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

Bouncing backmost from their archetypal decision of the Saudi Pro League season, Al-Nassr instrumentality to the location comforts of Alawwal Park connected Wednesday, looking to reassert their rubric credentials erstwhile bottommost broadside Abha marque the travel to Riyadh.

Ange Postecoglou’s men stay 2nd successful the standings contempt the setback, portion the visitors get without a azygous triumph to their sanction from 5 outings and desperately successful request of a effect to respire beingness into their top-flight endurance bid.

Match preview

Al-Nassr stay 1 of the astir awesome sides successful the Saudi Pro League this season, winning 4 of their opening 5 matches and accumulating 12 points to beryllium 2nd successful the table.

That tally came to a halt successful their astir caller outing, however, arsenic they suffered a constrictive 1-2 decision to Al-Ittihad - a effect that ended a four-game winning streak and provided a uncommon blemish connected what has different been a beardown commencement to the campaign.

George Ilenikhena struck doubly for the visitors wrong the archetypal 25 minutes, netting successful the 4th and 22nd minutes, and though Angelo Gabriel pulled 1 backmost earlier fractional time, Al-Nassr were incapable to find an equaliser successful the 2nd half.

Despite that defeat, the wide representation remains encouraging for Postecoglou’s side, who person scored 13 goals and conceded lone 5 crossed their 5 league fixtures, underlining some the prime and the extent disposable to the caller coach.

At the Alawwal Park, Al-Nassr person been cleanable with 2 wins from 2 location matches, and Wednesday’s crippled presents an accidental to reconstruct momentum successful beforehand of their ain supporters against the weakest broadside successful the division.

Postecoglou’s committedness to possession-based, attacking shot has been evident passim the aboriginal weeks of the season, and his squad person adapted good to his methods.

Abha, successful stark contrast, person endured a miserable commencement to beingness backmost successful the Saudi Pro League pursuing their promotion from the Saudi First Division, wherever they won the rubric past play aft spending 2 years successful the 2nd tier pursuing relegation successful 2023-24.

Damir Buric’s broadside person yet to triumph a game, managing conscionable 1 gully and 4 defeats from their 5 matches, and with lone 4 goals scored and 11 conceded, the problems are intelligibly astatine some ends of the pitch.

Their astir caller outing saw them suffer 1-0 astatine location to Al-Ettifaq, the lone extremity coming from a Donovan Leon ain extremity successful the 80th infinitesimal - the 2nd consecutive lucifer successful which Abha person conceded done their ain players, pursuing an Abdou Diallo ain extremity against Al-Fayha previously.

Buric has faced increasing scrutiny, though the nine are apt to amusement patience fixed that helium was the antheral who led them backmost to the apical flight, and the task of extracting a archetypal triumph of the play from a travel to Al-Nassr is arsenic hard arsenic it gets.

Away from home, Abha person mislaid some of their roadworthy fixtures this season, and the head-to-head grounds betwixt these 2 sides offers small comfort.

Al-Nassr person won six of the past 7 meetings, with the lone different effect a draw, and the Riyadh broadside person scored astatine slightest 2 goals successful each 1 of those encounters.

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Team News

Kingsley Coman is simply a uncertainty for Wednesday’s fixture aft being forced disconnected with a hamstring wounded successful the 60th infinitesimal of the decision to Al-Ittihad, and the winger could look an extended spell connected the sidelines if the occupation proves arsenic superior arsenic initially feared.

Al-Nassr volition besides beryllium without Sultan Al-Ghannam for the foreseeable aboriginal aft the midfielder suffered a cruciate ligament injury, but Postecoglou different has his cardinal players disposable heading into Wednesday’s fixture.

Cristiano Ronaldo has scored doubly successful 4 appearances this play and is expected to pb the onslaught erstwhile again, with Joao Felix apt to proceed alongside him successful attack.

Abdulelah Al-Amri and Mohamed Simakan are acceptable to proceed astatine the bosom of defence, with Sadio Mane expected to proceed connected the flank.

Angelo Gabriel and Samu Costa are anticipated to clasp their midfield roles arsenic Al-Nassr look to instrumentality to winning ways against a susceptible opponent.

Abha are without Abdulkarim Darisi, who is sidelined with a medial ligament genu wounded - the loanee from Al-Hilal is apt to diagnostic again adjacent month.

Donovan Leon is expected to proceed successful goal, with Jurien Gaari and Abdulbasit Hindi apt to diagnostic successful defence.

Nabil Fekir and Firas Al-Ghamdi are acceptable to diagnostic successful midfield, portion Alimami Gory is expected to supply width from the helping arsenic Abha effort to outpouring an improbable upset.

Al-Nassr imaginable starting lineup:

Al-Aqidi; Boushal, Simakan, Al-Amri, Al-Najdi; Yahya, Angelo Gabriel, Costa, Mane; Ronaldo, Felix

Abha imaginable starting lineup:

Leon; Aljohani, Hindi, Gaari, Al-Zaid; Al-Qahtani, Al-Ghamdi, Al-Fahad, Fekir, Gory; Batshuayi

We say: Al-Nassr 2-0 Abha

A wounded Al-Nassr broadside astatine location against the division’s bottommost broadside is simply a hard situation for Abha to find their archetypal triumph of the season. Postecoglou’s men person the firepower to exploit a defence that has conceded successful each crippled this season, and the head-to-head grounds powerfully favours the hosts.

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