Al Nassr vs Al Diriyah: Confirmed squads and teams

Al-Nassr and Al-Diriyah have announced the starting line-up for Friday’s Saudi Arabia Pro League match at Al-Awwal Park.

The reigning Saudi Arabian Pro League champions won one of their four matches in all competitions just before the international break.

Captain Cristiano Ronaldo is set to leave the camp after a tumultuous time with Portugal in the Nations League after starting his country’s home game against Wales, but remains on the bench for the win in Norway.

Al-Diriya, who finished eighth in their first season under Portuguese coach Bruno Lagen, have collected 11 points from their first seven league games and will go up one place if they avoid defeat.

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Al Nassr confirmed his team with Al Diriyah

Al-Nassr made three changes following their 4-0 Champions League defeat to Al-Ain on September 15, bringing in goalkeeper Bento, defender Awad Aman and striker Kingsley Coman.

Rakan Al-Ghamdi (knee) and Sultan Al-Ghanam are out with knee injuries, while Saad Al-Nasser is on the bench after a hamstring problem.

“Al-Nassr” starting XI: Bento, Nawaf Bushal, Mohamed Simakan, Inigo Martinez, Awad Aman, Abdullah Al-Khaibari, Samu Costa, Kingsley Coman, Sadio Mane, Joao Felix, Cristiano Ronaldo

Al-Nassr Substitutes: Abdulrahman Al-Otaibi, Nader Al-Sharari, Majed Ghasheesh, Saad Al-Nasser, Sami Al-Naji, Sufiany, Ayman Yahya, Saad Haqawi, Abdullah Al-Hamdan

Al Diriyah will face Al Nassr with full squad

Waleed Abdullah replaced injured goalkeeper Nicola Vasili in one of three changes for Al-Diriyah in their 0-0 draw at home to Abha on 13 September.

Defenders Hussain Al Sibyani and Qasem Lajami also come on.

Al-Diriyah start 11: Waleed Abdullah, Abdulaziz Al-Faraj, Berat Djimsiti, Chancel Mbemba, Hussain Al Sibyani, Idrissa Gueye, Ghasem Lajami, Enzo Millot, Oscar Rodriguez, Adil Boulbina, Darwin Nunez

Al-Diriyah Substitutes: Mansour Al-Subiani, Saeed Al-Rabii, Khalid Al-Asiri, Taher Wadi, Muhammad Dhiban, Sultan Al-Farhan, Hussein Al-Qahtani, Lovro Chelfi, Meshari Al-Nemer

Where to watch Al Nassr vs Al Diriyah match: TV channel, live online streams

Kick-off on Friday is 19:00 BST (14:00 ET / 11:00 PT). UK live streaming is on the Saudi Pro League website.

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• Al-Nassr have a perfect home record this season (3B), Ronaldo has scored once in each of his last two matches
• Al-Nassr have played six games in all competitions since a 4-0 win at Al-Riyadh in the division on 21 August.
• Starting with Oscar’s second-minute opener against Al-Diriya, Al-Nassr have trailed in six of their last eight games in all competitions.
• Al-Ahli, who were in second place before the last round, could only match Al-Diriyah’s defensive record of five goals conceded in the top flight this season, two of the four sides sent by Al-Nassr (7).
• Since losing 4-1 at home to Al-Nassr in the Royal Cup on August 18, Al-Diriyah’s only defeat has come at home to leaders Al-Qadsiah (2D 3D).
• Those two defeats are the only occasions in eight games in all competitions that Al-Diriyah have conceded more than once during that stretch, including three clean sheets in their last six.
• Their only previous meeting with Al Nasr was in January 2016 in the last 32 of the Copa del Rey away, a 7-0 defeat thanks to an Adrian Mierzejewski hat-trick.
• Despite conceding the most goals of any team in the second tier last season (39 in 34 matches), Al-Diriyah finished third before falling behind in the play-off final against Al-Ula after extra time.
• Only Abha’s Sylla Sow and Al-Orobah’s Simy (27 each) have surpassed Al-Diriyah striker Qaetan Laborde’s total of 26 goals during this campaign.
• Al-Raed’s Zinho Gano (3) was the only player to score more hat-tricks than France’s Laborde (2) in last season’s second tier, netting hat-tricks against Al-Adalah and Jeddah.

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