AFC Champions League Elite

FT Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Al Ittihad DWWWL 0
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Al Hilal WWWWW 2
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1st Leg · Kingdom Arena · 18,387 att.

Match Report

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Al Hilal gets edge over Al Ittihad in ACL as Kante sent off

Al Hilal will take a 2-0 lead into the second leg of their Asian Champions League quarterfinal with fellow Saudi Pro League side Al Ittihad next week after a first leg win on Tuesday.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
14
0
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
4
0
Saves
2
33.3
Possession
66.7
5
SHOTS
9
2
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
204
Accurate Passes
521
287
Passes
601
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
3
19
Crosses
15
0.2
Cross %
0.2
66
Long Balls
48
29
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
4
8
Effective Tackles
7
15
Tackles
15
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
15
Interceptions
10
16
Effective Clearances
17
16
Clearances
17

Head to Head

HIL leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

HIL · 4-3-3

  1. 21Mohammed Al-OwaisG
  2. 5Ali Al-BulayhiCD-L
  3. 3Kalidou KoulibalyCD-R
  4. 12Yasser Al-ShahraniLB
  5. 66Saud AbdulhamidRB
  6. 8Rúben NevesCM
  7. 7Salman Al-FarajLM
  8. 22Sergej Milinkovic-SavicRM
  9. 9Aleksandar MitrovicF
  10. 29Salem Al-DawsariLF
  11. 77MalcomRF

ITT · 4-4-2

  1. 1Abdullah Al-MayoufG
  2. 26Ahmed HegaziCD-L
  3. 30Saad Al MosaCD-R
  4. 15Hassan KadishLB
  5. 33Madallah Al-OlayanRB
  6. 8FabinhoCM-L
  7. 7N'Golo KantéCM-R
  8. 12Zakaria Al HawsawiLM
  9. 37Fawaz Al SaqourRM
  10. 99Abderrazak HamdallahCF-L
  11. 90RomarinhoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 40' Goal! Al-Hilal 1, Al-Ittihad 0. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Al-Hilal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  2. 42' Goal! Al-Hilal 2, Al-Ittihad 0. Salem Al Dawsari (Al-Hilal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Malcom.
  3. 60' Substitution, Al-Ittihad. Faisal Al Ghamdi replaces Zakaria Al Hawsawi.
  4. 66' N'Golo Kanté (Al-Ittihad) is shown the red card.
  5. 67' Substitution, Al-Ittihad. Sultan Farhan replaces Romarinho.
  6. 73' Substitution, Al-Ittihad. Marwan Al Sahafi replaces Fawaz Al Yami.
  7. 79' Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Al-Hilal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 81' Kalidou Koulibaly (Al-Hilal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 85' Substitution, Al-Hilal. Abdullah Al Hamddan replaces Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.
  10. 85' Substitution, Al-Hilal. Nasser Al Dawsari replaces Yasir Al Shahrani.
  11. 90'+1' Substitution, Al-Hilal. Mohammed Al Qahtani replaces Salem Al Dawsari because of an injury.

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