Al-Kholud vs Al-Nasr: Will Ronaldo and Co. continue their winning streak?

On Friday, October 25, the King Abdullah Stadium in Buraydah will host a match between Al-Kholud and Al-Nasr as part of the 8th round of the Saudi Arabian Championship.

• Expert Predictions Analysis
• Al-Kholud vs Al-Nasr facts
• Odds
• Game Totals Prediction

Our Expert Predictions & Analysis on Al-Kholud vs Al-Nasr

Al-Kholud

After an unsuccessful start to the season, the club's management made an emergency change of coach. Portuguese Paulo Duarte was replaced by Algerian Noureddine Zekri, and after three defeats in a row (including the cup), Al-Kholud finally managed to get a point - a draw against Al-Fateh (1:1) away in the last round.

Currently, the team from Buraidah occupies 15th place, the last of the "non-relegated" in the Saudi League table. Not critical, but also far from the limit of desires for the "bosses" of the club, who strengthened the team in the summer off-season with fairly well-known players, such as the Spaniard Alex Collado or the Nigerian William Troost-Ekong.

Al-Nasr

Stefano Pioli, who replaced Portuguese specialist Luis Castro as the "helmsman" of Al-Nasr at the end of September, is doing great in his new place. Already a 7-match winning streak in all tournaments. And a place in the top 3 of the Saudi championship table. However, given the impeccability of Al-Hilal, they have not been able to reduce the gap to the leader Cristiano Ronaldo and company - the same "minus 4 points" as before Pioli took over the coaching bridge.

This week, Al-Nasr "suffered" to win the Asian Champions League on the field of Iranian Esteghlal - 1:0. The winning goal was scored not by Ronaldo, but by defender Aymeric Laporte.

Speaking of Al Nasr's defenders, it is worth noting that star summer signing Mohamed Simakan will miss Friday's match due to suspension.

Al-Kholud vs Al-Nasr facts

• Al-Nasr are unbeaten in 11 matches this season (8 wins, 3 draws)
• Al Nasr have conceded in 4 of their last 5 away matches in the Saudi League
• Al-Kholud scored at least 2 goals in their last 2 home matches of the championship (including 2 goals against champions Al-Hilal)

Odds from download 1xbet

The bookmaker 1xbet offers a bet on the victory of the clear favorite, Al-Nasr, in this match with a coefficient of 1.28. Bets on a draw can be made with a coefficient of 5.90, and on the victory of Al-Kholud - with a coefficient of 8.30. Download 1xbet to your phone and place a bet on the favorite!

Game Totals Prediction

Al-Kholud managed to score twice against the national champion and current season leader Al-Hilal, and it seems that the hosts can also cope with Al-Nasr's defense, weakened by the absence of Simakan. And since we keep Ronaldo and Co.'s goal in mind "by default", then a bet on "both teams to score" with a coefficient of 1.79 seems logical. An alternative option is a total of more than 3 goals for exactly 1.68.