Team achieved Crescent moon An exciting victory over its counterpart, the Jeddah Professional Federation, within its ranks, the Egyptian international Ahmed Hegazy, with a score of 3-1, at the “Kingdom Arena” stadium, for the 22nd round of the Saudi League competitions..
Summary and goals of the Al Hilal vs. Al Ittihad match
Kante scored the lead goal for Al-Ittihad against Al-Hilal in the 12th minute, then Saleh Al-Shehri equalized in the 39th minute.
In the second half, Al Hilal scored two consecutive goals through Malcolm and Saud Abdel Hamid in the 59th and 67th minutes of the match.
With this result, Al-Hilal leads the Saudi League standings with 62 points, nine points behind Al-Nasr, runner-up and second-place, while Al-Ittihad is in fifth place in the league standings with 37 points, and two points behind Al-Taawoun, which is in fourth place.
Al-Hilal’s formation against Al-Ittihad was as follows: Goalkeeper: Yassine Bono / Defense: Lodi – Ali Al-Bulaihi – Kalidou Koulibaly – Saud Abdel Hamid / Midfield: Michel – Ruben Neves – Sergej Milinkovic-Savic / Attack: Salem Al-Dosari – Al-Shehri – Malcolm.
Below is the formation of Al-Ittihad against Al-Hilal as follows: Goalkeeper: Abdullah Al-Mayouf / Defense: Zakaria Hawsawi – Ahmed Hegazy – Hassan Kadish – Luiz Felipe / Midfield: N’Golo Kante – Fabinho – Al-Ghamdi / Attack: Romarinho – Abdel Razzaq Hamdallah – Marwan Al-Sahafi.
This match is considered the first between the two teams out of 3 expected matches between them this March, as they are scheduled to meet in the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League, back and forth.
Al-Hilal missed its Serbian top scorer, Aleksandar Mitrovic, who was suspended, while Al-Ittihad regained Karim Benzema amid great brilliance from Moroccan Abdel Razzaq Hamdallah since the beginning of the season.
The first round match between the two teams ended 4-3, in the last moments, in favor of Al Hilal, and since April 2021, Al Ittihad has not been able to achieve any victory over Al Hilal in all tournaments, losing 6 times and drawing one.
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