Match Report
12 points and 12 places separated them: Al Shabab 13th with 3, Al Hilal 1st with 15. In league terms the two rates read 1/1.8 for Al Shabab and 3.4/0.6 for Al Hilal (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.44.
Al Shabab's last three games had all finished level. Momentum sat with Al Hilal, winners of their last five, having scored in 15 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 3/15 points for Al Shabab against 15/15 for Al Hilal.
Across 10 recorded meetings, Al Shabab have 0 wins to Al Hilal's 9, with 1 draw, at 4.3 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 40% of the wins in this fixture. The fixture leans high-scoring: 80% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 70%.
The venue was Al-Shabab Club Stadium (Riyadh), with room for 15,000 spectators. The referee was F. Tello Figueroa, with 100 matches in our database and 3.0 yellows per game on average. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 0-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Al Hilal: Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (53'), Rúben Neves (87')
Key stats
Possession: Al Shabab 38% · Al Hilal 62% · Total shots: 8-24 · On target: 1-7 · Corners: 4-14