Al-Nassr

Cristiano Ronaldo's Al-Nassr to take on bottom-of-the-table side Al-Batin at the King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh.

Al Nassr and Al Batin have met each other 12 times before today in all the competitions. The hosts are on 43 points having won all their last three games to claim the top spot overtaking Al-Ittihad who are on 41 points. Ronaldo’s side hasn’t lost a single game in the league since September.

Cristiano Ronaldo was expected to score goals galore when he signed for Al Nassr at the start of 2023. The former Real Madrid and Manchester United star has ...

Cristiano Ronaldo's Al Nassr returned to the top of the Saudi Pro League table in dramatic fashion by scoring three goals in injury time to beat Al Batin ...

The win moves Al Nassr two points clear of Al Ittihad after 19 games of the season. Al Nassr enjoyed masses of possession and peppered the Al Batin goal, but were frustrated. Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr returned to the top of the Saudi Pro League table in dramatic fashion on Friday by scoring three goals in injury time to beat Al Batin 3-1.

Al-Nassr left it incredibly late to turn around a game that saw them 1-0 down to bottom-placed Al-Batin, surprisingly winning the game in injury time.

Three points for Al-Nassr against the league's bottom side makes their next fixture against title rivals Al-Ittihad all the more tantalising. AND WHAT'S MORE: His claims for a penalty early in the second half were then waved away as Al-Nassr continued to probe, with Ronaldo struggling to carve out any clear chances. But despite the last-gasp comeback, there was no room on the score sheet for the five-time Ballon d'Or winner, who instead saw his best effort of the evening cleared off the line early on.

Cristiano Ronaldo failed to pick up a goal contribution for the first time in three Al-Nassr appearances on Friday, as the Saudi side pulled off a dramatic ...

His best chance came in the 90th minute, when Ronaldo fizzed a shot across the box from the left wing. [The £173-million-a-year striker was named Saudi League player of the month](/sport/football/article-11803775/Cristiano-Ronaldo-wins-Saudi-League-player-month-award.html) after [scoring all four](/sport/football/article-11733255/Cristiano-Ronaldo-scores-FOUR-goals-lead-Al-Nassr-emphatic-victory-Al-Wehda.html) in a win against Al-Wheda before bagging a [ first-half hattrick against Damac just two games later.](/sport/football/article-11792669/Cristiano-Ronaldo-scores-second-hat-trick-three-games-Al-Nassr-3-0-half-time.html) [The 38-year-old went goalless after two hat-tricks in his past three games](/sport/football/article-11803775/Cristiano-Ronaldo-wins-Saudi-League-player-month-award.html)

Riyadh side scored three times deep into injury-time to secure 3-1 victory against bottom club Al Batin.

The Portugal captain had one effort cleared off the line, sent a trio of free-kicks over the Batin crossbar, and dragged wide an effort late on. Those arrived in the 102nd and 105th minute, respectively. [Player of the Month award](https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/football/2023/03/01/cristiano-ronldo-named-saudi-pro-league-player-of-the-month-for-february/) for February from the league before kick-off, did not get on the scoresheet, with Nassr turning around the game thanks to Abdulrahman Ghareeb’s 93rd-minute equaliser and further goals from Mohammed Al Fatil and Mohammed Maran.