{"id":51695,"date":"2026-05-11T17:21:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T11:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=51695"},"modified":"2026-05-11T17:21:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T11:51:29","slug":"al-nassr-vs-al-hilal-match-preview-predicted-lineups-score-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/saudi-pro-league\/al-nassr-vs-al-hilal-match-preview-predicted-lineups-score-prediction\/","title":{"rendered":"Al-Nassr vs Al-Hilal: Match preview, predicted lineups & score prediction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Al-Nassr<\/b> host fierce rivals <b>Al-Hilal<\/b> in a massive Riyadh derby at Al-Awwal Park on Tuesday, <b>May 12, 2026. Kick-off is at 11:30 PM<\/b> (local time \/ 8:30 PM GMT). A victory for the league leaders could virtually seal the Saudi Pro League title.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Al-Nassr sit top with <b>82<\/b> points from 32 games (27 wins, 1 draw, 4 losses), boasting a +60 goal difference. Al-Hilal are second on <b>77<\/b> points from 31 matches and remain unbeaten in the league this season but trail by five points. This clash is a potential title decider.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Head-to-Head<\/h3>\n<p>Al-Hilal have historically dominated, but recent meetings are competitive. Al-Nassr will look to use home advantage after winning the reverse fixture earlier in the campaign.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Predicted Lineups<\/h3>\n<p><b>Al-Nassr (4-4-2):<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Bento; Al-Ghanam, I\u00f1igo Mart\u00ednez, Al-Amri, Yahya; Ghareeb, Brozovi\u0107, Al-Khaibari, Man\u00e9; Jo\u00e3o F\u00e9lix, Ronaldo.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Al-Hilal (4-2-3-1):<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Bono; Al-Yami, Koulibaly\/Tambakti, Akcicek, Al-Dawsari; Neves, Milinkovi\u0107-Savi\u0107; Malcom, Kanno, Al-Dawsari; Marcos Leonardo.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Key Players<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Cristiano Ronaldo and Jo\u00e3o F\u00e9lix lead Al-Nassr\u2019s attack, while Salem Al-Dawsari and Malcom pose major threats for Al-Hilal.<\/p>\n<h3>Prediction<\/h3>\n<p>Al-Nassr\u2019s home form and attacking firepower should edge this high-stakes encounter, though Al-Hilal\u2019s quality makes it tight.<\/p>\n<p><b>Predicted Score: Al-Nassr 2-1 Al-Hilal<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al-Nassr host fierce rivals Al-Hilal in a massive Riyadh derby at Al-Awwal Park on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. Kick-off is\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":502,"featured_media":51696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4661],"tags":[3578,3434,321,4057],"class_list":["post-51695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-saudi-pro-league","tag-al-hilal","tag-al-nassr","tag-cristiano-ronaldo","tag-top-stories"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51697,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51695\/revisions\/51697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}