Match Report
23 points separated the sides: Al Hilal 3rd on 31, Al-Anwar 8th on 8. Al-Anwar's recent output lagged their position: 40th on form over five rounds while 8th in the table. Per game in the league, Al Hilal were scoring 1.2 and conceding 0.67, Al-Anwar 0.67 and 1.47, against a competition average of 1.16 goals per team per game.
Al-Anwar entered with three losses in a row.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 4 Al Hilal wins, 0 for Al-Anwar, 0 draws, at 2 goals per meeting. Only 25% of these meetings ended in a home win. These meetings skew tight — only 25% saw more than two goals.
First Statement Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 20,000. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.
Goal scorers
Al Hilal: Roy Ndoutoumo (90')