BURAYDAH. Al Nassr overcomes Al Raed 3-1. Al Nassr was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Sadio Mané (45′), Talisca (49′) and Cristiano Ronaldo (78′). Al Raed reduced the distance with a penalty (89′) by Mohamed Fouzair, but there was not much to do for them. Al Nassr was surely superior in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
Also, Al Raed had 2 players sent off: Bander Whaeshi (45′ for a red card) and Igor Jovičević (88′ for a red card).
The match was played at the King Abdullah Sport City Stadium stadium in Buraydah on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Wilmar Alexander Roldán Pérez who was helped by Alexander Guzmán Bonilla and Miguel Stiven Roldán Pérez. The 4th official was Mohammed Hamad Al Ghamdi. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was extremely hot at 39.52 degrees Celsius or 103.14 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 9%.
Match Statistics
Al Raed
1 - 3
Al Nassr
- ! 36 Ball Possession 64
Shots
- 8 Total 11
- 0 On Target 4
- 7 Off Target 5
- 1 Shots blocked 2
- 76 Attack 131
- 25 Dangerous attack 54
- 67 Ball safe 63
- 1 Penalties 0
- 0 Corners 4
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 10 Total 13
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Al Nassr was in firm control of the ball 64% while Al Raed was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Nassr was putting more pressure with 54 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Nassr won the match.
Al Raed shot 8 times, 0 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Nassr shot 11 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Al Raed received 1 yellow card (Mohammed Al-Dosari). Regarding the opposition, Al Nassr received 3 yellow cards (Abdulelah Al Amri, Ali Al-Hassan and Alex Telles).
Match Timeline
Standings
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After this encounter, Al Raed will stay with 4 points like Al Akhdoud and Al Riyadh to sit in the 15th place. On the other side, Al Nassr will have 12 points to remain in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Raed will play away with Dhamk on the 26th of May with a 6-2 head to head stats in favor of Al Raed (0 draws).
Al Nassr will host Al Wahda on the 5th of May with a 16-7 head to head stats in favor of Al Nassr (5 draws).
