This massive AFC Champions League Elite quarter-final clash between Yokohama F. Marinos and Al-Nassr takes place on Saturday. Motivation will be high and, with a spot in the semi finals as the reward for the club that gets through, it’s looking like it could be a great game of football.
For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for Yokohama F. Marinos v Al-Nassr, scroll down - as well as the best betting odds.
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Yokohama F. Marinos
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Yokohama F. Marinos will be wanting a better result here after the 3-1 J1 League defeat in their last game at the hands of Urawa Red Diamonds.
In that match, Yokohama F. Marinos had 61% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Yokohama F. Marinos was Riku Yamane (59'). On the other side, Urawa Red Diamonds had 11 shots at goal with 3 on target. Matheus Sávio (45'), Ryoma Watanabe (46') and Danilo Boza (88') scored for Urawa Red Diamonds.
It’s been seldom in recent games where Yokohama F. Marinos have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Yokohama F. Marinos have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 13 goals along the way.
Al-Nassr
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Al-Nassr head into the match following a 2-3 Professional League win over Damac in their previous outing.
In that game, Al-Nassr had 66% possession and 13 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. For Al-Nassr, the goalscorers were Aymeric Laporte (25'), Ali Al Hassan (70') and Sultan Al Ghannam (90'). Damac had 13 shots on goal with 4 on target. Nicolae Stanciu (73') scored for Damac.
In their last six outings, Al-Nassr have amassed a tally of 15 goals. Al-Nassr have additionally got on the scoresheet on each one of those occasions. During that period, they have had 7 goals scored by their opponents. That kind of trend won’t necessarily be sustained here, though.
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Team News: Yokohama F. Marinos
Reno Noguchi (Hamstring injury) and Takuto Kimura (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t be able to feature for Yokohama F. Marinos manager Patrick Kisnorbo.
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Team News: Al-Nassr
Due to a mostly full-strength group, there’s just the lone fitness issue for the Al-Nassr gaffer Stefano Pioli to contend with. Sami Al-Najei (Cruciate ligament tear) misses out for this game.
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Prediction
We’re of the opinion that Yokohama F. Marinos will surely be able to score a goal against this Al-Nassr team, however a single goal is unlikely to prevent defeat.
Therefore, we’re predicting a close game with a 1-2 win for Al-Nassr when all is said and done. Expecting it to be very competitive.
Andre Moura,
10:36 24/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Yokohama F. Marinos
Formed: 1972
Stadium: Nissan Stadium (71,624)
Captain: Takuya Kida
Chairman: Akihiro Nakayama
Manager: Patrick Kisnorbo
Competitions: J1 League position 20, AFC Champions League Elite (Quarter-Finals)
⭐ Star Player: Daiya Tono
Mostly playing in the Striker position, Daiya Tono was born in Fujieda, Japan. Having made a first senior appearance for Kawasaki Frontale in the 2021 season, the skilful Forward has contributed 3 league goals in the J1 League 2025 season so far in a total of 12 appearances.