MAHALAH. Al Nassr snatched a late win Damac 1-0 after A. Laporte scored just 1 goal (90′). Al Nassr was truly better in terms of ball possession (65%) 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 Friday and it started at 10:00 pm local time. The referee was Abdulsamad Bakri with the help of Mohammed Al Armati and Sami Al Arfaj. The 4th official was Khald Alahmari. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was extremely hot at 31.94 degrees Celsius or 89.49 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Nassr had a strong ball possession 65% while Damac was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Nassr was more aggressive with 55 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Nassr won the match.
Damac shot 5 times, 1 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Al Nassr shot 12 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Damac received 1 yellow card (D. Antolić). On the opposite side, Al Nassr received 2 yellow cards (Ali Lajami and Mohammed Qasem).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Damac stays with 35 points to sit in the 8th place. Talking about the opposition, Al Nassr will has 65 points to sit in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Damac will play away against Al Akhdoud on the 24th of April with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Damac (0 draws).
Al Nassr will host Al Feiha on the 24th of April with a 8-1 head to head record in favor of Al Nassr (4 draws).
Damac – Formation
Damac adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Cosmin Marius Contra decided to play with the following team: Moustapha Zeghba , Ramzi Solan , F. Chafaï , Abdelkader Bedrane , Dhari Al Anazi , Tarek Hamed , D. Antolić , Ahmed Al Zain , Nicolae Stanciu , G. Nkoudou and Abdulaziz Al Shahrani .
The home team had on the bench: Noor Al Rashidi , Abdullah Al Qahtani , Abdulaziz Makin, Bader Munshi , Ahmed Harisi, Abdullah Al Hawsawi, Abdulbasit Hawsawi, Abdulaziz Majrashi and Fahad Al Johani.
Substitutions
Damac made 4 changes: Abdulaziz Al Shahrani for Abdullah Al Qahtani (63′), Ahmed Al Zain for Bader Munshi (88′), Nicolae Stanciu for Noor Al Rashidi (89′) and D. Antolić for Fahad Al Johani (90′).
Player of the match: Abdelkader Bedrane
The player that probably impressed the most for Damac was Abdelkader Bedrane.
His rating is with 48 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 4.
Al Nassr – Formation
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 , Ali Lajami , Aymeric Laporte , Mohammed Qasem , Ali Al-Hassan , Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhim , Abdulaziz Al Elewai , Sami Al-Najei , Abdulrahman Ghareeb and Meshari Al Nemer .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Sultan Al-Ghannam , Mohammed Al-Fatil, Cristiano Ronaldo , Sadio Mané , Alex Telles, Abdullah Al-Khaibari , Raghed Al-Najjar, Awad Aman and Marcelo Brozovic .
Al Nassr could not rely on the presence of Marcelo Brozovic (injured).
Substitutions
Al Nassr made 5 changes: Sami Al-Najei for Marcelo Brozovic (15′), Mohammed Qasem for Sultan Al-Ghannam (46′), Abdulaziz Al Elewai for Sadio Mané (46′), Meshari Al Nemer for Cristiano Ronaldo (66′) and Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhim for Abdulelah Al Khaibari (63′).
Player of the match: Aymeric Laporte
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Nassr was Aymeric Laporte.
His rating is with 1 goal, 70 passes (94% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 6.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Damac – Al Nassr – 0-1
- Al-Wehda – Al Ahli – 1-1
- Al Khaleej – Al Hilal – 1-4
- Al Ittihad – Al Taawoun – 0-0