Al Nassr will face Al Ahli at 01:00 a.m. on September 23, Vietnam time. This is the first big match for Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates in the Saudi Arabia National Championship season 2023/2024.

 

Al Ahli is one of the Saudi Arabian teams that rocked the transfer market last summer, recruiting Roberto Firmino, Riyad Mahrez, Allan Saint-Maximin, Edouard Mendy, Franck Kessie, Roger Ibanez, Merih Demiral and Gabri Veiga.

 

Currently, Al Ahli is ranked right above Al Nassr in the Saudi Arabia National Championship, ranked 5th with 15 points and 3 points behind first place Al Ittihad. Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates ranked 6th with 12 points.

If they fail in this great battle, Al Nassr is at risk of “inhaling the smoke” of their opponents on the championship race. On the contrary, if they win, Al Nassr will rise to 5th place, having equal points and more sub-stats than Al Ahli.

 

This season, Al Nassr had a disappointing start with 2 defeats but has been showing strong performance recently. Coach Luis Castro’s team won the last 4 rounds in the Saudi Arabia National Championship and just defeated Persepolis 2-0 in the opening match of the AFC Champions League.

 

Personally, Cristiano Ronaldo is leading both the top scorer list (7 goals) and the assist king list (4 times) in the Saudi Arabia National Championship this season.