International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Al Nassr and Al Hilal are looking forward to this AFC Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Semi-finals.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Al Nassr form and stats
Nassr was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the AFC Champions League.When playing at home in the Pro League, Al Nassr have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games. On the other hand, in the AFC Champions League, Al Nassr has performed like this (both home and away): 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Nassr enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Al Wahda's place. The match ended 5-1 with Abdulfattah Asiri, A. Hamdallah, Sami Al-Najei and J. Masharipov (2) scoring. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Nassr played a great game against Al Wahda and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Abha and winning 3-1.Goals decide football matches and Nassr are scoring many of them at home; 9 on target from 4 league matches. Al Nassr's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Hilal form and stats
They also participated in AFC Champions League last season. This ended in the group stage.Al Hilal are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Pro League, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses). When we have look at the AFC Champions League statistics, we find 5W-1D-2L. This is both home and away. Things are running smoothly for Hilal who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Al Ittihad.
It's the second away game in a row for Hilal, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Persepolis in the AFC Champions League last time out.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Al Hazm.A quick return to home after this game, as Hilal are hosting Al Raed in the Pro League only four days away.
Hilal are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. As opposed to that, Hilal have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nassr four wins, two draws and Al Hilal four victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Souza Conceição 5 goals |   B. Gomis 4 goals |  A. Hamdallah 3 goals |
Al Nassr missing players
Al Hilal missing players
| Al Nassr | Al Hilal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 9 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 53 | 34 | Scored | S | 31 | 52 | ||
| 26 | 15 | Conceded | C | 16 | 28 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 28% | ||
| 64% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 16% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.9 | 7.5 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.1 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.4 | 12.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 12.8 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.6 | ||
| 45% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Al Ittihad | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 17 |
| 2 | Dhamk | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Al Feiha | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Al Nassr | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | Al Fateh | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | Al Shabab | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | Al Hilal | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Al Raed | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 11 |
| 9 | Al Faisaly | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 10 | Al Hazm | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Al Ahli | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | Al Ta'ee | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Al Ittifaq | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -6 | 7 |
| 14 | Abha | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -10 | 7 |
| 15 | Al Batin | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 16 | Al Taawon | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -9 | 3 |