Abdullah Al-Hamdan’s spectacular second-half goal spared Al-Nassr a second consecutive away defeat in the Saudi Pro League as Cristiano Ronaldo’s side missed the chance to draw level on points with leaders Al-Hilal by drawing with Al-Khaleej in Dammam.
Youth product of Real Madrid Omar Mascarell He headed in Angelo Fulgini’s delivery to give the hosts, who are yet to win this season, a commanding lead in first-half added time.
Omar Maskrell scores his first goal for Al Khaleej and opens the scoring in the match 🔥⚽#Gulf_Nasr pic.twitter.com/0JgR3pQwFc
— Eight Sports (@thmanyahsports) September 12, 2026
Saudi Arabia forward Al-Hamdan collected Inigo Martínez’s pass and equalized from distance with 18 minutes remaining, and it was off. Al-Nasr a point behind second-placed Al-Ittihad, who beat them 2-1 in their previous road game.
The Golf player wanted to take the ball away, Martínez pounced on it, then passed it to start the attack for the winning goal ⚡️⚽️#Gulf_Nasr | #Roshen_Saudi_League pic.twitter.com/YQif7bQjfs
— Eight Sports (@thmanyahsports) September 12, 2026
Al Nassr matches, calendar
Al-Nassr’s final game before the international break is at Al Ain in the UAE Pro-League, kicking off their AFC Champions League campaign.
| game | date | Start time BST | E.T | P.T |
| Al Ain vs Al-Nassr | Tuesday, September 15 | 17:00 | 12:00 | 09:00 |
Team Al Khaleej vs Al Nassr
Al-Khaleej starting XI: Anthony Moris, Saeed Al Hamsal, Mohammed Al Khabrani, Kiki Kouyate, Pedro Rebocho, Nawaf Al Saadi, Omar Mascarell, Miguel Crespo, Majed Kanabah, Saleh Al Amri, Angelo Fulgini
Al-Khaleej substitutes: Marwan Al Haidari, Ali Al Shaafi, Mansour Hamzi, Bader Munshi, Abdullah Al Hafith, Fawaz Al Soqoor, Hussain Al Eissa, Raed Al Shanqiti, Fahad Al Rashidi
Team Al Nassr vs Al Khaleej
Al-Nassr starting XI: Bento, Nawaf Bu Washl, Abdulelah Al Amri, Inigo Martínez, Saad Al Nasser, Angelo, Samu Costa, Abdullah Al Khaibari, Sadio Mane, Joao Felix, Cristiano Ronaldo
Al-Nasr substitutes: Nawaf Al Aqidi, Mohamed Simakan, Nader Al Sharari, Abdullah Al Hamddan, Sami Al Naji, Majed Qasheesh, Rakan Al Ghamdi, Saad Haqawi, Awad Aman
Stats Al Khaleej v Al Nassr, Saudi Pro League form
- Al Khaleej are winless in 11 meetings with Al Nassr since September 2016 (L9) and had lost the previous seven editions of the fixture by a combined 21-3.
- This home win is their only win in 23 meetings with Al-Nassr since November 1981 (L16), with their best run of five points in three Saudi Pro League games between December 2015 and that win.
- They had lost their last five home games against Al-Nassr since a 1-1 draw in December 2015, failing to score in four of those games.
- Since their 2-0 win at Damac on 2 May, Al Khaleej have gone 12 games in all competitions without a win (L7), failing to score in six of those games and scoring exactly once in the others.
- Five of those matches have seen Al Khaleej score, with this their first goal in over 287 minutes of football since winger Saleh Al-Amri’s goal in their 5-1 home defeat to Al Ahli on 28 August.
- Since a 3-0 defeat at Al-Hilal on 1 December 2023, Al Nassr have scored in 94 consecutive Saudi Pro League matches.
- With seven goals, Cristiano Ronaldo is the top scorer in the history of the game by four ahead of his teammate Joao Felix.
- Al Nassr had won four away games in all competitions before the 2-1 defeat at Al Ittihad on 5 September, although they were also beaten 1-0 by Gamba Osaka in Riyadh in the 2026 AFC Champions League final on 16 May.
- They won the most games (13), scored the most goals (45) and had the highest goal difference (+29) away from home in the Saudi Pro League last season, although Al Hilal (41) eclipsed their total of 40 away points.
