AFC Champions League Elite

FT Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Al Hilal WWWWW 2
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Al Ain WDWWW 4
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1st Leg · Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium

Match Report

Al-Ain's Rahimi bags hat-trick to end Al-Hilal's record run

Al-Hilal's record breaking run of 34 consecutive wins came to a shuddering halt on Wednesday as Jorge Jesus' Saudi Pro League leaders were beaten 4-2 by hosts Al-Ain in the first leg of their Asian Champions League semi-final.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
8
Corner Kicks
1
3
Saves
4
66.5
Possession
33.5
12
SHOTS
10
6
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.7
0
Penalty Goals
3
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
3
422
Accurate Passes
177
510
Passes
262
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
0
22
Crosses
4
0.1
Cross %
0.0
46
Long Balls
71
26
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
0
7
Effective Tackles
14
12
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
7
Interceptions
15
5
Effective Clearances
26
5
Clearances
26

Head to Head

HIL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

AlN · 4-4-2

  1. 17Khalid EisaG
  2. 3Kouame AutonneCD-L
  3. 16Khalid HashemiCD-R
  4. 15ErikLB
  5. 11Bandar Al-AhbabiRB
  6. 5Park Yong-WooCM-L
  7. 6Yahia NaderCM-R
  8. 20Matías PalaciosLM
  9. 8Mohamed AbbasRM
  10. 21Soufiane RahimiCF-L
  11. 10Alejandro Romero GamarraCF-R

HIL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 21Mohammed Al-OwaisG
  2. 5Ali Al-BulayhiCD-L
  3. 3Kalidou KoulibalyCD-R
  4. 12Yasser Al-ShahraniLB
  5. 66Saud AbdulhamidRB
  6. 77MalcomAM
  7. 22Sergej Milinkovic-SavicLM
  8. 8Rúben NevesRM
  9. 14Abdullah Al-HamdanF
  10. 29Salem Al-DawsariAM-L
  11. 96Michael DelgadoAM-R

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Al Ain 1, Al-Hilal 0. Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  2. 9' Mohammed Al Baloushi (Al Ain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 26' Mohammed Al Owais (Al-Hilal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 26' Goal! Al Ain 2, Al-Hilal 0. Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  5. 37' Ali Al Bulayhi (Al-Hilal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 38' Goal! Al Ain 3, Al-Hilal 0. Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  7. 45'+7' Erik (Al Ain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 45' Substitution, Al-Hilal. Salman Al Faraj replaces Abdullah Al Hamddan.
  9. 49' Goal! Al Ain 3, Al-Hilal 1. Malcom (Al-Hilal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.
  10. 56' Goal! Al Ain 4, Al-Hilal 1. Alejandro Romero (Al Ain) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  11. 69' Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 72' Substitution, Al-Hilal. Mohammed Al Burayk replaces Yasir Al Shahrani.
  13. 72' Substitution, Al-Hilal. Saleh Al Shehri replaces Michael.
  14. 78' Goal! Al Ain 4, Al-Hilal 2. Salem Al Dawsari (Al-Hilal) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal.
  15. 80' Substitution, Al Ain. Falah Waleed replaces Mohammed Al Baloushi.
  16. 86' Substitution, Al Ain. Hazem Mohammad replaces Alejandro Romero.
  17. 86' Substitution, Al Ain. Sultan Al Shamsi replaces Soufiane Rahimi.
  18. 88' Substitution, Al-Hilal. Mohamed Kanno replaces Rúben Neves.
  19. 90'+1' Substitution, Al Ain. Ahmed Barman replaces Yahia Nader.

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