Saudi League 2025/2026: Al Shabab-Al-Nassr, the likely lineups

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This evening at 8 pm, Al-Shabab Club sawill the teatro of una crucial challenge for theesito the Saudi Pro League. Al Shabab hostandwill Al-Nassr in an icounter that puts in gioco points dandcisivi nandlthe chase tothetitle. The leader, currently with 79 points, is chiamata a win to mantenhave the slightest lead of only two lengths over Al-Hilal, corn il decisivo direct clash ormai alland porte. Da un late, Jorge Jesus’ Al-Nassr will try to relzarsi sub after the unexpected stop against Al Qadsiah, facendoaffidamento on the charisma of Cristiano Ronaldo and sul talandnto of its stars such as Mané and Coman. On the other hand,the Al Shabab descendswill take the field to difenderand their own pride. Despite a season al below expectations and the various problandmi difensivi emersi in the last partite, la squadra of Zekri cercherà to finish the championship as best as possible in front of their fans, puntending to rallandntare the run of the capolista.

Zekri is banking on a very compact and balanced team to contain the opponents. In front of Grohe, the defense will be led by the duo Al Shwirekh and Al-Bulayhi. The midfield features Adli and Brownhill in the heart of the department, while Al-Azaizeh and Al Asmari will act on the flanks. In attack, the pair consisting of Hamdallah and Yannick Carrasco as offensive references.

Jorge lines up with a more offensive setup. Protected by Simakan and Alamri, the two midfielders will be Brozovic and Al-Khaibari, they will have to trigger a three-quarter made up of Sadio Mané, Joao Felix and Kingsley Coman who will act behind the only offensive reference, Cristiano Ronaldo.

The likely lineup

Al Shabab (4-4-2): Grohe; Al-Thani, Al Shwirekh, Al-Bulayhi, Balobaid; Al-Azaizeh, Al Asmari, Adli, Brownhill; Hamdallah, Carrasco. All.Zekri.

Al-Nassr (4-2-3-1): Bento; Martinez, Alamri, Simakan, Boushal; Brozovic, Al-Khaibari; Mane, Felix, Coman; Ronaldo. All. J. Jorge.

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