Al Nassr have loved an nearly good begin to the 2025–26 season. They at present sit atop the Saudi Professional League standings with a flawless file, and this Saturday they’ll look to increase their profitable streak once they tackle Al Hazm, with all eyes on Cristiano Ronaldo.
CR7 wasn’t even a part of the squad that traveled to India earlier this week for Wednesday’s AFC Champions League Two matchup in opposition to Goa, the place the staff secured an important 2-1 victory due to objectives from Angelo Gabriel and Haroune Camara.
Head coach Jorge Jesus defined that his precedence at this stage of the season is to handle Ronaldo’s workload, avoiding lengthy and tiring journeys so the star ahead can keep targeted on the Saudi Professional League — Al Nassr’s principal goal this yr.
Within the three campaigns Cristiano has spent in Saudi Arabia, Al Nassr have been unable to seize the league title, which went twice to Al Ittihad and as soon as to Al Hilal. Nonetheless, underneath Jesus, the staff has began this season strongly and appears well-positioned to lastly break that streak.
Al Nassr coach Jorge Jesus.
In the mean time, Al Nassr lead the standings with 15 factors, having received all 5 of their matches. Al Taawoun have the identical complete however have performed yet another recreation. A victory this Saturday in opposition to Al Hazm would enable Al Nassr to take sole possession of first place.
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Predicted lineup for Al Nassr
On Wednesday in opposition to Goa within the AFC Champions League Two, Jorge Jesus fielded a largely rotated lineup that featured only some common stars equivalent to Inigo Martinez and Bento. That allowed a lot of the traditional starters to relaxation — Joao Felix, Sadio Mane, and Mohamed Simakan got here on within the second half, whereas Kingsley Coman didn’t play a single minute and Cristiano Ronaldo stayed again in Riyadh.
Primarily based on that, Al Nassr ought to have the ability to discipline a robust staff this Saturday in opposition to Al Hazm. The expected XI: Bento; Sultan Al Ghannam, Mohamed Simakan, Inigo Martinez, Nawaf Boushal; Abdullah Alkhaibari, Bassan Hazzazi; Kingsley Coman, Joao Felix, Sadio Mane; Cristiano Ronaldo.
Predicted lineup for Al Hazm
In contrast to Al Nassr, Al Hazm have had an inconsistent begin to the Saudi Professional League, with only one win, two attracts, and two losses, leaving them in thirteenth place with 5 factors. The expected lineup for Saturday: Bruno Varela; Ahmed Al Nakhli, Sultan Tunkar, Abdulrahman Al Dakheel, Abdulaziz Al Harbi; Loreintz Rosier; Fabio Martins, Basil Alsayyali, Elias Mokwana, Nawaf Al Habashi; Omar Al Somah.
