Al-Riyadh 0-4 Al Nassr: Ronaldo opens 2026-27 account in comfortable win

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first goal of the 2026-27 Saudi Pro League season as Al-Nassr cruised to a 4-0 win over Al-Riyadh.

Match Report

Abdulelah Al Amri, Angelo and Joao Felix were all on target for Al-Nassr before Ronaldo made his impact off the bench, with Ange Postecoglou's side continuing their perfect start to the campaign.

Al-Nassr needed just 18 minutes to go in front at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, with Al Amri powering in a header at the back post from Angelo's inswinging corner.

Angelo then doubled the visitors' advantage in first-half stoppage time, firing in on the rebound from close range after Abdullah Al Hamddan inexplicably missed from the edge of the six-yard box.

Kingsley Coman failed to test Milan Borjan with an effort from range, but Joao Felix then managed to pick out the bottom-right corner with a composed finish despite multiple defenders trying to block his shot.

Ronaldo came on in the 62nd minute for his first appearance of the campaign, and he got on the scoresheet in the 83rd minute.

The 41-year-old wonderfully took in a pass from Aiman Yahya before sweeping in with his left foot to seal a comfortable win.

Ronaldo continues journey to 1000 goals

Despite only entering the match for the final 28 minutes, Ronaldo recorded the joint-most shots of any Al-Nassr player (three), while also hitting the target more often than any of his team-mates (two).

He was responsible for 0.67 of the team's 1.62 expected goals (xG), which was a team-high, with Al-Nassr creating five Opta-defined big chances to Al-Riyadh's zero, and recording 32 touches in the opposition box to their counterpart's seven.

Ronaldo's strike was also his 977th of his professional career, with reports suggesting the Portugal international could hang up his boots after reaching the 1000-goal mark.

Al-Nassr, meanwhile, have opened their Saudi Pro League campaign with 3-0 and 4-0 victories to win all six points on offer. It is just the start Postecoglou would have been after as they look to retain their title.

Match Events

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18' GOAL! Al-Riyadh 0-1 Al Nassr FC (Abdulelah Al-Amri)

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46' GOAL! Al-Riyadh 0-2 Al Nassr FC (Ângelo)

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58' GOAL! Al-Riyadh 0-3 Al Nassr FC (João Félix)

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83' GOAL! Al-Riyadh 0-4 Al Nassr FC (Cristiano Ronaldo)

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Line-ups

Al-Riyadh XI: Borjan, Trezeguet, Bernard Mensah, Leandro Antunes, Kader Keita, Sulaiman Hazazi, Mohammed Al-Khaibari, Teddy Okou, Hussam Majrashi, Sultan Al-Essa, Fahad Al-Jayzani

Subs: Hassan Al-Ali, Cheikh Fall, Faisal Al-Sobhi, Emad Adnan Al-Feda, Essam Bahri, Hussain Al-Raqwani, Hussain Al-Shurafa, Salman Matar, Abdulilah Al Tale

Al Nassr FC XI: I. Martinez, Mane, Coman, Felix, Abdullah Alkhaibari, Abdulelah Al-Amri, Abdullah Al-Hamdan, Bento, Nawaf Boushal, Ângelo, Salem Al Najdi

Subs: Ronaldo, Sami Al-Najei, Ali Al-Hassan, Nader Al-Sharari, Ayman Yahya, Abdulmalik Al Jaber, Awad Aman, Saad Haqawi, Abdulrahman Al-Otaibi