Pro League: Al Nassr and Al Hilal draw 2-2 on Monday

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RIYADH. Al Nassr manages to recover against Al Hilal with a goal on the O. Ighalo 10' and a penalty kick on the S. Al-Dawsari 65'.

RIYADH. Al Nassr manages to recover against Al Hilal with a goal on the O. Ighalo 10′ and a penalty kick on the S. Al-Dawsari 65′.

The match was held at the Mrsool Park Stadium in Riyadh on Monday and this began at 5:30 pm UTC. The referee was César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos with the assistance of Alberto Morín Méndez and Miguel Ángel Hernández Paredes. The 4th official was Majed Al Shamrani. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold around 14.1 degrees Celsius or 57.34 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 63%.​

Match Statistics

There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Al Nassr was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Al Hilal that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Al Nassr was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 26 shots of which 13 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Al Nassr to win the match​.

Al Nassr shot 26 times, 13 on target, 13 off target. On the other side, Al Hilal shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Al Nassr received 2 yellow cards (Ayman Yahya and Abdullah Alkhaibari). On the other side, Al Hilal received 2 yellow cards (Gustavo Cuéllar and Jang Hyun-Soo).

After this encounter, Al Nassr will have 22 points like Al Shabab to move down in the 1st place. On the other side, Al Hilal will have 20 points like Al Taawon to move up in the 4th place.

Match Events

  • 2'
    2'

    Ayman Yahya

  • 10'
    10'

    Odion Ighalo

  • 21'
    21'

    Nasser Al-Dawsari

    Mohammed Al-Burayk

  • 31'
    31'

    Abdullah Alkhaibari

  • 39'
    39'

    Gustavo Cuéllar

  • 46'
    46'

    Ali Al-Hassan

    Abdullah Alkhaibari

  • 46'
    46'

    Gonzalo Martínez

    Ayman Yahya

  • 56'
    56'

    Anderson Talisca

  • 58'
    58'

    Michael Delgado

    Luciano Vietto

  • 62'
    62'

    Nasser Al-Dawsari (Penalty Disallowed)

  • 65'
    65'

    Salem Al-Dawsari (Penalty)

  • 79'
    79'

    Abdulrahman Ghareeb

    Sami Al-Najei

  • 85'
    85'

    Ali Alawjami

    Sultan Al-Ghannam

  • 85'
    85'

    Khalifah Aldawsari

    André Carrillo

  • 88'
    88'

    Abdulrahman Ghareeb

  • 90'
    90'

    Jang Hyun-Soo

  • 90'
    90'

    Abdulmajeed Al Sulaiheem

    Vincent Aboubakar

Next match

In the upcoming Pro League match, Al Nassr will play away with Al Khaleej on the 31st of December with a 3-1 head to head statistic in favor of Al Nassr (4 draws).

Al Hilal will host Dhamk on the 31st of December with a 4-1 head to head record in favor of Al Hilal (1 draw).

Al Nassr: Formation and Lineups

Al Nassr started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Rudi Garcia chose to play with the following team: David Ospina Ramírez, Álvaro González Soberón, Sultan Abdullah Al Ghanam, Ghislain Konan, Abdulelah Al Amri, Luiz Gustavo Dias, Anderson Souza Conceição, Sami Khalil Al Naji, Abdullah Alkhaibari, Ayman Yahya and Vincent Paté Aboubakar.

Al Nassr could not rely on the presence of Ali Alawjami (injured).

Substitutes

Al Nassr made 5 changes: Abdullah Alkhaibari for Ali Al-Hassan (46′), Ayman Yahya for Gonzalo Martínez (46′), Sami Al-Najei for Abdulrahman Ghareeb (79′), Sultan Al-Ghannam for Ali Alawjami (85′) and Vincent Aboubakar for Abdulmajeed Al Sulaiheem (90′).

Al Hilal: Formation and Lineups

Al Hilal started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

On the opposite side, Ramón Ángel Díaz played with: Abdullah Ibrahim Al Maiouf, Mohammed Yahya Jahfali, Hyun-Soo Jang, Mohammed Al Burayk, Saud Abdullah Abdul Hamid, Gustavo Leonardo Cuéllar Gallego, André Martín Carrillo Díaz, Salem Mohammed Al Dawsari, Mohammed Kanoo, Odion Jude Ighalo and Luciano Vietto.

Substitutes

Al Hilal made 3 changes: Mohammed Al-Burayk for Nasser Al-Dawsari (21′), Luciano Vietto for Michael Delgado (58′) and André Carrillo for Khalifah Aldawsari (85′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Pro League

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Vicky Singh

Vicky Singh is based in Mumbai with over two decades as a sports journalist. He writes mainly on football predictions and head to head.