Why Cristiano Ronaldo may not play in tonight's Al Nassr vs Al Khaleej Match in Saudi Pro League?

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Al Nassr captain Cristiano Ronaldo may miss out their next league game against Al Khaleej on Saturday (November 4).

Presently in second place in their league standings, Al Nassr has got 25 points after playing 11 matches, contrastingly, Al Khaleej is languishing in the 13th position with just 10 points from the same number of matches.

Currently, Al Nassr are on a nine-match unbeaten streak and are aspiring to narrow the gap between them and Al Hilal at the summit of the table.

Cristiano Ronaldo has been in terrific form for the club thus far in the Saudi League. The Portugal stalwart has already netted 11 goals and is the leading scorer in the league till date. Along with that, he also has 6 assists to his name and looking menacing in every match.

But there is a feeling that the Portugal star may well be rested in Saturday's match against Al Khaleej.

Why Cristiano Ronaldo may not play against Al Khaleej?

Cristiano Ronaldo may sit out in this match against Al Khaleej. There is a good chance that the Al Nassr boss Luis Castro may keep Ronaldo out of the squad or start him from the bench.

Ronaldo has already played 4 full full matches in the last two weeks and then played 66 minutes of another match for Portugal. In total of those five appearances (3 for Al Nassr and 2 for Portugal), Ronaldo has scored 7 goals and managed 3 assists.

But at the age of 38, even for someone as fit and agile as Ronaldo, the workload can be too much. Hence, there is a big chance that Al Nassr boss Luis Castro will not play him in the match against Al Khaleej.

With the likes of Sadio Mane, Anderson Talisca, Otavio and other stars, they will feel that a positive result without Cristiano Ronaldo is easily attainable.

Also, Al Nassr have an important AFC Champions League match coming up against Al Duhail on Tuesday, and the Saudi club may reserve Ronaldo for that important away clash.