Sports mole previews the conflict of the Saudi Pro League on Monday between Al Fateh and Al-Nassr, including predictions, team news and possible alignments.
Outside the first -level continental football claims for next season, Al-Nassr travel to Al Fateh Monday for match week 34 of the Saudi Pro Leaguetargeting maximum points to revive their first three hopes.
The Big Yellow enters the last meeting of the campaign in fourth position on 67 points, one at the drift of Al Quadisiya, third and five behind Al Hilal in the second, while the hosts are already assured of another season in the elite.
Correspondence overview
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A prestigious honor in the football landscape of Saudi clubs, but the recent success of the AFC Champions League of Al Ahli ended up complicating the questions for the ambitions of Al-Nassr on the continental scene.
With the Jeddah team now claiming one of the three slots allocated, only two other teams can secure their place in the AFC Champions League by a high -level finish, leaving Stefan PioliThe side of the uncomfortable position.
Their 1-1 draw against Al Taawoun has indeed extinguished the persistent hopes of the qualification, and although Al-Nassr returned to gain tracks with a home victory 2-0 against Al Khaleej, the result made no difference in their position, leaving Al-Alami in danger of missing continental football in the next term.
For Pioli’s men to reach AFC Champions League Two next season, they now have to finish third and hope that Al-Ittihad will defeat Al Qadsiah in the King’s Cup final this month.
After completing the finalists the last mandate, the Big Yellow campaign did not meet the expectations of their passionate support, extending their title to six consecutive seasons and marking a second full year since Cristiano RonaldoArrival without major silverware.
The Portuguese icon tried to appease the fans with a gesture of apology after its objective the last time, after having missed a previous penalty, although it always exceeds the score graph of the division with 24 goals in its name.
Despite their frustrations, the Al -Nassr front line delivered in a coherent way, making 76 times – the third largest number of the league – but a fled defense which has shipped 37 Pioli means often needs several goals to carry out matches, since they did not manage to score once the season and recorded a single 1-0 victory.
Nevertheless, they should imagine their chances of taking as many points as possible on Monday, after having recorded the victory in each of their last four games against Al Fateh, finding the net at least twice in each of them, including a 5-0 hammering the last time the big yellow traveled for this match.
Their outdoor shape was particularly impressive, the team leading the division’s travel table after raising 35 points on 16 games on the road.
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Al Fateh, on the other hand, may have slipped to a close 4-3 defeat against Al Hilal in their last home game, but a series of three victories in their last four should offer a decent platform before the last weekend.
That said, the decisive result for security came on the road where Jose GomesThe men held firm for a 1-0 hard victory won in Damac, thanks to Mourad BatnaThe strike just after the hour brand.
The victory ended a sequence of two consecutive defeats and marked its fifth success in the last nine outings, a race which saw Al Fateh escape from the deposit zone to sit 12th on 36 points, five before the last meeting of the League of the season.
For a lateral finish in the lower half, the palm threads had their moments in attack with 44 goals scored – a better return than several sides placed above them.
However, a porous rear line that left in 59 continues to be the heel of their Achilles, and it remains to be seen if Al Fateh can hold a free score al-Nassr side for 90 minutes.
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Team news
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It was a question that Ronaldo could temporarily connect with a team involved in the Club World Cup before returning to reach Al-Nassr.
The five -time winner of Ballon d’Or remains the main sniper of the League this season, and with a three -way cushion at the top of the score charts, he will be determined to expand this gap and seal the Golden Boot.
Jhon Duran He also went on the match sheet last time, and with a momentum, he has a solid case to keep his place in the starting eleven, perhaps in partnership Ronaldo in a 4-4-2 system as we see in this previous outing.
Suhayb Al Zaid There remains the only concern of injuries for Al Fateh in the shock on Monday, the midfielder who should be sidelined until 2026 due to a long -term knee problem.
Batna’s strike the last time was his 12th in the campaign, making him level with a level with Sofiane Gangbka At the top of the rating table, the two players have undoubtedly eager to rush.
Al Fateh possible starting lineage:
Al-Aqidi; Al Dohaim, Fernandes, Sahadane; Julaydan, Youssef, Bendbka, Qasim; Batna, Vargas, Sbai
Al-Nassr possible starting possible:
Bento; Al Ghanam, Simakan, Al-Fatil, Boushal; Yahya, Khaibari, Otavio, Mane; Duran, Ronaldo
We say: Al Fateh 1-3 al-Nassr
Al-Nassr enters it knowing that there is no margin of error, and taking into account their impressive record on the road this season as well as their dominant grip on this match in recent years, they should have enough to go out in mind, even if Al Fateh can ask a few difficult questions in the last third.
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