Cristiano Ronaldo and his Al Nassr side will look to make it four Saudi Pro League wins in succession as they travel to face Al Raed on Saturday.
After losing both of their opening matches of the season, the visitors have since roared back to stake their claim as title contenders in the 2023/24 season. Last time out they demolished Al Hazm 5-1 away from home as Ronaldo, Sadio Mane and Abdulrahman Ghareeb mainly did the damage in front of goal.
That prior result meant that Al Nassr have now scored 18 goals across their last four competitive outings, and they’ll be keen to add more here against an Al Raed outfit who have started the season in poor form.
Taking just four points from a possible 15 so far through five match days, the home side will be desperate to claim a big scalp here and assert themselves as a mid-table team this campaign as opposed to relegation candidates.
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Al Raed vs Al Nassr live score
| Score | Goalscorers | |
| Al Raed | 0 | – |
| Al Nassr | 0 | – |
Starting lineups:
Al Raed (4-4-2): Moreira (GK) — Al Dossary, Gonzalez, Whaeshi, Al Yousef — Fouzair, Al Beshe, Normann, Sunbul — Sayoud, Tavares.
Al Nassr (4-3-3-, right to left): Nawaf (GK) — Sultan, Lajami, Laporte, Telles — Alkhaibari, Otavio, Brozovic — Ghareeb, Ronaldo, Mane.
Al Raed vs Al Nassr live updates, highlights, commentary
30 minutes to kick off: Al Hilal’s Salem Aldawsari has drawn level with Ronaldo in the Golden Boot race on six goals but can the Portuguese legend respond to take the outright lead again in this match?
You’d be silly to not back him..
1 hour to kick off: Here’s how Al Nassr line up for this match. Ronaldo starts up top whilst Alex Telles begins the match at left back.
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1 hour 30 mins to kick off: There isn’t too much hope coming into this clash for Al Raed given their slow start to the season but also when looking at the H2H record in this fixture.
That’s because the hosts haven’t won any of the last 15 competitive meetings between these sides with Al Nassr winning 14 of those!
2 hours to kick off: After smashing Al Hazm 5-1 last time out on the road, Al Nassr will be keen to claim another victory here as they begin to get their title charge under way. Another three-point haul would make it four wins in succession for the visitors who could move up to fourth spot in the table this weekend.
So far this season Ronaldo is the league’s top scorer with six strikes, a tally he’ll be extremely keen to add to further here!
Al Raed vs Al Nassr team news
It’s been a pretty torrid start to the 2023/24 Saudi Pro League for Al Raed as they sit in 14th spot having taken just four points from their opening five matches.
As such, changes could be made here but without the funds of their opposition in this match, any team they put out is likely to struggle against Ronaldo & Co. Expect the home side to line up in a 4-4-2 shape then as they look to make it as difficult as possible for Al Nassr to break them down.
Mohammed Fouzair stands out as their star man so far this season, he’s netted twice in two outings and appears their best route to goal again during this latest outing.
Al Raed predicted starting lineup (4-4-2): Moreira (GK) — Al Dossary, Gonzalez, Whaeshi, Al Sobeai — Fouzair, Al Beshe, Normann, Sunbul — Sayoud, El Berkaoui.
Despite a number of their players reporting for international duty over the recent break, it looks like all involved Al Nassr players managed to avoid picking up injuries. That leaves the visitors in a good position to extend their recent winning run.
It’s yet to be seen if Anderson Talisca will feature here as the Brazilian continues to struggle with an apparent injury. He’s also been the subject of numerous transfer reports of late but insists that he’s happy at the club and doesn’t want to leave in the near future.
Al Nassr predicted starting lineup (4-3-3): Nawaf (GK) — Sultan, Fatil, Laporte, Konan — Alkhaibari, Otavio, Brozovic — Mane, Ronaldo, Ghareeb.
How to watch Al Raed vs Al Nassr, TV channel & live stream
| Date | Time | TV Channel | Streaming | |
| UK | Sat, Sept 16 | 4 p.m. BST | — | DAZN |
| USA | Sat, Sept 16 | 11 a.m. ET | Fox Sports 2, FOX Deportes | Fubo, Fox Sports app/website |
| Australia | Sun, Sept 17 | 1 a.m. AEST | — | 10 Play |
| Canada | Sat, Sept 16 | 11 a.m. ET | — | DAZN |
| Hong Kong | Sat, Sept 16 | 11 p.m. HKT | SPOTV | Shahid |
| India | Sat, Sept 16 | 8:30 p.m. IST | Sony TEN 1 and 2 | Sony LIV, JioTV |
| Malaysia | Sat, Sept 16 | 11 p.m. MYT | SPOTV | Shahid |
| New Zealand | Sun, Sept 17 | 3 a.m. NZST | — | Shahid |
| Singapore | Sat, Sept 16 | 11 p.m. SST | SPOTV | Shahid |
Fans can subscribe to streaming platform Shahid for complete coverage of every match from the Roshn Saudi Pro League.
As another way to stay connected to the action, the Roshn Saudi Pro League official channels (including YouTube) and SSC (Saudi Sports Company) regularly publish goals and highlights from the matches.