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

Fourth-placed Al Qadsiah volition look to dent the rubric hopes of Saudi Pro League leaders Al Nassr erstwhile the 2 sides conscionable astatine the Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium connected Sunday evening successful 1 of the astir anticipated fixtures of matchday 31.

The hosts get successful the clash unbeaten astatine location this season, portion Al Nassr question to Al Khobar connected the backmost of 20 consecutive matches without decision and with the league rubric firmly successful their sights.

Match preview

Brendan Rodgers’s broadside person been 1 of the Saudi Pro League’s astir accordant outfits this season, sitting 4th successful the array with 65 points from 19 wins, 8 draws and 3 defeats - a grounds that has them good connected people to securing a top-four decorativeness for the 2nd successive season.

Their attacking output has been arsenic impressive, with 71 goals scored and lone 31 conceded, and that equilibrium of creativity and antiaircraft solidity has made Al Qadsiah a genuinely hard broadside to interruption down passim the campaign.

At the Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Rodgers’s men person been peculiarly formidable, remaining unbeaten crossed 15 location fixtures with 9 wins and six draws - a grounds that volition springiness them genuine assurance up of Sunday’s blockbuster encounter.

Their astir caller outing produced a commanding 4-0 triumph implicit Al Riyadh, with 3 of those goals coming successful the 2nd half, and Julian Quinones and Abdullah Al-Salem some scoring doubly to underline the attacking menace that Al Nassr volition request to beryllium wary of. 

Over their past 5 league matches, Al Qadsiah person posted 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat, and Rodgers volition beryllium determined to guarantee that tally takes a affirmative crook against the astir daunting absorption they volition look astatine location this season.

The head-to-head grounds betwixt these sides offers the hosts genuine encouragement, with Al Qadsiah having won 4 of the past 5 meetings, including a 2-1 triumph successful the reverse fixture earlier this season. 

Al Nassr get astatine the Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium having mislaid conscionable 3 league games each season, sitting apical of the array with 79 points from 26 wins, 1 gully and 3 defeats.

The numbers are staggering crossed the board, with 81 goals scored - the highest successful the part and lone 21 conceded, the lowest, portion an distant grounds of 12 wins, 1 gully and 2 defeats highlights a broadside that carries a genuine menace careless of the venue.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Joao Felix person been the heartbeat of that attacking dominance, combining for 41 league goals this season, and the brace get successful Al Khobar successful the signifier of their lives.

Al Nassr person won 5 consecutive victories crossed each competitions, scoring 14 goals and conceding conscionable 1 successful the process.

That objective borderline was connected afloat show successful their astir caller outing, arsenic Al Nassr swept speech Al Ahli 2-0 astatine Al Awwal Park courtesy of goals from Ronaldo and Kingsley Coman.

Victory connected Sunday would determination Al Nassr person to a archetypal Saudi Pro League rubric since the 2018-19 season, and with the momentum of a 20-match unbeaten tally down them, Jorge Jesus’s broadside volition beryllium hard to halt - adjacent against a location broadside with an unbeaten grounds to protect.

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Team News

Al Qadsiah travel into the fixture with nary wounded concerns, giving Rodgers a afloat squad to prime from up of Sunday’s top-four clash.

Jehad Thakri and Nacho are expected to signifier the cardinal antiaircraft partnership, with Koen Casteels continuing successful extremity down the backmost line.

Musab Fahd Aljuwayr, Otavio and Nahitan Nandez are acceptable to run successful midfield, with Quinones and Al-Salem expected to pb the onslaught erstwhile much aft some uncovering the nett doubly against Al Riyadh past clip out.

Al Nassr volition beryllium without Raghed Najjar, who is sidelined with a cruciate ligament injury, portion Sami Al-Najei remains a uncertainty and faces a precocious fittingness appraisal up of Sunday’s fixture.

Goalkeeper Mubarak Al Buainain remains sidelined aft sustaining a cruciate ligament wounded successful March.

Ronaldo and Felix are expected to proceed arsenic the attacking partnership, with Coman and Sadio Mane providing width from the flanks.

Marcelo Brozovic and Abdullah Al-Khaibari are acceptable to anchor the midfield arsenic Al Nassr look to support their relentless march towards the title.

Al Quadisiya imaginable starting lineup:

Casteels; Alvarez, Nacho, Thakri; Abu Al Shamat; Bonsu Baah, Nandez, Aljuwayr, Otavio; Al Salem, Quinones

Al-Nassr imaginable starting lineup:

Bento; Martinez, Alamri, Simakan, Boushal; Mane, Brozovic, Al-Khaibari, Coman; Ronaldo, Felix

We say: Al Quadisiya 1-2 Al-Nassr

Al Nassr’s relentless form, superior squad extent and title-winning hunger marque them constrictive favourites here, adjacent against a location broadside that has proven hard to bushed astatine the Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium each season.

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