Al Faisaly vs Al-Nassr - prediction, team news, lineups

Al Faisaly volition purpose to widen their unbeaten tally to 3 matches erstwhile they instrumentality connected Al-Nassr astatine Al Majma'ah Sport City connected Friday.

The hosts beryllium 14th successful the Saudi Pro League array with 7 points from 9 games, portion Al-Nassr are third, conscionable 3 points down league leaders Al-Qadsiah.

Match preview

It has been a hard commencement to the play for Al-Faisaly, who person managed conscionable 1 triumph successful their opening 9 matches, scoring lone 10 goals.

Giovanni Solinas's broadside went winless successful their archetypal 7 games, losing 4 of them, but person shown encouraging signs successful caller weeks, collecting 4 points from their past 2 outings.

Having returned to the apical formation for the archetypal clip since the 2021-22 season, their superior nonsubjective volition beryllium to unafraid survival, making it important to cod much points connected location soil.

Al-Faisaly person already conceded 17 goals this play and person failed to support a cleanable expanse successful their past 3 meetings with Al-Nassr.

However, the hosts tin gully immoderate encouragement from erstwhile encounters astatine this venue, having beaten their rivals 2-1 successful 2021 and claimed a 3-2 triumph successful 2020.

The reigning Saudi champions person erstwhile again made a coagulated commencement to their rubric defence, though the contention for apical spot could beryllium fierce this season.

Just 3 points abstracted the apical three, with some Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr having played 1 crippled less than league leaders Al-Qadsiah.

Al-Nassr are unbeaten successful their past 4 matches, winning 3 and drafting the other, portion they person claimed 7 victories from their opening 9 league games, suffering conscionable 1 defeat.

Ange Postecoglou's broadside boast the joint-best antiaircraft grounds successful the league alongside Al-Hilal, having conceded lone 7 goals truthful far, and person kept cleanable sheets successful each of their past 2 outings.

They caput into this contention connected the backmost of a 1-0 triumph implicit Neom, with Joao Felix scoring the decisive extremity successful the 2nd half, but Al-Nassr volition beryllium looking to amended their distant signifier aft winning conscionable 2 of their 4 matches connected the road.

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Team News

Al-Faisaly volition decidedly beryllium without centre-forward Ahmed Abdu, who underwent genu country successful August and has already missed 8 matches.

Central midfielder Abdulrahman Al-Safari is besides sidelined with an wounded and is apt to miss this encounter.

The visitors, meanwhile, are without respective players, including near winger Abdulrahman Ghareeb and left-back Saleem Al-Najdi, who are nursing ft and chemoreceptor injuries respectively.

Al-Nassr right-back Sultan Al-Ghannam remains a semipermanent absentee aft suffering a cruciate ligament teardrop successful December past year.

Kingsley Coman and Mohamed Simakan are doubtful with hamstring and ft problems respectively, but Postecoglou has capable extent successful his squad to header with the wounded setbacks.

Al Faisaly imaginable starting lineup:

Pacheco; Barnawi, Bin Subayt, Seck, Al-Shanqiti; Flavio, Girotto, Seoane; Al Bishi, Mendy, Al-Mogren

Al-Nassr imaginable starting lineup:

Bento; Yahya, Martinez, Al-Amri, Boushal; Mane, Angelo, Al-Khaibari, Costa; Ronaldo, Felix 

We say: Al Faisaly 1-2 Al-Nassr

Al-Nassr person won 3 of their past 5 meetings with Al-Faisaly and get successful fantabulous form, having recorded 3 victories and a gully successful their past 4 matches.

The hosts volition look to frustrate their visitors, but Al-Nassr person capable prime and attacking menace to unafraid each 3 points.

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