Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Al Hilal 2nd with 84 points, Al Ettifaq 7th with 50, 34 apart. Against a league average of 1.5 goals per team per game, Al Hilal ran at 2.5 scored and 0.79 conceded, Al Ettifaq at 1.5 and 1.62.
Al Hilal were unbeaten in 15.
7 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Al Hilal 5, draws 2, Al Ettifaq 0, at 3 goals per meeting. Only 29% of these meetings ended in a home win.
With 100 matches recorded and 3.1 yellow cards per game, I. Kovacs was the man in the middle. The venue was Kingdom Arena, with room for 40,000 spectators. Al Hilal led 2-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 2-0.
Goal scorers
Al Hilal: Mohamed Kanno (13'), Salem Al-Dawsari (31')
Key stats
Possession: Al Hilal 59% · Al Ettifaq 41% · Total shots: 17-10 · On target: 8-2 · Corners: 7-5