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- The 2-0 win has Jorge Jesus’ team maintain perfect start to the season with 6 points from 2 wins
RIYADH: Al-Nassr defeated Al-Kholood 2-0 at Al-Awwal Park on Sunday night to maintain their 100 percent record at the start of the 2025-26 Saudi Pro League season.
Jorge Jesus’ team now have two wins from two matches and join Al-Ittihad and Al-Khaleej on six points, but with a better goal difference.
After a goalless first half, Senegal star Sadie Mane opened the scoring in the 52nd minute, latching onto Kingsley Coman’s smart flick to finish with his right foot past Juan Pablo Cozzani in Al-Kholood’s goal.
The home fans could finally relax in the 82nd minute when Inigo Martinez brilliantly headed Marcelo Brozovic’s corner to Cozzani’s right.
The closing minutes of the match could have been far more nervy for those supporters had Al-Kholood’s Myziane Maolida not missed from the penalty spot in the 89th minute.
It proved to be the last meaningful action of the match as Al-Nassr secured their first home league win of the season.
Earlier on Sunday, Al-Riyadh beat new boys Al-Najma 2-1 while another newly promoted team, Neom, registered their first points of the season with a 2-1 win at Damac.