Al-Faisaly FC vs Al-Nassr 1-3

Al-Nassr won 3-1 at Al Majma’a Sport City, took control early and then used another breakaway goal to see it through. Abdullah Al-Hamdan and Angelo Borges were involved in the decisive spells, while a VAR check wiped out Cristiano Ronaldo’s second-half strike.

Al-Nassr were ahead in the 4th minute when Abdullah Al-Hamdan scored from Sadio Mané’s assist to make it 1-0. They went in 1-0 up at half-time after a first half that also brought two yellow cards for the visitors, shown to Awad Aman on 14 minutes and Samu Costa on 24 minutes.

Ronaldo thought he had doubled the lead on 49 minutes from João Félix’s pass, but the goal was cancelled by VAR four minutes later. Al-Faisaly FC changed three players on 61 minutes and pulled one back on 66 minutes through Theo Bongonda, who had come on in the 61st minute and finished Mohammed Ali Al Shanqiti’s pass to make it 1-2. Al-Nassr answered with two changes on 81 minutes, and one of them paid off when Angelo Borges, who had come on in the 67th minute, scored on 79 minutes from Abdullah Al-Hamdan’s assist to seal it at 3-1.

The numbers showed a tighter contest than the scoreline. Al-Nassr had 55% of the possession and 358 passes to Al-Faisaly FC’s 45% and 349, while the home side had more shots, 12 to 10, and a higher xG at 1.28 to 0.62. Al-Nassr had more shots on target, 5 to 2, and more corners, 6 to 4, while Al-Faisaly FC were caught offside 5 times to Al-Nassr’s 4 and made 2 saves to the visitors’ 1.

Al-Nassr collected the only bookings, with Awad Aman booked on 14 minutes and Samu Costa on 24 minutes. There were no red cards.