Al Shamal vs Al-Hilal Saudi FC 3-1

Al Shamal beat Al-Hilal Saudi FC 3-1 at Al Bayt Stadium after scoring twice in the second half to pull clear. Wesley Saïd, Baghdad Bounedjah and Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane got the goals for the home side.

Al Shamal went ahead in the 8th minute when Wesley Saïd finished from Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane to make it 1-0. Al-Hilal Saudi FC levelled on 32 minutes through Salem Al-Dawsari, who was set up by Theo Hernandez, and the sides were level at 1-1 at half-time.

The home side restored the lead on 48 minutes when Baghdad Bounedjah, who had already been booked in the 37th minute, scored from Riyad Mahrez’s pass to make it 2-1. Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane then added the third on 54 minutes, again from Mahrez, to make it 3-1. Al-Hilal Saudi FC made three changes on 60 minutes, with Kalidou Koulibaly, Nasser Al-Dawsari and Ollie Watkins introduced, and later made another on 68 minutes, but they did not find a way back. Al Shamal made a change at the interval, then brought on Abdelkarim Hassan and Mowafak Awad late on as they saw out the result.

Al-Hilal Saudi FC had 58% possession and 466 passes to Al Shamal’s 42% and 322, while the hosts had more shots, 10 to 7, more on target, 6 to 4, more corners, 4 to 1, and the better expected goals figure, 2.35 to 1.5. Al Shamal also made 23 fouls to 9 and had 3 saves to Al-Hilal Saudi FC’s 0.

Discipline was heavier on Al Shamal, who collected five yellow cards. Baghdad Bounedjah was booked in the 37th minute, Michel Termanini in first-half stoppage time, Wesley Saïd on 52 minutes, Ahmed Suhail in stoppage time and Abdelkarim Hassan in stoppage time. Al-Hilal Saudi FC had one yellow card, for Kalidou Koulibaly on 71 minutes, while Simone Inzaghi was booked on 70 minutes.