Match Report
In the standings it was Al Khaleej 16th on 3 points, Al Hilal 1st on 15 — separated by 12. Per game in the league, Al Khaleej were scoring 0.4 and conceding 1.8, Al Hilal 3.4 and 0.6, against a competition average of 1.38 goals per team per game.
A win had eluded Al Khaleej for 9 matches. Al Hilal came in having won three on the spin, having scored in 15 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Al Khaleej 4/15, Al Hilal 13/15.
Across 7 recorded meetings, Al Khaleej have 1 win to Al Hilal's 6, with 0 draws, at 3.57 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 71% of the meetings. History points to goals: 86% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 57%.
The referee was I. Kovacs, with 100 matches in our database and 3.1 yellows per game on average. EGO STADIUM, capacity 15,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Al Hilal led 5-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-5 the final score.
Goal scorers
Al Khaleej: Saleh Mohammed Fares Al Jaman (38') · Al Hilal: Kader Meïté (15'), Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (29'), Theo Hernández (40'), Crysencio Summerville (43'), Sultan Mandash (45')
Key stats
Possession: Al Khaleej 47% · Al Hilal 53% · Total shots: 10-23 · On target: 4-7 · Corners: 3-2