This season is proving to be a very successful one for Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates. After 28 rounds of the Saudi championship, Al-Nassr has already collected 73 points, which puts them in first place in the standings. The advantage over their closest rival, Al-Hilal, is a significant 5 points, with 6 games left in the season. However, in the national cup, the team from Riyadh only reached the round of 16, where they lost to the current champion Al-Ittihad. On the international stage, the Saudis are also playing well, qualifying for the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League 2, where they will meet Al-Wasl.
This season has been quite average for the club from Dammam. In 28 matches of the Pro League, Al-Ettifaq has won only 42 points, which currently keeps them in 7th place in the standings.
Melgar after 9 rounds played has only 11 points won which can be considered as a very bad start to the season for this team which should compete for the top of the table in terms of quality and they have already gone 7 rounds without a win, Sport Boys on the other hand have scored only 8 goals so far and are a team which is also in quite poor form at the start of the season. I think Melgar is still a team with more quality.
The guests are in a great run of good form with 5 consecutive wins and in a direct fight for a place in the Premier League and of course everything is subordinated to this match and the away game against Swansea, which without any major motive before this match, I trust here in the quality of the guests and the huge motive they have.