Overview
- Kickoff is 12:30pm ET (17:30 GMT) with U.S. coverage on Fox Soccer Plus and Fubo.
- Five Al-Nassr regulars are unavailable: Marcelo Brozovic and Nawaf Al-Aqidi are suspended, Sadio Mané is on AFCON duty, and Mohamed Simakan and Sami Al-Najei are out injured.
- Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to start and enters as the Saudi Pro League’s leading scorer with 15 goals.
- Recent form and discipline issues shadow Al-Nassr, who are winless in four, have conceded a league-high six penalties, and have just two clean sheets.
- Al-Shabab sit near the relegation zone but arrive boosted by a 3–2 win over NEOM led by Yannick Carrasco, though they also carry suspensions and injuries of their own.