RIYADH. Al Hilal tops Al Raed 3-1. Al Hilal was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Aleksandar Mitrovic (3′), Aleksandar Mitrovic (29′) and Kalidou Koulibaly (52′). Al Raed reduced the distance with a goal (90′ + 6′) by Amir Saâyoud, but there was not much to do for them. Al Hilal was surely superior in terms of ball possession (74%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium stadium in Riyadh on Sunday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Andris Treimanis with the collaboration of Haralds Gudermanis and Aleksejs Spasjoņņikovs. The 4th official was Ahmad Al Rumaikhani. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 19.8 degrees Celsius or 67.64 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 25%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Hilal was in firm control of the ball 74% while Al Raed was struggling with a 26% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Hilal was more pushing with 91 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Hilal won the match.
Al Hilal shot 17 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Al Raed shot 2 times, 1 on target, 0 off target.
Cards
Al Hilal received 4 yellow cards (Salman Al-Faraj, Renan Lodi, Ali Al-Bulayhi and Michael). Regarding the opposition, Al Raed didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Al Hilal has 56 points to remain in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Al Raed will stays with 19 points like Al Riyadh to remain in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Al Hilal will play away with Al Ittifaq on the 21st of February with a 24-2 head to head stats in favor of Al Hilal (10 draws).
Al Raed will play away against Al Riyadh on the 21st of February with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Al Raed (0 draws).
Al Hilal – Formation
Al Hilal
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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 , Kalidou Koulibaly , Ali Al-Bulayhi , Renan Lodi , Sergej Milinković-Savić , Rúben Neves , Michael , Malcom , Salem Al-Dawsari and Aleksandar Mitrovic .
The home team had on the bench: Salman Al-Faraj , Saleh Al-Shehri , Yasser Al-Shahrani, Abdullah Al Hamddan , Nasser Al-Dawsari, Mohamed Kanno, Ahmad Saud Ahmad Abu Rasen, Saud Abdulhamid and Hassan Tambakti .
Al Hilal could not rely on the presence of Saud Abdulhamid (injured).
Substitutions
Al Hilal made 5 changes: Sergej Milinković-Savić for Salman Al-Faraj (58′), Ali Al-Bulayhi for Hassan Tambakti (59′), Mohammed Al-Burayk for Saud Abdulhamid (50′), Aleksandar Mitrovic for Saleh Al-Shehri (76′) and Michael for Abdullah Al Hamdan (76′).
Player of the match: Aleksandar Mitrovic
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Hilal was Aleksandar Mitrovic.
His rating is with 2 goals, 19 passes (68% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 8.
Al Raed – Formation
Al Raed
Al Raed started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Igor Jovičević played with: André Moreira , Mohammed Al-Dosari , Mubarak Abdul Rahman Al Rajeh , O. Gonzalez , Mamadou Loum , Hamad Al Jayzani , Mohamed Fouzair , Mathias Normann , Mohammed Alsubaie , Amir Saâyoud and Karim El Berkaoui .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Abdullah Magrshi, Mansour Al Bishi , Júlio Tavares , Naif Hazzazi , Abdullah Al-Fahad , Ahmad Al Harbi, Abdullah Al Yousif, Yahya Sunbul and Firas Al-Ghamdi.
Substitutions
Al Raed made 5 changes: Mohammed Al-Dosari for Mansour Al Bishi (68′), Mohamed Fouzair for Yahya Sunbul (68′), Mathias Normann for Naif Hazzazi (79′), Hamad Al Jayzani for Abdullah Al-Fahad (79′) and Karim El Berkaoui for Júlio Tavares (87′).
Player of the match: Júlio Tavares
The player that probably impressed the most for Al Raed was Júlio Tavares.
His rating is with 4 passes (50% accurate) and 1 key pass.
His performance was amazing also because he began the encounter from the bench before entering in the 87′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
