RIYADH. Al Nassr and Al Ittihad didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday. Al Nassr was much better in terms of ball possession (68%).
The match was played at the King Fahd International Stadium stadium in Riyadh on Sunday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Andrés Cunha with the assistance of Agustín Berisso and Santiago Fernández. The 4th official was Khald Alahmari. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 28.1 degrees Celsius or 82.54 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 12%.
Match Statistics
- ! 69 Ball Possession 31
Shots
- 19 Total 1
- 4 On Target 0
- 15 Off Target 1
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 84 Attack 52
- 43 Dangerous attack 16
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 3
Fouls
- 9 Total 12
- 2 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 1
Other
- 2 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Al Nassr had a strong ball possession 68% while Al Ittihad was struggling with a 32% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Nassr was more aggressive with 43 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Al Nassr to win the match.
Al Nassr shot 19 times, 4 on target, 15 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Ittihad shot 1 times, 0 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Al Nassr received 2 yellow cards (Talisca and Álvaro González). On the opposite side, Al Ittihad received 4 yellow cards (Awad Al Nashri, Abdulrahman Al Obud, Ahmed Bamasud and Ahmed Hegazy).
(Al Nassr) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (59′).
Also, Al Ittihad didn’t end the match with 11 players after Tarek Hamed (Al Ittihad) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (43′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Al Nassr will have 10 points like Dhamk to remain in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Al Ittihad will have 11 points like Al Taawon to hold in the 3rd place.
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).
Al Ittihad will host Al Wahda on the 16th of October with a 17-4 head to head in favor of Al Ittihad (6 draws).
Al Nassr – Formation
Al Nassr started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Rudi Garcia decided to play with the following team: David Ospina Ramírez, Álvaro González Soberón, Sultan Abdullah Al Ghanam, Ghislain Konan, Abdulelah Al Amri, Luiz Gustavo Dias, Anderson Souza Conceição, Abdulmajeed Mohammed Al Sulaiheem, Sami Khalil Al Naji, Vincent Paté Aboubakar and Abdulrahman Ghareeb.
The home team had on the bench: Mohammed Abdulhakim Al Fatil, Abdullah Alkhaibari, Waleed Abdullah Ali, Meshari Al Nemer, Ali Al Hassan, Ayman Yahya, Khalid Essa Al Ghannam, Majed Mohamed Y Alammari and Abdullah Mohammed Madu.
Substitutions
Al Nassr made 2 changes: Sami Al Najei for Abdullah Al Khaibari (62′) and Abdulelah Al Amri for Abdullah Madu (90′).
Al Ittihad – Formation
Al Ittihad started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo played with: Marcelo Grohe, Ahmed Hegazi, Omar Ibrahim Omar Othman Hawsawi, Hamdan Al Shamrani, Ahmed Bamsaud, Tarek Hamed, Bruno Henrique Corsini, Igor Coronado, Awad Haidar Al Nashri, Abderrazak Hamdallah and Abdulrahman Al Obod.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Haroune Camara, Zakaria Al Hawsawi, Sultan Al Sulayi, Suwailem Al Menhali, Abdullah Al Jadani, Madallah Alolayan, Marwan Al Sahafi, Mohammed Al Saiari and Noureldean Elbahhar.
Substitutions
Al Ittihad made 2 changes: Ahmed Bamasud for Suwailem Al Menhali (85′) and Abdulrahman Al Obud for Madallah Al Olayan (85′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Al Nassr – Al Ittihad – 0-0
- Al Fateh – Abha – 3-0
- Al Hilal – Al Taawon – 1-2
- Al Feiha – Al Shabab – 1-2