Newly crowned winners Al-Hilal face arch-rivals Al Nassr for the last Riyadh derby of the league this season.
NSSR vs HLL Match Details
Date: Friday, 17 May 2024
Time: 21:00 (AST), 23:30 (IST)
Venue: Al-Awwal Park, Riyadh
NSSR vs HLL Match Preview
Despite Al-Nassr’s best efforts, they are set to finish runners-up in the league for consecutive seasons after their rivals Al-Hilal reclaim their supremacy in the Saudi League once again. It means Cristiano Ronaldo had to settle for an individual award after ensuring the Golden Boot with 33 goals this season. The Portuguese football megastar is one goal shy of the record for the most goals scored by a player in a single Pro League season, currently held by Moroccan Abderrazak Hamdallah. He will at least hope to score and exert revenge for their Saudi Super Cup defeat on the now-champions Al-Hilal to take some positives from the campaign. Al Nassr still has a Riyadh derby to play in the King’s Cup final but has not won this fixture since 2021. Al-Alami are carrying a nine-game winning streak in the league which they are hoping to maintain on Friday.
With a 4-1 win over relegation-threatened Al-Hazem, Al-Hilal clinched their record-extending 19th top-flight title in style with Aleksandar Mitrović scoring a brace. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and an own goal from Ahmed Al-Juwaid were the factors behind the other goals. That was their 29th victory of the season as they look to complete an entire campaign unbeaten. Three games are left to be played with rivals Al-Nassr to face next who possess a challenge to the record. Losing only to Al-Ain in the AFC Champions League, Al-Hilal has grabbed the other reward in store and are confident of completing a domestic treble regardless of the result in this Riyadh derby. However, Jorge Jesus's side will be adamant about not losing pride in this battle and maintaining their seven-game unbeaten run against their rivals in competitive meetings.
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NSSR vs HLL Predicted Lineups
Al-Nassr
David Ospina; Al-Ghanam, Al Amri, Aymeric Laporte, Alex Telles; Otavio, Alkhaibari, Marcelo Brozović, Al-Hassan, Sadio Mane; Cristiano Ronaldo
Al-Hilal
Yassine Bounou; Abdulhamid, Kalidou Koulibaly, Al-Bulayhi, Al-Shahrani; Ruben Neves, Kanno; Michel, Milinkovic Savic, Malcom; Aleksandar Mitrović
NSSR vs HLL Head-to-Head
Played - 173
RM won - 73
Drawn - 45
BAR won - 55
NSSR vs HLL Dream11 Match Prediction
Al Hilal is expected to come up top in this Riyadh derby against Al-Nassr. We predict a 2-1 win for the visitors.
NSSR vs HLL Dream11 Top picks
Captain Pick: Cristiano Ronaldo
Vice-captain Pick: Aleksandar Mitrović
Others: Milinkovic Savic, Sadio Mane
Our top picks for the NSSR vs HLL Dream11 team are Cristiano Ronaldo (33 goals, 10 assists in 28 league matches) and Aleksandar Mitrović (26 goals and 6 assists in 25 matches)
NSSR vs HLL Dream11 Team Suggestion
GK: Bounou (Cr - 8, Pts - 729)
DEF: Al-Ghanam (Cr - 8.5, Pts - 872), Koulibaly (Cr - 8, Pts - 1047), Telles (Cr - 8, Pts - 962)
MID: Otavio (Cr - 8.5, Pts - 1339), Neves (Cr - 8.5, Pts - 1179), Brozović (Cr - 8.5, Pts - 1269), Milinkovic Savic (Cr - 9, Pts - 1422)
FW: (Cr - 9, Pts - 1474), Mitrović (Cr - 9, Pts - 1521), Ronaldo (Cr - 9, Pts - 2313),
Vice-captain: Aleksandar Mitrović
Captain: Cristiano Ronaldo
