RIYADH. Al Hilal was in the end too strong for Al Hazm with the goal of A. Mitrović was the key of the match after he scored in the 83rd and 79th minute. Rúben Neves (52′ pen), Aleksandar Mitrović (79′) and Aleksandar Mitrović (83′ pen). Al Hilal was truly better in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium stadium in Riyadh on Monday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was hot at 27.6 degrees Celsius or 81.68 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 23%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Hilal was in firm control of the ball 61% while Al Hazm was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Hilal was more pushing with 57 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Hilal won the match.
Al Hilal shot 17 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Hazm shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Al Hilal didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Al Hazm received 1 yellow card (Mohammed Abusabaan).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Al Hilal has points to occupy the 0th place in the table. On the other side, Al Hazm stays with points (0th).
Next matches
Al Hilal – Formation
Al Hilal
67'
52'
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 , Mohammed Al-Burayk , Hassan Tambakti , Ali Al Bulayhi , Yasir Al Shahrani , Rúben Neves , Mohamed Kanno , Michael , Abdullah Al Hamddan , Malcom and Saleh Al Shehri .
The home team had on the bench: Kalidou Koulibaly, Khalifah Aldawsari, Aleksandar Mitrović , Nasser Al Dawsari, Mohammed Al Owais, Sergej Milinković-Savić , Abdulelah Al Malki, Mohammed Al-Qahtani and Saud Abdulhamid .
Al Hilal could not rely on the presence of Saud Abdulhamid (injured).
Substitutions
Al Hilal made 5 changes: Abdullah Al Hamddan for Sergej Milinković-Savić (67′), Mohammed Al-Burayk for Saud Abdulhamid (67′), Saleh Al Shehri for Aleksandar Mitrović (67′), Rúben Neves for Mohammed Al-Qahtani (89′) and Malcom for Abdulelah Al Malki (90′).
Best player: Malcom
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Hilal was Malcom even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 43 passes (91% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 6. He performed 4 crosses.
Al Hazm – Formation
Al Hazm
48'
Al Hazm started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
José Daniel Carreño Izquierdo played with: Aymen Dahmen , Talal Al-Absi , Paulo Ricardo , Bruno Viana , Mohammed Al-Thain , Basil Yousef Al-Sayyali , Mohammed Abusabaan , Antonio Jose De Carvalho , Majed Mohammed , Faïz Selemani and Mohamed Badamosi .
These were the players on the bench: Yousef Al-Shammari, Farhan Al-Aazmi, Yazeed Al Bakr, Ammar Al Najjar, Nawaf Al Habashi , Ibrahim Zaid, Abdulrahman Al-Dakheel, Turki Al-Mutairi and Ryan Al-Mousa .
Al Hazm could not rely on the presence of Turki Al-Mutairi (injured).
Substitutions
Al Hazm made 3 changes: Mohammed Abusabaan for Ryan Al-Mousa (66′), Faïz Selemani for Nawaf Al Habashi (66′) and Bruno Viana for Turki Al-Mutairi (76′).
Best player: Antonio Jose De Carvalho
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Hazm was Antonio Jose De Carvalho.
His rating is with 40 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Kings Cup.
- Al Najma – Al Faisaly – 0-3
- Al Khaleej – Dhamk – 1-1
- Al Hilal – Al Hazm – 3-0
