2024-02-28 23:04:00
“Saudi League”: Al-Nasr to chase Al-Hilal… and Al-Hazm to escape from relegation accounts
Al-Nasr team hopes to continue its journey with a series of victories and put pressure on the leader, Al-Hilal, when it meets its counterpart, Al-Hazm, in the 22nd round of the Saudi Professional League at Al-Awal Park Stadium.
Al-Nasr was able to overcome the Al-Shabab team in a strong confrontation that brought them together last round, continuing to maintain the point difference between it and the “leading” Al-Hilal at seven points, as Al-Nasr has 52 points compared to 59 points for the Capital Blue.
The confrontation seems easy for Al-Nasr team compared to its counterpart, Al-Hazm team, which is going through difficult days and appears to be the most prominent team nominated for relegation to the first division, as it languishes at the bottom of the standings with 14 points.
Al-Nasr hopes that this round will smile at it with its victory over Al-Hazm in the hope that Al-Hilal will stumble, which is awaiting a strong confrontation against Al-Ittihad at the summit of the 22nd round of competitions, which will bring them together on Friday in the capital, Riyadh, at the Kingdom Arena.
Al-Taawoun players during training to face Al-Wahda (Al-Taawoun Club)
The Capital Yellow will need to achieve consecutive victories while its traditional rival stumbled in three matches in order to take the lead as it enters the final stage of the current season’s journey, as 13 matches remain for each team until the curtain comes down and the identity of the champion is known.
The Al-Hazm match may witness the return of Colombian David Ospina, the Al-Nasr goalkeeper, who was absent quickly after returning from a severe injury, as the player entered group training, and Al-Nasr hopes that the player will be ready to participate before the decisive confrontation with Al-Ain in the AFC Champions League quarter-finals.
Al-Nasr suffered from a series of goalkeeping absences, represented by the suspension of the main goalkeeper, Nawaf Al-Aqidi, and the injuries of Raghed Al-Najjar and David Ospina, so Walid Abdullah, the fourth goalkeeper, found himself a key player in the last three matches.
Portuguese Luis Castro, coach of Al-Nasr, will work to give his players rest in the event that there are fears of injuries or other things, as the confrontation seems easy for Al-Nasr, in order to prepare well for the confrontation with Al-Ain, in which Castro will throw all his might in search of qualification.
Daniel Carreño, Al-Hazm coach, previously coached Al-Nasr (Al-Hazm Club)
As for Al-Hazm, which is led by Uruguayan Daniel Carreño, the former Al-Nasr coach, he hopes to emerge, even with a positive point, against Al-Nassr, which will revive the hopes of Al-Hazm, which is considered the most prominent team threatened with relegation, given its significant decline in the standings and points tally.
In Mecca, the Al-Wahda team is looking forward to stopping the series of failures that the team is exposed to, which contributed to its decline in the standings, with the point balance frozen at 29 points, when it hosts its counterpart, the Al-Taawoun team, at the King Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium in Al-Sharay’a in Mecca.
The Knights of Mecca enter the match amid poor morale for the team due to the delayed salaries of the players, according to what was announced by the Greek coach Denis of the team in the press conference that followed the team’s confrontation with Al-Ittihad last round.
Al-Wahda was close to coming out with a positive result in the last two matches it played, as it tied against Al-Tai in the final minutes after being ahead by a single goal, and against Al-Ittihad in the last round, it was close to coming out with a draw point before Al-Ittihad scored its second goal and won the match.
As for the Al-Taawoun team, which regained the tone of victories and stopped the point bleeding that accompanied it in its last matches, it is looking for a continuation of the victory against Al-Wahda in order to gain more points and advance towards the competition for third place, which Al-Ahly occupies with 43 points compared to 38 points for the Al-Taawoun team in fourth place, which finds competition. Fierce from Al-Ittihad, which is in fifth place with 37 points.
At the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Buraidah, Al-Raed team hosts its counterpart Al-Fayhaa in a confrontation with the landowner (Al-Raed) looking for a win in order to add three points to its score that will enable it to take a step forward and stay away from the specter of relegation, which is becoming clearer as the rounds progress towards end line.
Al-Raed team occupies fourteenth place in the ranking list and has twenty points in its balance, amidst competition with clubs that are close to it in the points and ranking list.
As for Al-Fayhaa, which rebounded by defeating Abha in the last round and before that over Al-Hazm, it hopes to continue the same process in search of further progress in the rankings to stay away from the circle of teams threatened with relegation. Al-Fayhaa currently occupies tenth place with 25 points.
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