{"id":3164,"date":"2026-01-07T10:26:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T10:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/?p=3164"},"modified":"2026-01-13T07:17:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T07:17:18","slug":"al-nassr-vs-al-qadsiah-rodgers-free-scoring-side-aims-to-extend-dominance-over-ronaldos-men-live-on-spotv-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/al-nassr-vs-al-qadsiah-rodgers-free-scoring-side-aims-to-extend-dominance-over-ronaldos-men-live-on-spotv-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Nassr vs Al Qadsiah: Rodgers\u2019 Free-Scoring Side Aims to Extend Dominance Over Ronaldo\u2019s Men &#8211; Live on SPOTV NOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Al Nassr vs Al Qadsiah<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Kick-off:<\/strong> Thursday, 8 January 2026 \u2013 20:30 AST<br \/>\n<strong>Venue:<\/strong> Al Awwal Park<br \/>\n<strong>Where to Watch:<\/strong> Live on SPOTV NOW<\/p>\n<p>Al Nassr\u2019s grip on the top spot slipped last week after a dramatic 3-2 defeat to Al Ahli, compounded by Al Hilal\u2019s 2-0 win over Damac. The result leaves Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates second in the table, just one point behind leaders Al Hilal.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the pressure to keep pace with their rivals meets a formidable challenge: an in-form Al Qadsiah side under Brendan Rodgers. The former Liverpool boss, appointed last month, has injected attacking intent into his squad\u2014and the results speak for themselves.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"in\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaudiProLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SaudiProLeague<\/a> \u26bd &#8211; Kesempatan emas untuk mengembalikan keadaan terbuang sirna&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Saksikan Roshn Saudi League hanya di Aplikasi SPOTV NOW!<br \/>\nFollow kami untuk konten Sepak Bola lainnya! \ud83d\udcf2\u26bd<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SPOTV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SPOTV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SPOTVIndonesia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SPOTVIndonesia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LMoM7EHNCi\">pic.twitter.com\/LMoM7EHNCi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SPOTV Indonesia (@SPOTV_Indonesia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SPOTV_Indonesia\/status\/2007289242704327018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Al Qadsiah have scored eight goals in three matches since Rodgers took charge, including a ruthless 4-0 dismantling of Al Riyadh last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Their expected goals (xG) in that game hit 2.48, the second-highest of their season. Across Rodgers\u2019 three matches, the team averages 2.09 xG\u2014up from just 1.39 under predecessor Michel.<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers was bullish in his pre-match press conference:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Al Nassr match is a great challenge for us, and we are fully prepared. Our style will not change\u2014we\u2019ll play with our usual personality and attack with tactical discipline. We enter every game with one goal: to win. I respect Al Nassr and their quality, but we must play our way and make sure they don\u2019t feel comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Doesn\u2019t miss \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AlQadsiahAlRiyadh?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AlQadsiahAlRiyadh<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RoshnSaudiLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RoshnSaudiLeague<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z1rwh5mULD\">pic.twitter.com\/Z1rwh5mULD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AlQadsiah Saudi Club (@AlQadsiahEN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlQadsiahEN\/status\/2007922513532371347?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The attacking burden will once again fall on Julian Qui\u00f1ones and Mateo Retegui, both sitting on eight goals this season. Their partnership has been pivotal to Al Qadsiah\u2019s resurgence.<\/p>\n<p>For Al Nassr, history offers little comfort. They\u2019ve lost their last three meetings with Al Qadsiah\u2014twice by 2-1 last season and once 1-0 back in 2020\/21.<\/p>\n<p>With Ronaldo leading the line, the hosts will be desperate to break that streak and keep their title hopes alive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al Nassr vs Al Qadsiah Kick-off: Thursday, 8 January 2026 \u2013 20:30 AST Venue: Al Awwal Park Where to Watch: Live on SPOTV NOW Al Nassr\u2019s grip on the top spot slipped last week after a dramatic 3-2 defeat to Al Ahli, compounded by Al Hilal\u2019s 2-0 win over Damac. The result leaves Cristiano Ronaldo &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/al-nassr-vs-al-qadsiah-rodgers-free-scoring-side-aims-to-extend-dominance-over-ronaldos-men-live-on-spotv-now\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Al Nassr vs Al Qadsiah: Rodgers\u2019 Free-Scoring Side Aims to Extend Dominance Over Ronaldo\u2019s Men &#8211; Live on SPOTV NOW<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,5],"tags":[127],"class_list":["post-3164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-top-stories","tag-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3164"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3168,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3164\/revisions\/3168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}