Week 5 brings us a match on Oct 2nd where Al Nassr hosts Al Ittihad in a meeting of these two evenly matched Pro League teams. In their last match, Al Nassr recorded a 4-0 shutout win against Al Batin. Luiz Gustavo struck first for Al Nassr in the 17th minute, then Anderson Talisca added another in the 29th minute In the end, Al Batin was frustrated by Al Nassr’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Al Nassr ended the match with the shutout victory. Al Nassr is looking for direction having 3 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Al Ittihad recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Al Khaleej. Abderazak Hamdallah struck first for Al Ittihad in the 4th minute on a feed from Coronado, then Abderazak Hamdallah added another in the 69th minute on a feed from Hamdan Al Shamrani At the end of 90 a dissapointed Al Khaleej couldn’t manage to score, and Al Ittihad took the shutout win. Al Ittihad is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Al Ittihad won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Abderazak Hamdallah has been the most prolific scorer on Al Ittihad in his last five matches with two goals. Both Sami Al Naji and Anderson Talisca have been the hottest scorers for Al Nassr in the last five each having scored 2 goals.