Match Report
2 points and 1 places separated them: Al Nassr 1st with 86, Al Hilal 2nd with 84. Against a league average of 1.5 goals per team per game, Al Nassr ran at 2.68 scored and 0.82 conceded, Al Hilal at 2.5 and 0.79.
Al Hilal came in having won five on the spin, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 13 games: 4 Al Nassr wins, 6 for Al Hilal, 3 draws, at 3 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 31% of the meetings went to the host. The fixture leans high-scoring: 69% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 69%.
D. Rumšas took charge of the match — our records show 82 games refereed with an average of 1.5 yellow cards per game. The match was played at Al-Awwal Park (capacity 25,000). On the scoreboard, Al Nassr led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-1.
Goal scorers
Al Nassr: Mohamed Simakan (37') · Al Hilal: Bento (90' og)
Key stats
Possession: Al Nassr 37% · Al Hilal 63% · Total shots: 9-7 · On target: 4-4 · Corners: 5-3