Team progress Crescent against groove With a score of 1-0 during the first half of their match currently being held, at the Kingdom Arena, in the matches of round 26 of the Saudi League for the current season 2023-24.
Crescent against groove
Al Hilal’s goal was scored by Saleh Al Shehri in the 16th minute of the match, marking an early scoring start from the hosts in today’s match.
He threatened! ⚽
Saleh Al Shehri’s header gives Al Hilal the first goal ⚽🔥Crescent 1 x 0 groove#Roshen_Saudi_League#Crescent_Groove | #SSC pic.twitter.com/J8mBcTzn1n
— SSC (@ssc_sports) April 2, 2024
Al-Hilal will miss Al-Hilal’s match against Al-Akhdood in today’s match, Alexander Mitrovic, the team’s top scorer, after he suffered an injury that will keep him away from Al-Zaeem for 6 weeks, starting from today’s match, and Saleh Al-Shehri will be a starter in Al-Hilal’s attack instead of the Serbian striker.
Saudi league standings
Al-Hilal tops the Saudi League standings with 71 points, Al-Nasr comes in second place with 59 points, while Al-Ukhdood occupies 15th place with 24 points.
The Saudi Al-Riyadiah newspaper revealed that Mitrovic will miss 11 matches, including 6 rounds of the league, which are Al-Ukhdood, Al-Khaleej, Al-Ahly, Al-Fateh, Al-Taawoun, and Al-Hazm, in addition to the Saudi Super Cup semi-final against Al-Nasr, the final if it qualifies, and the two-legged AFC Champions League semi-final against Al-Nasr. Al Ain of the Emirates, and the semi-final of the King’s Cup against Al-Ittihad, with his return taking place next May 16 in the derby against Al-Nasr as part of the 32nd round competitions.
Mitrovic will be absent from Al Hilal in 3 matches during the current season before the Al-Akhdood match, and the team succeeded in winning two matches and drawing one. The beginning was with Abha in the first round of the Saudi League, in which Al-Hilal coach Georgie Jesus included Abdullah Al-Hamdan in the attack, due to the lack of a contract. Al-Hilal management was with Mitrovic at the time and ended with Al-Azraq winning 3-1. In the second round, the Portuguese coach pushed Al-Hamdan for the second time against Al-Fayhaa and ended in a 1-1 draw, and finally against Al-Ittihad in the 22nd round competitions, due to Mitrovic’s absence from suspension due to the accumulation of yellow cards, and witnessed the participation of Saleh Al-Shehri in the main roster. It ended with Al Hilal winning 3-1.
The formation of the crescent against the groove was as follows:
Goalkeeper: Yassine Bounou.
Defense line: Saud Abdel Hamid – Kalidou Koulibaly – Ali Al-Bulaihi – Lodi.
Midfield: Ruben Neves – Michael – Savic.
Offensive line: Malcolm – Saleh Al-Shehri – Salem Al-Dosari.