Match Report
Al Hilal, 1st with 22 points, sat 16 points above Al Gharafa (10th, 6). Al Gharafa ranked just 19th in the league on five-round form despite their 10th table position. Per game in the league, Al Gharafa were scoring 0.88 and conceding 2.63, Al Hilal 2.13 and 0.75, against a competition average of 1.35 goals per team per game.
Eight consecutive wins preceded this game for Al Hilal, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Al Gharafa had banked 6 of the last 15 points on offer; Al Hilal, 15.
Al Hilal led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Al Gharafa: Ayoub Al-Oui (90') · Al Hilal: Kaio César (66'), Salem Al-Dawsari (8')




