Al-Nassr vs Al Diriyah 3-0

Al-Nassr beat Al Diriyah 3-0 at Al-Awwal Park, with Cristiano Ronaldo’s early opener, Samu Costa’s first-half strike and Kingsley Coman’s late finish settling it.

Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 23rd minute, before Samu Costa made it 2-0 on 35 minutes from a João Félix assist. Al Diriyah had a penalty cancelled for Darwin Núñez in the 39th minute, and went into half-time 2-0 down after Abdulaziz Al Faraj was booked in first-half stoppage time.

Al-Nassr kept control after the break and added a third in the 77th minute when Kingsley Coman scored from Sadio Mané’s assist. Al Diriyah made two changes on 68 minutes, then two more on 83 minutes, while Al-Nassr made three changes on 78 minutes and another on 84 minutes. The home side had already closed the game out. Al-Nassr had 52% of the ball, 17 shots to Al Diriyah’s 10 and 10 on target to one, with xG of 2.5 to 0.66. They also had 10 corners to eight and 377 passes to 344, while Al Diriyah finished with six saves to Al-Nassr’s one.

Al Diriyah were booked twice, with Chancel Mbemba shown a yellow card in the 28th minute and Abdulaziz Al Faraj in first-half stoppage time. There were no red cards.