RIYADH. Al Hilal destroys Abha 7-0 with goals of Sergej Milinković-Savić (18′), Aleksandar Mitrovic (25′ pen), Salem Al-Dawsari (72′), Sergej Milinković-Savić (79′), Mohamed Kanno (82′), Rúben Neves (86′) and Sergej Milinković-Savić (90′). Al Hilal was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium stadium in Riyadh on Thursday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Bastian Dankert with the assistance of Jan Seidel and Rafael Foltyn. The 4th official was Fareeh Al Jaloud. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 20.29 degrees Celsius or 68.52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 33%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Hilal was in firm control of the ball 66% while Abha was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Hilal was more pushing with 77 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Hilal won the match.
Al Hilal shot 21 times, 9 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Abha shot 9 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Al Hilal received 1 yellow card (Aleksandar Mitrovic). On the other side, Abha received 3 yellow cards (Zakaria Al-Sudani, Grzegorz Krychowiak and Saad Natiq).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Al Hilal has 50 points to sit in the 1st place. On the other side, Abha will stays with 14 points to remain in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Hilal will play away with Al Feiha on the 27th of December with a 6-2 head to head stats in favor of Al Hilal (4 draws).
Abha will play away against Al Raed on the 27th of December with a 8-3 head to head record in favor of Al Raed (2 draws).
Al Hilal – Formation
Al Hilal
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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 , Yasser Al-Shahrani , Rúben Neves , Sergej Milinković-Savić , Michael , Malcom , Salem Al-Dawsari and Aleksandar Mitrovic .
The home team had on the bench: Mohammed Al-Burayk , Saleh Al-Shehri, Abdullah Al Hamddan, Nasser Al-Dawsari , Abdulelah Al-Malki, Mohamed Kanno , Habib Al-Wutaian, Mohammed Al-Qahtani and Hassan Tambakti.
Substitutions
Al Hilal made 5 changes: Michael for Mohamed Kanno (74′), Yasser Al-Shahrani for Mohammed Al-Burayk (74′), Rúben Neves for Nasser Al-Dawsari (89′), Salem Al-Dawsari for Hassan Tambakti (90′) and Malcom for Abdullah Al Hamdan (90′).
Player of the match: Salem Al-Dawsari
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Hilal was Salem Al-Dawsari.
His rating is with 1 goal, 70 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 12 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross. He hit the woodwork once times.
Abha – Formation
Abha
Also Abha adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Youssef Manai played with: Ciprian Tatarusanu , Saleh Al-Qumayzi , Saad Natiq , Fabián Noguera , Mohammed Naji , Grzegorz Krychowiak , Saad Bguir , Zakaria Al-Sudani , Uros Matic , François Kamano and Karl Toko Ekambi .
They had on the bench: Ahmad Al-Hbeab, Hassan Al-Ali , Abdulrahman Al-Bouq, Mohammed Al-Kunaydiri , Mohammed Al-Qahtani, Ahmad Jaber , Abdulelah Al-Shammeri , Saad Al-Salouli, Omar Al-Ruwaili and Mohammed Saad Al Qahtani.
Abha could not rely on the presence of Hassan Al-Ali (injured).
Substitutions
Abha made 4 changes: Karl Toko Ekambi for Hassan Al-Ali (45′), François Kamano for Mohammed Al-Kunaydiri (68′), Mohammed Naji for Ahmad Jaber (82′) and Zakaria Al-Sudani for Abdulelah Al-Shammeri (82′).
Player of the match: François Kamano
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Abha was François Kamano.
His rating is with 18 passes (78% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
