May 15th features a match where Al Ittihad hosts Al Hilal at King Abdullah Sports City in a clash of these two evenly matched Pro League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 31 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. 1st placed Al Ittihad is fresh off their 4-4 draw against Al Fateh. Petros struck first for Al Fateh in the 9th minute, then da Silva tied it up for Al Ittihad in the 17th minute on a feed from Muhannad Mustafa Shanqeeti . Al Ittihad is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10 matches, while 2nd placed Al Hilal is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Al Ittifaq. Albulayhi scored the first goal for Al Hilal in the 30th minute, then Odion Ighalo added another in the 51st minute from the penalty spot At the end of 90 a dissapointed Al Ittifaq couldn’t manage to score, and Al Hilal took the shutout win. Al Hilal looks to continue their winning ways, having 8 wins in their last 10 matches.
On Tue Mar 8th, Al Hilal hosted Al Ittihad in their last match together. Al Hilal won by a score of 2 to 1. Al Dawsari scored the first goal for Al Hilal in the 16th minute from the penalty spot, then Haroune Camara tied it up for Al Ittihad in the 59th minute on a feed from da Silva.
Al Hilal is fortunate enough to have Odion Ighalo in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 5 goals. Both Abderazak Hamdallah and Romario Ricardo da Silva have been the hottest scorers for Al Ittihad in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals each.