Digital facts about the Al-Nasr and Al-Hilal derby... the top of the Saudi League

Al-Nasr and Al-Hilal teams will meet at Marsool Park Stadium in Riyadh, which can accommodate 25,000 spectators, at 22.00 Emirates time today, Thursday, in the derby match and the top of the 23rd stage of the Saudi Professional Football League (Prince Mohammed bin Salman Cup League).

Here are facts about the match:

– The match comes only 10 days after the two teams faced each other in the King’s Cup, and the fourth between them this season, as the first was in the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League and Al Hilal won 2-1, then in the first leg of the league and won by victory 2-0, while the third was In the King's Cup quarter-finals, Al Hilal won 2-1.

Al-Nasr aspires to rehabilitate and score its second victory over its traditional rival, who in turn is looking forward to achieving its third victory over its host and getting closer to the league’s runner-up.

Al-Nassr occupies second place in the league with 44 points from 22 games, 7 points behind the leaders Al-Ittihad, which played one game less, and Al-Hilal fourth with 37 points from 19 games, and it has three games postponed against the leaders Al-Ittihad, Al-Fayha’ and Al-Ettifaq.

Al-Nasr plays with complete wool, except for the absence of the international Sultan Al-Ghanam, who suffered a foot joint injury.

Al-Hilal misses the services of Muhammad Al-Buraik, Abdullah Atif and Nasser Al-Dosari with injuries.

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