Overview
- Al-Ettifaq held leaders Al-Nassr 2-2 in Dammam on December 30, ending the visitors’ 10-match winning run to open the Saudi Pro League season.
- Cristiano Ronaldo was credited with a goal when João Félix’s shot deflected off his back, giving him his 13th league strike of the campaign.
- An early straight red to Al-Nassr left back Saad Fahad was overturned to a yellow following a prolonged VAR review, a key officiating moment in the match.
- The result leaves Al-Nassr on 31 points from 11 matches, three clear of Al Taawoun, with Al Hilal on 26 points yet to play their Matchday 12 fixture.
- Al-Nassr started a front line of Ronaldo, Félix and Kingsley Coman despite absences such as Mohamed Simakan (hamstring) and Sadio Mané (AFCON), with the game carried in the US on FS2, FOX Deportes, Fubo and DirecTV Stream and in India on Sony Sports and Sony LIV.