RIYADH. Al Nassr conquered Dhamk to win 2-1. It was Al Nassr to strike first with a goal of Sami Al Najei at the 37′. Then Talisca scored again for Al Nassr in the 60′ minute. Eventually, Bruno Duarte reduced the distance for Dhamk (82′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
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 Khaled Al Teris with the support of Khalaf Al Shamari and Ibrahim Al Dakheel. The 4th official was Abdulsamad Bakri. The weather was clear. The temperature was extremely hot at 35.1 degrees Celsius or 95.14 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 16%.
Match Statistics
The overall ball possession was identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Al Nassr was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Dhamk that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Dhamk was more pushing with 77 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, Al Nassr succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.
Al Nassr shot 15 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Dhamk shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Al Nassr received 1 yellow card (Sami Al Najei). On the opposite side, Dhamk received 1 yellow card (F. Chafaï).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Al Nassr has 6 points to occupy the 6th place in the table. Talking about the opposition, Dhamk stays with 6 points (5th).
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 in favor of Al Nassr (0 draws).
Dhamk will play away agasint Al Shabab on the 2nd of February with a 5-0 head to head in favor of Al Shabab (2 draws).
Al Nassr – Formation
Al Nassr
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74'
45'
Al Nassr started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Rudi Garcia decided to play with the following team: D. Ospina, Álvaro González, Abdullah Madu, G. Konan, Abdulelah Al Amri, Luiz Gustavo, Talisca, Sami Al Najei, Ali Al Hassan, V. Aboubakar and Abdulrahman Ghareeb.
The home team had on the bench: Mohammed Al Fatil, Abdulfattah Asiri, Waleed Abdullah, Mansour Al Shammari, Abdullah Al Khaibari, Abdulmajeed Al Sulaiheem, Khalid Al Ghannam, Sultan Al Ghannam and Ayman Yahya.
Substitutions
Al Nassr made 3 changes: Ali Al Hassan for Abdullah Al Khaibari (62′), Sami Al Najei for Sultan Al Ghannam (74′) and V. Aboubakar for Abdulmajeed Al Sulaiheem (86′).
Dhamk – Formation
Damac
Dhamk started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
Krešimir Režić played with: M. Zeghba, F. Chafaï, Abdullah Al Ammar, A. Bedrane, Ibrahim Al Nakhli, Abdullah Al Hawsawi, D. Antolić, A. Maher, H. Soudani, Mansour Hamzi and Bruno Duarte.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Dhari Al Anazi, Ryan Al Mousa, Mohammed Al Mahasna, Rayan Mansour, Abdullah Tarmin, Ahmed Al Zain, Waleed Al Anazi, Hassan Al Shamrani and Abdulaziz Majrashi.
Substitutions
Dhamk made 2 changes: Abdullah Al Hawsawi for Ahmed Al Zain (72′) and Ibrahim Al Nakhli for Hassan Al Shamrani (72′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
