RIYADH. Al Hilal had a surprising win over Al Shabab with a 2-0 win with a goal from K. Koulibaly (68′) and a goal from A. Mitrović (76′).
Neymar squandered a penalty (37′) for Al Hilal.
The match was played at the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium stadium in Riyadh on Friday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Ivan Arcides Barton Cisneros assisted by David Jonathan Morán Santos and . The 4th official was Fareeh Al Jaloud. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was extremely hot at 36.32 degrees Celsius or 97.38 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 9%.
Match Statistics
The overall ball possession was the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Al Hilal was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Al Shabab that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Al Hilal was more pushing with 79 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Hilal won the match.
Al Hilal shot 23 times, 8 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Al Shabab shot 9 times, 1 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Al Hilal received 1 yellow card (Ali Al Bulayhi). Talking about the opposition, Al Shabab received 1 yellow card (Fahad Al Muwallad).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Al Hilal will have 20 points to remain in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Al Shabab will stay with 8 points like Al Khaleej to remain in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Hilal will play away against Al Wahda on the 26th of May with a 21-2 head to head record in favor of Al Hilal (5 draws).
Al Shabab will host Al Ahli Jeddah on the 8th of May with a 14-11 head to head in favor of Al Shabab (11 draws).
Al Hilal – Formation
Al Hilal
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45'
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Al Hilal adopted the 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 , Rúben Neves , Sergej Milinković-Savić , Malcom , Neymar , Salem Al Dawsari and Aleksandar Mitrović .
The home team had on the bench: Mohammed Al-Burayk, Salman Al-Faraj , Saleh Al-Shehri, Abdullah Al Hamdan, Mohammed Al Owais, Mohamed Kanno, Mohammed Al-Qahtani, Hassan Tambakti and Michael .
Substitutions
Al Hilal made 4 changes: Salem Al Dawsari for Michael (62′), Aleksandar Mitrović for Hassan Tambakti (84′), Yasir Al Shahrani for Salman Al-Faraj (83′) and Malcom for Mohammed Al-Burayk (90′).
Best player: Neymar
The most impressive player for Al Hilal was Neymar even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 42 passes (90% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 3 crosses.
Al Shabab – Formation
Al Shabab
Also Al Shabab adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Juan Brown played with: Seung-gyu Kim , Fawaz Al-Sagour , Iago Santos , Romain Saïss , Mohammed Essa Harbush , Husain Al-Monassar , Gustavo Cuéllar , Éver Banega , Hattan Bahebri , Habib Diallo and Yannick Carrasco .
They had on the bench: Khalid Al-Asiri, Fahad Al Muwallad , Majed Omar Kanabah , Carlos Junior , Nawaf Alsadi, Fawaz Al Qarni, Nasser Al Bishi, Abdullah Al-Jawaey and Nader Abdullah Al Sharari.
Substitutions
Al Shabab made 3 changes: Hattan Bahebri for Fahad Al Muwallad (56′), Habib Diallo for Carlos Junior (69′) and Husain Al-Monassar for Majed Omar Kanabah (89′).
Best player: Seung-gyu Kim
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Shabab was the goalkeeper: Seung-gyu Kim. His rating is 8.87. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Al Hilal – Al Shabab – 2-0
- Al Feiha – Al Ittihad – 0-0
- Al Hazm – Al Taawon – 1-3
- Al Tai – Al Nassr – 1-2
