Al Raed vs Al Nasr: Will Ronaldo's team win three times in a row?

On Thursday, January 30, the King Abdullah Stadium in Buraydah will host a match between Al-Raed and Al-Nasr as part of the 18th round of the Saudi Arabian League.

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

Our Expert Predictions & Analysis on Al Raed vs Al Nasr

Al Raed

Al-Raed have not scored a single point in the championship since the end of November. And in any other club of the Saudi Arabian top division, the head coach would have been fired in light of such results, but the Brazilian Odair Ellmann still enjoys the trust of the management and continues to work.

In addition, past achievements and good results at the start of the season, even with six defeats in a row, allow the team from Buraidah to be outside the relegation zone, from which, however, Al-Raed is separated only by additional indicators, according to which the team is ahead of competitors from Al-Oruba.

Moroccan winger Mohamed Fuzair remains in the club's infirmary. Perhaps his loss is partly connected to Al-Raed's worsening results, because even having played only 6 matches in the championship, he managed to score a tenth of all the goals of his team this season so far.

Al Nasr

Cristiano Ronaldo and company are gradually emerging from the crisis. Or they simply got into a series of not the strongest opponents, with whom they manage to score points more consistently than before. 10 points in the last 4 matches, of which 3 ended in victories with an identical score of 3:1, allow Al-Nasr to remain in the quartet of the strongest teams in the Saudi League and even formally remain in the title race. Although in reality, even the club from Riyadh understands that it will be incredibly difficult for the “yellow-blues” to beat both Al-Hilal and Al-Ittifaq, who have demonstrated much more confident football this season.

In addition, the team's star charm is slowly "evaporating". The main star, Ronaldo, is still in the squad and the management is trying with all its might to persuade Cristiano to continue scoring for Al-Nasr in this and the next few seasons, offering a tempting new contract. But other teammates of the Portuguese are leaving and choosing new havens. The first to leave the club were midfielder Sekou Fofana and flank defender Alex Telles, and now the media are confidently stating that winger Talisca has reached an agreement with Turkish Fenerbahce, which intends to lease the player with the right to buy.

Will Stefano Pioli's men have enough personnel to see this season through to the end? Or will all their efforts be thrown into restructuring and new campaigns?

Al Raed vs Al Nasr facts

• Al Nasr have played 'both teams to score' in 6 games in a row this season
• Al-Raed have lost 6 league matches in a row
• Al-Raed have failed to score in their last three home league games

Odds from download 1xbet

In the bookmaker's office 1xbet, the favorite of the match of the championship of Saudi Arabia is considered to be the team Al-Nasr. The odds for the victory of the guests are 1.21. You can bet with a bonus on a draw in this match with the odds of 6.53, and the probability of victory of the home team - Al-Raeda, is estimated at the odds of 10.05. Install the 1xbet app and place a bet on the favorite!

Game Totals Prediction

Before this match, the odds are clearly not in Al-Raed's favor - both the team itself is in terrible shape, and its opponent, despite personnel problems and the departure of famous players, is quite in fighting shape. Apparently, we should expect an extension of Al-Nasr's winning streak and another (or maybe even more) goals from Ronaldo, who is aiming for the title of the season's top scorer. Our bet on Al-Raed - Al-Nasr - total goals for the guests over 2.5 with odds of 1.83.