Match Report
17 points separated the sides: Al Hilal 1st on 22, Al Shorta 11th on 5. Al Shorta ranked just 15th in the league on five-round form despite their 11th table position. Per game in the league, Al Hilal were scoring 2.13 and conceding 0.75, Al Shorta 0.75 and 2.5, against a competition average of 1.35 goals per team per game.
Al Hilal came in having won 11 on the spin, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Al Hilal had banked 15 of the last 15 points on offer; Al Shorta, 6.
The venue was Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, with room for 40,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Al Hilal led 1-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 4-0.
Goal scorers
Al Hilal: Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (63'), João Cancelo (90'), Marcos Leonardo (72'), Marcos Leonardo (44')