Al Fateh 0-2 Al Nassr: Report, result, goals as Cristiano Ronaldo scores on Saudi Pro League return

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Ronaldo record vs Al Fateh

Substituted during second-half added time, Ronaldo has now scored in his last five appearances against Al-Fateh, including a hat-trick in 2023 as part of a total of nine goals in seven games against them.

The 41-year-old also netted his 18th goal of the season in the Saudi Pro League, putting him joint-second in the top-scorer standings.

The two-time golden boot winner in the division is level with Al-Qadsiah’s Julian Quinones and two goals behind former England striker Ivan Toney, of Al-Ahli.

Al Fateh starting team vs Al Nassr

Mourad Batna has scored four goals this season and the Al-Fateh winger returned for the first time since sustaining an injury in their 1–1 draw at home to Al Hazem on February 1.

Wesley Delgado, 21, was given a chance to shine. Striker Fahad Al-Zubaidi is on loan from Al-Nassr and was on the bench.

Al-Fateh also have a Portuguese leader in Jose Gomes, whose side suffered a 9-0 defeat in his second match in charge to Jesus’s Al-Hilal in 2024.

While that remains the heaviest defeat of Gomes’ managerial career, Al-Fateh entered this game with a respectable record this season of six wins and eight defeats from 20 league matches, including a 2-1 victory over Al-Hilal in November.

They are now winless in seven matches but had drawn their most recent at fourth-placed Al-Qadsiah on February 7, when winger Vargas scored his sixth league goal of the campaign to take his tally to eight overall.

Victory would have lifted Al-Fateh above Al-Khaleej to ninth.

Al Fateh starting XI: Fernando Pacheco, Saeed Baatiyah, Jorge Philip, Marwan Saadan, Abdulaziz Al-Swailim, Zaidu Yusuf, Nayef Masoud, Murad Batna, Sofiane Ben Dbeka, Wesley Delgado, Matias Vargas

Al Fateh substitutes: Mahmoud Al-Brieh, Ziyad Al-Jari, Hussein Qasin, Mohammed Al-Suhayhi, Fahad Al-Zubaidi, Ali Al-Masoud, Mohammed Al-Sarnoukh, Abdullah Al-Anazi, Abdulaziz Al-Fawaz

Al Nassr Football Club manager Jorge Jesus looking sideways under floodlights in a stadium while wearing a white polo shirt with the yellow and blue club badge on it

Al Nassr line up vs Al Fateh as Ronaldo returned

Attacking midfielder Sami Al-Najei and forward Saad Haqawi were out injured for Al-Nassr, for whom Ronaldo’s return dominated the pre-match headlines.

Al Nassr starting XI: Bento, Sultan, Simakan, Inigo, Amri, Khaibari, Brozovic, Coman, Mane, Joao Felix, Ronaldo

Al Nassr substitutes: Nawaf, Nader, Boushal, Salem, Alhassan, Ayman, Ghareeb, Maran, Alhamdan

How to watch Cristiano Ronaldo: TV channel, live online stream

In the UK, the Saudi top-flight broadcast channel is the Saudi Pro League YouTube channel.

In the US, FOX Sports are the Saudi Pro League live broadcasters.

Al Fateh vs Al Nassr stats

  • Al-Fateh have failed to win nine of their last 10 home games against Al-Nassr
  • Al-Nassr have won 15 of the 24 meetings between the teams, losing three times
  • They have won five of the last six editions of the fixture
  • Al-Nassr have totalled 53 goals in this season’s top flight
  • Joao Felix scored a hat-trick as Al-Nassr won the reverse fixture 5-1 in October, joined on the scoresheet by Ronaldo and Kingsley Coman
  • Sofiane Bendebka replied in that game, with Ronaldo missing a penalty and Sadio Mane providing two assists

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