Al Hilal-Al Nassr is a match of the 27th day of the Saudi League and is played on Tuesday at 9 pm: TV, streaming, formations, predictions.
The risk that his first season in Saudi Arabia will end with “zeru tituli” is increasingly high. Cristiano Ronaldo will try his best to enable his Al-Nassr side to make up ground on the leading Al-Ittihad side, which has taken advantage of every slightest misstep by the Riyadh-based team and is now within a step of the title when there are only four games left in the Saudi League. But half a feat will be needed.
The bombastic victory obtained two weeks ago against Al-Raed, scrambled 4-0 also thanks to a goal by the Portuguese striker, seemed to have breathed new life into the yellow-blues. And instead, the disappointing draw against Al-Khaleej, a formation that is fighting not to be relegated, brought everyone back down to earth. The men coached by Croatian coach Dinko Jelicic failed to break through their opponents’ defensive wall, except to bring the score back to even after going down in the fourth minute of play. Ronaldo came up empty this time: it was the experienced Spanish defender Gonzalez, formerly of Villarreal and Marseille, who swelled the net. Al-Nassr remains second in the standings but Al-Ittihad widened the gap thanks to an overwhelming win over Abha, which was swept 4-0 in the last league round. There are now five points CR7’s team needs to make up in order to lift at least one trophy and avert a flop that would be resounding.
Ronaldo and his teammates in the 27th day will have to face Al-Tai, a team that sails in mid-table and is now without concrete goals. Since February, however, the men coached by Romanian Mirel Radoi have always scored at least one goal.
The Prediction
Al-Nassr has no other choice: win to keep hoping, despite no longer being masters of its own destiny. A win by it is likely but at the same time we imagine that Al-Tai, very prolific in the last period, will also score at least one goal.
The probable lineups of Al Tai-Al Nassr
- AL-TAI (4-4-1-1): Braga; Fai, Al-Sulaima, Semedo, Qasim; Saayoud, Dener, Mukhtar, Mohsen; Musona; Mbenza.
- AL-NASSR (4-1-4-1): Rossi; Al-Ghannam, Al-Oujami, Gonzalez, Konan; Luiz Gustavo; Talisca, Al-Sulaiheem, Al-Hassan, Ghareeb; Cristiano Ronaldo.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-2
