Overview
Al Nassr are flying high with inspiration from Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese striker and his teammates have just had their 7th consecutive victory in all competitions, after defeating Esteghlal in the AFC Champions League.
On the Saudi Pro League rankings, Al Nassr is ranked 3rd with 17 points and still has a chance to compete for the championship with Al Hilal or Al Ittihad.
Another win against Al Kholood will see Al Nassr continue to put pressure on the teams above them. And they have every right to think about it as the home team are in very poor form.
Al Kholood only won 1, drew 2 and lost 4 after the first 7 rounds. With this form, Al Kholood ranked 15th with the risk of falling into the relegation race.
Al Kholood have conceded 5/6 recent matches with a total of 12 goals. In contrast, Al Nassr's defense is playing quite stable when only conceding 2 goals in the same number of matches.
At this time, Al Nassr is rated higher than its opponent in every aspect. The away team owns a squad of quality players who have fought in Europe such as Ronaldo, Mane and Brozovic.
Meanwhile, Al Kholood's foreign players are only average. Names like Alex Collado or William Troost-Ekong are not very famous.
In terms of head-to-head record, this will be the first time the two teams have met in history.
Human resources situation
Al Kholood have a full squad for this match. Collado has been their key player this season with four goals. The midfielder is also the fifth top scorer in the league.
On the other side of the front line, Al Nassr is missing Sami Al-Najei because this player just had cruciate ligament surgery.
Meanwhile, Ronaldo will be aiming to score in his fifth consecutive league game. CR7 is looking to catch up with Aleksandar Mitrovic and Karim Benzema in the race for the Golden Boot.
Expected lineup:
Al Kholood: Grohe, Al Hawsawi, Gyomber, Troost-Ekong, Al Dosari, Al Qahimi, Dieng, Al Safari, Collado, Muleka, Maolida.
Al Nassr: Bento, Al Ghanam, Simakan, Laporte, Boushal, Brozovic, Al-Khaibari, Otavio, Talisca, Mane, Ronaldo.
The match between Al Kholood and Al Nassr takes place at 22:05 on October 25 (Vietnam time).
