Al Hilal crushes Al Riyadh 6-1 with goals of Aleksandar Mitrović (30′ pen), Yasir Al Shahrani (45′), Nasser Al Dawsari (68′), Malcom (83′), Salem Al Dawsari (87′ pen) and Salem Al Dawsari (90′). Regarding the opposition, Al Riyadh scored with Ali Al-Zaqan (90′). Al Hilal was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The referee was Tamás Bognár who had the assistance of Balázs Buzás and Peter Kobor. The 4th official was Abdulrahman Al Sultan.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Hilal was in firm control of the ball 67% while Al Riyadh was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Hilal was putting more pressure with 81 dangerous attacks and 31 shots of which 12 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Hilal won the match.
Al Hilal shot 31 times, 12 on target, 12 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Riyadh shot 9 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Al Hilal received 1 yellow card (Saud Abdulhamid). On the other side, Al Riyadh received 4 yellow cards (Didier N’Dong, Birama Touré, Juanmi and Knowledge Musona).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Al Hilal will have 16 points to sit in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Al Riyadh will stay with 4 points like Al Akhdoud and Al Raed to remain in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Hilal will play away with Al Wahda on the 26th of May with a 21-2 head to head stats in favor of Al Hilal (5 draws).
Al Riyadh will host Al Ahli Jeddah on the 1st of May with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Al Ahli Jeddah (0 draws).
Al Hilal – Formation
Al Hilal
64'
45'
33'
Al Hilal started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Jorge Fernando Pinheiro de Jesus decided to play with the following team: Bono , Saud Abdulhamid , Kalidou Koulibaly , Ali Al Bulayhi , Yasir Al Shahrani , Sergej Milinković-Savić , Rúben Neves , Michael , Malcom , Salem Al Dawsari and Aleksandar Mitrović .
The home team had on the bench: Mohammed Al-Burayk , Salman Al-Faraj , Neymar , Abdullah Al Hamdan, Nasser Al Dawsari , Mohammed Al Owais, Mohamed Kanno , Mohammed Jahfali and Hassan Tambakti.
Substitutions
Al Hilal made 5 changes: Michael for Neymar (64′), Rúben Neves for Salman Al-Faraj (80′), Yasir Al Shahrani for Nasser Al Dawsari (64′), Saud Abdulhamid for Mohammed Al-Burayk (64′) and Sergej Milinković-Savić for Mohamed Kanno (81′).
Best player: Malcom
The most impressive player for Al Hilal was Malcom.
His rating is with 1 goal, 28 passes (90% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 12.
Al Riyadh – Formation
Al Riyadh
Al Riyadh started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Yannick Ferrera played with: Martín Campaña , Khalid Bin Shuwayyi , Dino Arslanagić , Mohammed Al Shwirekh , Abdulelah Al Khaibari , Birama Touré , Didier N’Dong , Abdulhadi Al-Harajin , Knowledge Musona , Juanmi and Andre Gray .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Amiri Kurdi , Alin Toșca , Mohammed bin Saleh bin Mohammed Al-Aqel , Abdullah Ibrahim Rashid Al Omar Al Dossari, Saleh Al Abbas, Ali Al-Zaqan , Ahmad Asiri, Abdurahman Al Shammeri, Fahad Al Rashidi and Mohammed Al-Dosari .
Substitutions
Al Riyadh made 4 changes: Khalid Bin Shuwayyi for Ali Al-Zaqan (77′), Abdulhadi Al-Harajin for Amiri Kurdi (63′), Mohammed Al Shwirekh for Alin Toșca (63′) and Didier N’Dong for Mohammed bin Saleh bin Mohammed Al-Aqel (63′).
Best player: Knowledge Musona
The player that probably impressed the most for Al Riyadh was Knowledge Musona.
His rating is with 39 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 12. He performed 5 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
