Al-Nassr will look to return to winning ways in the Saudi Professional League when they face off Damac at Al-Awwal Park on Friday.

The Global One start this match fresh after securing a morale-boosting victory in the AFC Champions League, while the visitors will be looking for a third win on the spin for the first time this year.

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Al Nassr maintained their good results in the AFC Champions League, recording a 3-1 victory over Qatar-based team Al Gharafa at the Al Bayt Stadium on Monday.

In a game where Seydou Sano received his marching orders, Christiano Ronaldo scored two goals in the second half, scoring either side Angelo‘s 58th minute strike to fire the Saudi side to all three points.

Since starting the season with a somewhat disappointing 1-1 draw against Iranian side Al Shorta on September 16, Al-Nassr have won each of their subsequent four Champions League matches, scoring eleven goals and conceding three in that time .

While Stefano Pioli‘s men are ranked quite high in the Champions League and are third in the table. They now turn their focus to the Professional League, where they have struggled for results of late, claiming just one win from their most recent four matches.

Having won the four games in this series, this slump has coincided with Ronaldo’s recent struggles in the league, as the 37-year-old has scored just one goal in Al-Nassr’s last four Pro League games.

Al Nassr has achieved 22 points from eleven games in the league this season and is third in the rankingslevel with Al Shabab and Al Qadsiah, and eight points behind first-placed Al Ittihad.

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Damac, on the other hand, recorded consecutive wins for the first time this year as they defeated Al Kholood 2-1 when the two teams faced each other at the Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium last time.

Despite playing the last 19 minutes of normal time with one man behind Ramzi Sawlan picked up a red card, goals from Georges-Kevin N’Koudou And Farouk Chafai were enough to send the home side to a hard-fought victory.

Before that, Damac achieved their first away win of the 2024–2025 season on 9 November, when they defeated Al Wehda 2–1 at the King Abdul Aziz Stadium, ending their run of six consecutive defeats on the road.

Cosmon Contra‘s men have won four of their eleven league games so far, while losing five and claiming two draws, to collect 14 points and sit 11th in the standings, level with 10th-placed Al Raed.

Although Damac will be looking to make it three wins this weekend, they face an opponent who has won each of their last six meetings, dating back to a narrow 3-2 defeat in April 2021.

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With his brace against Al Gharafa, Ronaldo now has 911 career goals to his name and the Portuguese forward, who has seven league goals to his name this season, will look to get the good results again.

He should form the attacking quartet with Angelo, Otavio and former Liverpool striker Sadio Manewhile Sultan Al Ghanam, Mohammed Simakan, Mohammed Al Fatil And Nawaf Al-Boushail must work together again on the defensive side of the field.

As for Damac, Contra cannot appoint Sawlan this weekend because the 26-year-old attacker is suspended after receiving a red card against Al Kholood last time.

In his absence, 23 year old Hazzaa Al-Ghamdi should come into the crease and form the front three Habib Diallo and Cameroon international N’Koudou, who can contribute eight goals in his last eight games.

In terms of injuries, Damac remains without the midfield duo Adam Maher and 31 years old Nicolae Stanciuwho were sidelined due to cruciate ligament and leg injuries respectively.

Possible starting line-up of Al-Nassr:
Krepski; Al Ghanam, Simakan, Al Fatil, Al-Boushail; Alchaibari, Brozovic; Angelo, Otavio, Mane; Ronaldo

Damac possible starting lineup:
Al-Bukhari; S Mohamed, Chafai, Bedrane, Al-Enezi; T Mohamed, Fallatah, Kamano; Al-Ghamdi, Diallo, N’Koudou

We say: Al-Nassr 3-1 Damac

Damac has turned a corner in recent weeks and will go into the weekend looking for three wins from three games. However, Al Nassr go into this match on the back of their Champions League victory and we are backing them to extend their dominance over the visitors.

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