Al-Nassr and Al-Diriyah have named their starting sides for their Saudi Pro League meeting at Al-Awwal Park on Friday.

The reigning Saudi Pro League champions won one of their four matches in all competitions immediately before the international break.

Captain Cristiano Ronaldo starts following a tumultuous time with Portugal in the Nations League, leaving the camp after starting his country’s home win over Wales but being left on the bench for their victory in Norway.

In their first season under Portuguese head coach Bruno Lage, eighth-placed Al-Diriyah have taken 11 points from their first seven league games and will rise a place if they avoid defeat.

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Al Nassr confirmed team vs Al Diriyah

Al-Nassr make three changes from their 4-0 defeat at Al-Ain in the Champions League on September 15, bringing in goalkeeper Bento, defender Awad Aman and forward Kingsley Coman.

Rakan Al-Ghamdi (knee) and Sultan Al-Ghanam are out with knee injuries and Saad Al-Nasser is on the bench following a hamstring issue.

Al-Nassr starting XI: Bento, Nawaf Boushal, Mohamed Simakan, Inigo Martinez, Awad Aman, Abdullah Al-Khaibari, Samu Costa, Kingsley Coman, Sadio Mane, Joao Felix, Cristiano Ronaldo

Al-Nassr substitutes: Abdulrahman Al-Otaibi, Nader Al-Sharari, Majed Qasheesh, Saad Al-Nasser, Sami Al-Naji, Sufiany, Ayman Yahya, Saad Haqawi, Abdullah Al-Hamdan

Al Diriyah full line up vs Al Nassr

Al-Diriyah starting XI: Waleed Abdullah, Abdulaziz Al-Faraj, Berat Djimsiti, Chancel Mbemba, Hussain Al Sibyani, Idrissa Gueye, Qasem Lajami, Enzo Millot, Oscar Rodriguez, Adil Boulbina, Darwin Nunez

Al-Diriyah substitutes: Mansour Al-Subiani, Saeed Al-Rabiei, Khalid Al-Asiri, Taher Wadi, Mohammed Dhiban, Sultan Al-Farhan, Hussain Al-Qahtani, Lovro Chelfi, Meshari Al-Nemer

Where to watch Al Nassr vs Al Diriyah: TV channel, live online streams

Kick-off on Friday is at 19:00 BST (14:00 ET / 11:00 PT). In the UK, live coverage is on the Saudi Pro League website.

Recent Form & Stats for Al-Nassr v Al Diriyah

• Al-Nassr have a perfect home record this season (W3), with Ronaldo scoring once in each of the last two of those matches
• Since a 4-0 win at Al-Riyadh in the division on 21 August, Al-Nassr have gone six matches in all competitions without a clean sheet
• Starting with Oscar’s second-minute opener for Al-Diriyah against them, Al-Nassr have fallen behind in six of their last eight matches in all competitions
• Before the latest round of fixtures, only second-placed Al-Ahli could match Al-Diriyah’s defensive record of five goals conceded in this season’s top flight, with those sides two of four to have shipped fewer than Al-Nassr (7)
• Since losing 4-1 at home to Al-Nassr in the King Cup on August 18, Al-Diriyah’s only defeat has come at home to leaders Al-Qadsiah (W3 D2)
• Those two losses are the only occasions in eight games in all competitions when Al-Diriyah have conceded more than once this term, including three clean sheets in their last six games
• Their only previous meeting with Al-Nassr had been an away game in the King Cup last-32 in January 2016, losing 7-0 as Adrian Mierzejewski scored a hat-trick
• Despite conceding the most goals of any team in the second tier last season (39 in 34 matches), Al-Diriyah finished third before coming from behind in the play-off final to beat Al-Ula after extra time
• Only Abha’s Sylla Sow and Al-Orobah’s Simy (27 each) bettered Al-Diriyah forward Gaetan Laborde’s total of 26 goals during that campaign
• Al-Raed’s Zinho Gano (3) was the only player to score more hat-tricks in last season’s second tier than Frenchman Laborde (2), hitting trebles against Al-Adalah and Jeddah

Saudi Pro League table: Full updated standings