Al Alawi, Mohammed Saad Al Qahtani , Ahmad Jaber and Meshal Al-Mutairi .
Substitutions
Abha made 4 changes: Grzegorz Krychowiak for Saad Bguir (67′), Fahad Mohammed Al-Jumaiya for Saleh Al-Qumayzi (67′), François Kamano for Meshal Al-Mutairi (59′) and Abdulelah Al-Shammeri for Ahmad Jaber (59′).
Player of the match: François Kamano
The player that probably impressed the most for Abha was François Kamano.
His rating is with 15 passes (100% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 1 duel out of 3. He performed 2 crosses.
Al Nassr – Formation
Al Nassr
44'
Also Al Nassr adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Luís Manuel Ribeiro de Castro played with: D. Ospina , Nawaf Al-Boushal , Mohammed Al-Fatil , Aymeric Laporte , Alex Telles , Otávio , Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhim , Sadio Mané , Sami Al-Najei , Abdulrahman Ghareeb and Cristiano Ronaldo .
These were the players on the bench: Ali Al-Hassan , Mohammed Qasem , Meshari Al Nemer , Muhammad Ahmed Yahya Sahlouli, Raghed Al-Najjar, Faris Afandy, Abdulaziz Al Elewai , Awad Aman and Ali Lajami.
Substitutions
Al Nassr made 4 changes: Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhim for Ali Al-Hassan (58′), Sadio Mané for Abdulaziz Al Elewai (46′), Cristiano Ronaldo for Meshari Al Nemer (46′) and Alex Telles for Mohammed Qasem (65′).
Player of the match: Abdulaziz Al Elewai
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Nassr was Abdulaziz Al Elewai.
His rating is with 2 goals, 24 passes (67% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 3 crosses.
His performance was exceptional also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 46′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Al Feiha – Al-Wehda – 1-2
- Al Hilal – Al Akhdoud – 3-0
- Abha – Al Nassr – 0-8
- Al Tai – Al Taawoun – 2-3
