Al-Nassr don reach top for Saudi Pro League table with 82 points from 32 matches, but di Golden Boot race no dey smile for Cristiano Ronaldo.
According to latest SPL standings, Al-Nassr get 27 wins, 4 losses, 1 draw, 86 goals for, 26 goals against, and 60 goal difference. Dem get two matches remain – against Al-Hilal and Damac.
If Al-Nassr defeat Al-Hilal on May 12, di title go almost sure enter dia hand. But if Al-Hilal win all dia three remaining matches, dem go collect 86 points, one more than Al-Nassr. So di title race still wide.
But for Golden Boot, Al-Ahli striker Ivan Toney dey lead with 30 goals from 29 matches. Al-Qadsiah forward Julián Quiñones dey second with 29 goals. Ronaldo dey third with 26 goals, five goals behind Toney.
Ronaldo need to score plenty for di last two matches if he want win Golden Boot again. He don win am for 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons.
On Wednesday May 6, Toney score hat-trick against Al-Fateh to move top of scoring chart. Dat hat-trick make am become only di fourth player for SPL history to get four hat-tricks for one season. Di others na Abderrazak Hamdallah, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Karim Benzema.
Di hat-trick also push total number of hat-tricks for 2025-26 season to 18, di highest ever for one SPL campaign.
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