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Key moments
End of match
In the first half, Al-Nassr took the lead with a good from Mohamed Simakan and held the advantage until the 50th minute of the second half, but Bento made a mistake on a throw-in, sending the ball into his own net and equalizing for Al-Hilal with an own goal! With the draw, Al-Nassr remains five points ahead with one more game played. The decision will be made in the last round, with a chance of winning the title for both sides!
Goal for Al-Hilal
What did you do, Bento? Kanno, on the right, won a throw-in and decided to launch the ball into the area, creating confusion. And it ended up working, but not in the way Al-Hilal imagined. Because the cross was weak and into Bento's hands, but the goalkeeper misjudged the play and parried the ball upwards, causing it to fall into the goal, tying the game in stoppage time!
Change in Al-HIlal
Al-Hilal is trying to launch an attack and made a change at the end of the game, with Malcom leaving and Murad Al-Hawsawi entering. Shortly after, for a foul in midfield, Theo Hernández received a yellow card. The game continues with Al-Hilal applying pressure in the attacking third!
Changes in Al-Nassr
Al-Nassr made two more substitutions, with Cristiano Ronaldo and Nawaf Boushal leaving and Abdullah Al-Hamdan and Sultan Al-Ghannam entering. Shortly after, Milinkovic-Savic received a pass from Mandash and shot powerfully towards the left corner, where Bento made another save!
Bento
Yahya, who had just come on, received a yellow card for a hard foul on Milikovic-Savic. Shortly after, Malcom took a powerful long-range shot, but Bento palmed the ball away, saving Al-Nassr from conceding an equalizer! Al-Hilal is dominating the match and trying to find the equalizer!
Yellow and change
João Félix committed a hard foul on Sultan Mandash in midfield, receiving a yellow card. Shortly after, Al-Hilal made a substitution, with Moteb Al-Harbi leaving and Yusuf Akçiçek entering. The game slowed down at this point as Al-Hilal attempted a high press in attack!
Changes in both teams
Al-Hilal made three substitutions, with Benzema, Salem Al-Dawsari, and Hassan Altambakti leaving and Marcos Leonardo, Sultan Mandash, and Ali Lajami entering. Al-Nassr made two changes, with Brozovic and Coman leaving and Al-Sharari and Yahya entering.
Yellow card
Milinkovic-Savic received a yellow card for a hard foul on Mané in midfield. Shortly after, from a corner, the ball was kicked into the area and Simakan managed a powerful header, but it was blocked by the defense once again.
Bento
The game was paused for Al-Amri to receive medical attention after suffering a foul in midfield. Shortly after, Salem Al-Dawsari took a powerful shot after entering the area, following a pass from Benzema, sending the ball towards the left corner, where Bento made a save to prevent Al-Nassr from conceding an equalizer!
Change in Al-Nassr
João Félix received the pass and attempted a long-range shot, but sent the ball wide. Cristiano Ronaldo then managed a powerful shot from inside the area, but it was blocked by the defense once again. Al-Nassr then made a substitution, bringing on Al-Hassan for Al-Nasser.
Bento
Cristiano Ronaldo received a pass from Coman up front and managed a long-range shot, but sent the ball wide. Moments later, Benzema received a cross in the box and headed powerfully, but Bento palmed the ball away once again! The second half begins at a fast pace!
Second half starts
The players are back on the field and the second half of the match between Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal is underway, with all the action and excitement in real time here on VAVEL, in this match of the 32nd round of the Saudi Pro League!
End of first half
And the champion is taking shape! In this tense first half with few shots on goal, Al-Nassr took advantage of a corner kick to take the lead with a good from Mohamed Simakan, securing the three points to be crowned champion of the Saudi Pro League!
At the bar
We'll have four more minutes of added time in the first half. Coman, with a pass inside the area, managed a powerful shot that hit the crossbar! On the counter-attack, Nasser Al-Dawsari shot powerfully from distance, but sent the ball over the goal, wide!
Bono!
Cristiano Ronaldo received the pass up front and shot powerfully from distance, with Bono parrying the ball away for a corner. The ball was then cleared by the defense again. Al-Nassr are starting to apply more and more pressure in the attacking third!
Goal for Al-Nassr
On the right, Al-Nassr won a corner kick, taken into the box by Brozovic, but the ball fell into a scramble for the players until Simakan picked up the rebound, shooting powerfully into the right corner and sending the ball into the back of the net, opening the scoring for Al-Nassr!
Another yellow card
We continue in a game with little happening. Al-Nassr manages to exchange passes and stay in the attacking half, maintaining pressure on Al-Hilal's defense. Despite this, only fouls occur; yesterday Al-Tambakti received a yellow card for a foul on Mané.
One more yellow card
We are now in a tense moment of the match. The game was stopped for Al-Amri to receive treatment, as he was in pain after a foul in midfield, but he has since returned to the game. And, after returning to the pitch, Al-Amri committed a hard foul on Thero Hernández, receiving a yellow card.
Yellow card
The game has slowed down again. The match is very tense, both teams feel the pressure and are taking few risks in attack. And Al-Hassan committed a hard foul on Malcom, receiving a yellow card, the first of the game.
Bono
Mané found the pass up front for João Félix, who broke into the area and shot hard, with a deflection off the defense, winning a corner. Brozovic took the corner and Iñigo Martínez headed powerfully high, but Bono palmed the ball away, saving Al-Hilal!
Slow game
Al-Nassr, after conceding that first shot, pushes forward and attempts high pressure. Al-Hilal, in turn, tries to maintain possession, in a moment where little is happening on the pitch in this early stage of the match.
Bento
A primeira chance do jogo fica pelo lado do Al-Hilal, que começa tentando chegar no campo de ataque, onde Al-Harbi achou o passe na frente para Benzema, que bateu forte já dentro da área, mas no meio do gol, nas mãos de Bento!
Here we go
The players are taking to the pitch and the ball is rolling for Al-Nassr vs. Al-Hilal, in the first 45 minutes of the match in the 32nd round of the Saudi Pro League, with all the action and excitement in real time here on VAVEL!
Retrospect - part 2
At home, as will be the case today, Al-Nassr has hosted Al-Hilal in 33 matches, totaling seven wins, seven draws, and 19 losses in history. In the Saudi Pro League, there have also been 27 games, with six wins, six draws, and 15 losses in the competition.
Retrospect - part 1
There have been 68 matches in history between the two teams, with 16 wins for Al-Nassr, 32 for Al-Hilal, and 20 draws. In the Saudi Pro League, as will be the case today, Al-Nassr has won 13 times, with 25 wins for Al-Hilal and 17 draws in the matchup.
Al-Hilal's titles
Al-Hilal, who are trying to win today to pursue the championship, have 19 titles and are aiming for their 20th. With 16 runner-up finishes, Al-Hilal were champions in 1976-77, 1978-79, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1989-90, 1995-96, 1997-98, 2001-02, 2004-05, 2007-08, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2023-24.
Al-Nassr's titles
Al-Nassr is trying today to win its 10th title in the competition, totaling nine so far, in addition to eight runner-up finishes, having been champion in the 1975-76, 79-80, 80-81, 88-89, 93-94, 94-95, 2013-14, 14-15 and 18-19 seasons, thus tying in titles with Al-Ittihad.
Yesterday's games
On Sunday, two more games took place, where Al-Riyadh beat Al Fateh 1-0 and Al-Ittihad beat Dhamk 2-1. Yesterday, with both games ending 2-1, Neom beat Al-Shabab and Al-Ahli won against Al Taawon. Finally, starting earlier today, Al-Kholood is drawing 0-0 with Al-Okhdood.
Saturday's games
Round number 32 began on Saturday (9) with three matches, where Al-Ettifaq thrashed Al-Khaleej away from home 5-0, Al-Najma drew 2-2 at home with Al-Hazm and Al-Quadisiya beat Al-Feiha away from home 2-1.
Al-Hilal's bench
For tonight's game, Simone Inzaghi will have the following players to use during the match against Al-Nassr: Ahmad Abu Rasen, Mohammed Al-Yami, Ali Lajami, Yusuf Akçiçek, Murad Al-Hawsawi, Marcos Leonardo, Abdulkarim Darisi and Sultan Mandash.
Al-Nassr's bench
For the next game, Jorge Jesus will have the following names to use during the match against Al-Hilal: Nawaf Al-Aqidi, Sultan Al-Ghannam, Salem Alnajdi, Saad Al-Nasser, Nader Al-Sharari, Ayman Yahya, Abdulrahman Ghareeb, Mohammed Marran and Abdullah Al-Hamdan.
Al-Hilal lined-up!
With a 3-5-2 formation, Al-Hilal's starting lineup for tonight's Saudi Pro League match against Al-Nassr is: Bono, Altambakti, Ruben Neves and Al-Harbi; Nasser Al-Dawsari, Malcom, Milinkovic-Savic, Kanno and Theo Hernández; Benzema and Salem Al-Dawsari.
Al-Nassr lined-up!
With a 4-4-2 formation, Al-Nassr's starting lineup for tonight's Saudi Pro League match against Al-Hilal is: Bento, Boushal, Simakan, Al-Amri and Iñigo Martinez; Coman, Al-Hassan, Brozovic and Mané; João Félix and Cristiano Ronaldo.
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