RIYADH. Al Fateh prevailed over Al Hilal 3-2 thanks to M. Batna who scored in the 16th and 87th minute. Al Hilal was surely better in terms of ball possession (67%).
The match was played at the King Fahd International Stadium stadium in Riyadh on Saturday and it started at 5:50 pm local time. The referee was Derlis Fabián López López with the help of Eduardo Cardozo and . The 4th official was Mohammed Al Esmaiel. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16.1 degrees Celsius or 60.94 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Hilal had a strong ball possession 67% while Al Fateh was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Hilal was more aggressive with 66 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 8 were on target. Still, Al Fateh was able to find the solution to win this match.
Al Hilal shot 19 times, 8 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Al Fateh shot 6 times, 5 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Al Hilal didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Al Fateh received 4 yellow cards (Ali Al Zaqan, Abbas Sadiq Al Hassan, Ammar Al Duhaim and Mohammed Al Fuhaid).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Al Hilal will stay with 21 points to sit in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Al Fateh will have 16 points like Al Ittifaq to hold in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Hilal will play away with Al Faisaly on the 31st of December with a 20-0 head to head record in favor of Al Hilal (7 draws).
Al Fateh will host Al Nassr on the 1st of January with a 12-3 head to head in favor of Al Nassr (8 draws).
Al Hilal – Formation
The manager José Leonardo Nunes Alves Sousa Jardim decided to play with the following team: Abdullah Al Maiouf, Yasir Al Shahrani, Jang Hyun-Soo, Ali Al Bulaihi, Hamad Al Yami, G. Cuéllar, A. Carrillo, M. Marega, L. Vietto, Saleh Al Shehri and Musab Fahz Aljuwayr.
The home team had on the bench: B. Gomis, Abdullah Al Hamdan, Madallah Al Olayan, Muteb Al Mufarrij, Abdullah Radif, Salem Al Dawsari, Mohammed Al Qahtani, Habib Al Wotayan and Mohammed Jahfali.
Substitutions
Al Hilal made 4 changes: A. Carrillo for Salem Al Dawsari (46′), Saleh Al Shehri for B. Gomis (61′), L. Vietto for Mohammed Al Qahtani (74′) and G. Cuéllar for Abdullah Al Hamdan (75′).
Al Fateh – Formation
Yannick Ferrera played with: M. Koval, Ammar Al Duhaim, Fahad Al Harbi, Abdullah Al Yousif, Nawaf Boushal, Mohammed Al Fuhaid, S. Bendebka, Ali Al Zaqan, M. Batna, Abbas Sadiq Al Hassan and Firas Al Brikan.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Othman Al Othman, Ziyad Maher Al Jari, Munther Al Nakhli, Hassan Abdullah, Ahmad El Geaidy, Waleed Al Enezi, Ali Salah Aljassem, Majed Kanabah and Mohammed Al Saeed.
Substitutions
Al Fateh made 4 changes: Fahad Al Harbi for Mohammed Al Saeed (31′), Abbas Sadiq Al Hassan for Majed Kanabah (60′), Ali Al Zaqan for Othman Al Othman (82′) and Mohammed Al Saeed for Ziyad Maher Al Jari (82′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.