RIYADH. Al Nassr and Al Wahda didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Al Nassr was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the King Fahd International Stadium stadium in Riyadh on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Mohammed Al Hoaish who had the assistance of Yasser Al Sultan and Mofareh Abdullah Al-Hassan. The 4th official was Abdullah Al-Kharbosh. The weather was clear. The temperature was extremely hot at 33.1 degrees Celsius or 91.54 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 15%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Nassr was in firm control of the ball 60% while Al Wahda was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Nassr was putting more pressure with 0 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Al Nassr to win the match.
Al Nassr shot 8 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Wahda shot 6 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Al Nassr received 1 yellow card (Ali Al Hassan). On the opposite side, Al Wahda received 1 yellow card (Ó. Duarte).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Al Nassr has 3 points to occupy the 7th place in the table. Regarding the opposition, Al Wahda has 0 points (12th).
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Nassr will host Al Adalh on the 11th of October with a 3-0 head to head record in favor of Al Nassr (0 draws).
Al Wahda will host Abha on the 8th of September with a 4-2 head to head statistic in favor of Al Wahda (2 draws).
Al Nassr – Formation
Al Nassr
78'
42'
3'
Al Nassr adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Rudi Garcia decided to play with the following team: D. Ospina, Abdullah Madu, Ali Lajami, G. Konan, Abdulelah Al Amri, Luiz Gustavo, Sami Al Najei, Ali Al Hassan, Khalid Al Ghannam, Ayman Yahya and V. Aboubakar.
The home team had on the bench: Majed Y Alammari, Mohammed Al Marri, Abdulrahman Ghareeb, Abdullah Al Khaibari, Abdulfattah Asiri, Abdulmajeed Al Sulaiheem, Waleed Abdullah, Mohammed Al Fatil, Mansour Al Shammari and Mohammed Maran.
Substitutions
Al Nassr made 3 changes: Khalid Al Ghannam for Abdulrahman Ghareeb (61′), Ayman Yahya for Abdullah Al Khaibari (61′) and Luiz Gustavo for Abdulmajeed Al Sulaiheem (78′).
Al Wahda – Formation
Al-Wehda
Also Al Wahda adopted the conservative line-up (4-5-1).
Bruno Akrapović played with: M. Mohamedi, Ó. Duarte, Botía, Hamad Al Jayzani, Abdulelah Al Bukhari, F. Fajr, Anselmo, Alaa Hejji, J. Beauguel, G. Rodrigues and Yahya Naji.
These were the players on the bench: Sultan Al Sawadi, Noor Al Rashidi, Mohammed Al Qarni, Hussain Al Eisa, Hazzaa Ahmed Al Ghamdi, Basem Atallah, Sultan Al Akouz, Waleed Bakshween and Abdullah Al Hafith.
Al Wahda could not rely on the presence of Noor Al Rashidi (injured).
Substitutions
Al Wahda made 4 changes: Alaa Hejji for Waleed Bakshween (46′), Hamad Al Jayzani for Noor Al Rashidi (77′), Yahya Naji for Hazzaa Ahmed Al Ghamdi (77′) and Anselmo for Sultan Al Sawadi (87′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
