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The wheel of the Saudi Professional League competitions is turning again, after its third halt coinciding with the FIFA International Days, which witnessed the Saudi national team playing against Pakistan and Jordan, and winning in the first and second rounds of the joint Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup and the 2027 Asian Cup.

Today, Friday, Al-Nasr team is looking forward to surpassing its guest, Al-Akhdood, in the 14th round competitions, a week before meeting traditional rivals Al-Hilal at the top of the 15th round competitions, with which the lead will emerge as Al-Hilal advances by four points over its counterpart Al-Nasr, which is in second place.

Al-Nasr is experiencing an ideal journey of victories and progress until it reaches second place in the rankings with a clear point difference from the third-place holder (Al-Ahly).

The Asemi Yellow Club enters the match with an eye on achieving the three points before its Asian trip that precedes the Friday derby, as it hosts its Iranian counterpart, Persepolis, although the team has largely guaranteed qualification for the group stage. Which means that the coach is likely to rest a number of names in this confrontation.

After a major victory against Al-Wahda before the break, Al-Nasr enters the match looking for victory against its guest, refreshed by its recent victory. It was not clear whether player Nawaf Al-Aqidi could participate after he suffered shoulder pain before facing Al-Akhdar Al-Saudi against his Jordanian counterpart, which kept him from the main roster for the confrontation.

The Portuguese Luis Castro, coach of the Al-Nasr team, has many options available, which will give him the opportunity to end the confrontation early. At the forefront of these names is the Portuguese scorer Cristiano Ronaldo, the team’s captain and top scorer in the league, in addition to the Brazilian Talisca, who returned to participate in the Al-Wahda confrontation after his absence. In front of the Gulf due to suspension.

As for Al-Akhdood, which came out with an important moral victory against Al-Hazm in the last round, it lacks the services of its player Hamad Al Mansour, who was sent off with a red card in the last confrontation, and disciplinary penalties were issued against him, and the team is trying to come up with a positive result despite the difficulty of its task, and is currently ranked 16th with a score of Ten points.

At Al-Ettifaq Club Stadium in the city of Dammam, the conflict rages between the landowner, Al-Ittifaq, and its guest, Al-Ittihad, when they meet in the same round amid two tasks that appear to be in the same direction, as the landowner seeks to achieve victory and restore the tone of victories, versus Al-Ittihad’s search to continue the start after the series of missteps that occurred. He was exposed to it.

Al-Ittihad enters the confrontation under the leadership of its Argentine coach, Marcelo Gallardo, who recently took over the reins of technical leadership, succeeding Portuguese Nuno Santo. Al-Ittihad played its last confrontation against Abha under the leadership of the national team, Hassan Khalifa.

Al-Ittihad has 24 points to its credit, and is ranked fifth in the standings, and is looking forward to progressing further towards the top teams after it moved far away in the previous rounds due to its faltering in five matches, which contributed to its decline. The defending champion is missing the services of his French player, N’Golo Kante, due to injury, but his new coach, Gallardo, will strive to win points in the confrontation and achieve victory in his first appearance.

As for Al-Ettifaq, the owner of the land, it is trying to overcome its draw in the last two matches and keep it away from achieving victory, despite the difficulty of the task facing Al-Ittihad, which wants to compensate.

The Englishman Steven Gerrard, coach of the Al-Ettifaq team, is looking forward to his team performing in an ideal manner and producing a positive result, especially in light of the expected return of the Frenchman Moussa Dembélé, who has been absent from his team for several matches. Due to the injury he suffered, and undergoing surgery recently.

Fares Al-Dahna, as his supporters call him, is in seventh place with 22 points, and is looking forward to winning the second match on his home field after tying in his first appearance against Al-Raed.

In the city of Buraidah, Al-Taawoun hosts its guest, Riyadh, in a confrontation with which it seeks to return to the circle of victories that it missed in the recent period, which contributed to its decline in the rankings, in addition to its first loss against Al-Hilal this season in the last round before the stoppage.

Al-Taawoun, which suffered a lot in its recent matches, is trying to seize the three points, especially in light of its great technical superiority compared to its counterpart, Riyadh.

As for the visiting team, it is looking forward to achieving the three points that will contribute to improving its position in light of the great points-to-point convergence between the teams at the bottom of the rankings. Riyadh currently occupies 14th place with 12 points.

In Hail, the rivalry is heating up between Al-Ta’i and its guest Al-Raed, especially in light of the closeness between the two teams, and their suffering in recent matches that contributed to their decline in the rankings, noting that Al-Raed stopped his series of failures and succeeded in achieving a valuable victory last round against Al-Shabab, and he breathed a sigh of relief. By reaching the ninth point.

As for Al-Taei, it is still on the decline, despite the presence of its Romanian coach, Rijkamp, ​​to succeed the Croatian Rizic, and the team is still wasting more points.

Al-Tai is trying to achieve victory before playing two difficult matches against Al-Fateh and Al-Hilal.