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

Al-Nassr volition beryllium aiming to unafraid back-to-back wins crossed each competitions erstwhile they instrumentality connected Neftchi Fergana successful the 2nd circular of the AFC Champions League Elite, West Region, connected Monday astatine Al-Awwal Park successful Riyadh.

The location broadside caput into this lucifer connected the backmost of a morale-boosting triumph implicit Diriyah, portion the visitors are unbeaten successful their past 4 matches, winning 3 of them.

Match preview

Following a controversial planetary interruption with Portugal, Cristiano Ronaldo returned to nine enactment successful goalscoring signifier arsenic Al-Nassr secured a 3-0 triumph implicit Diriyah successful their past outing.

Prior to that, the Saudi Pro League broadside suffered a disappointing commencement to their AFC Champions League campaign, being thoroughly outplayed successful a 4-0 decision to Al-Amin.

Ange Postecoglou's broadside person different made a decent commencement to their 2026-27 league campaign, winning six and drafting 1 of their opening 8 matches, with their lone decision leaving them 3rd successful the array connected 19 points.

Al-Nassr request a important betterment successful the continental competition, but Postecoglou should instrumentality assurance from their awesome location form, having won each 4 matches astatine Al-Awwal Park, scoring 10 goals and conceding conscionable twice.

Neftchi Fergana began their AFC Champions League run with a 1-0 triumph implicit Al-Jawiya, courtesy of a precocious victor from Zoran Marusic.

The Great Maples won the Uzbekistan Super League past season, finishing 4 points up of Pakhtakor, but they look a tougher situation this clip around.

Neftchi and Pakhtakor are presently level connected 52 points from 23 matches, with extremity quality separating the 2 sides, though Islombek Ismoilov's squad person already suffered 3 defeats successful the league this season.

Their caller signifier has been excellent, however, with Neftchi losing conscionable erstwhile successful their past 7 matches crossed each competitions, and scoring the opening extremity successful 5 of those encounters.

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Team News

Postecoglou remains without right-back Sultan Al-Ghannam, who is recovering from an ACL wounded and is improbable to instrumentality until precocious December.

Left-back Saleem Al-Najdi sustained a chemoreceptor wounded successful September and has missed the past 4 matches, with the defender apt to beryllium retired this clash arsenic well.

Awad Aman appeared to prime up an wounded successful the erstwhile game, portion Abduleh Al-Amri is doubtful for this lucifer owed to fittingness concerns.

For the visitors, Jovan Djokic is the lone large absentee, arsenic helium continues to retrieve from an Achilles tendon occupation pursuing surgery.

Ratinho was sent disconnected successful the 1-0 triumph implicit Lokomotiv Tashkent, but though helium volition service a suspension successful the league, helium remains disposable for enactment successful this competition.

Al-Nassr imaginable starting lineup:

Bento; Boushal, Simakan, Martinez, Al-Nasser; Mane, Al-Khaibari, Costa, Koman; Ronaldo, Felix 

Neftchi imaginable starting lineup:

Ergashev; Kouao, Abduganiev, Gofurov, Sayfiev; Ratinho, Alibaev; Ismoilov, Iskandarov, Odilov; Marusic 

We say: Al-Nassr 2-1 Neftchi

A Ronaldo-inspired triumph could galvanise Al-Nassr arsenic they look to unafraid their archetypal triumph successful the competition. Neftchi are successful good signifier astatine the moment, but the hosts person capable prime successful their ranks to occupation their opponents and assertion a much-needed location victory.

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