Al-Ain vs Al Hilal, 2024-25 AFC Champions League Elite, League Stage

· AFC Champions League Elite
Al-Ain
  • 39': Soufiane Rahimi
  • 63': Mateo Sanabria
  • 67': Soufiane Rahimi
  • 90'+6': Soufiane Rahimi (P)
FT
4 - 5
Al Hilal
  • 26': Renan Lodi
  • 45'+2': Sergej Milinkovic-Savic
  • 45'+5': Salem Al-Dawsari
  • 65': Salem Al-Dawsari
  • 75': Salem Al-Dawsari
  • Red Card 82': Ali Al-Bulayhi

About

Al-Ain are hosting Al Hilal at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, starting on . The match is a part of the AFC Champions League Elite.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Attempt blocked. João Cancelo (Al-Hilal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aleksandar Mitrovic.
  • 4': Offside, Al Ain. Soufiane Rahimi is caught offside.
  • 5': Attempt missed. Salem Al Dawsari (Al-Hilal) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic following a fast break.
  • 6': Delay in match because of an injury Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain).
  • 6': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 7': Offside, Al Ain. Soufiane Rahimi is caught offside.
  • 10': Foul by Bandar Al Ahbabi (Al Ain).
  • 10': Renan Lodi (Al-Hilal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 12': Attempt saved. Park Yong-Woo (Al Ain) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matías Palacios.
  • 12': Corner, Al Ain. Conceded by Mohammed Al Yami.
  • 13': Attempt missed. Fábio Cardoso (Al Ain) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alejandro Romero with a cross following a corner.
  • 15': Foul by Bandar Al Ahbabi (Al Ain).
  • 15': Renan Lodi (Al-Hilal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 16': Foul by João Cancelo (Al-Hilal).
  • 16': Kouame Kouadio (Al Ain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Attempt blocked. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Al-Hilal) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Malcom.
  • 19': Foul by Kalidou Koulibaly (Al-Hilal).
  • 19': Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 20': Foul by Kalidou Koulibaly (Al-Hilal).
  • 20': Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 20': Kalidou Koulibaly (Al-Hilal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 20': Delay in match because of an injury Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain).
  • 22': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 23': Attempt missed. Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Bandar Al Ahbabi.
  • 23': Attempt saved. Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Park Yong-Woo.
  • 25': Bandar Al Ahbabi (Al Ain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 25': Foul by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Al-Hilal).
  • 26': Goal! Al Ain 0, Al-Hilal 1. Renan Lodi (Al-Hilal) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aleksandar Mitrovic.
  • 28': Corner, Al-Hilal. Conceded by Bandar Al Ahbabi.
  • 30': Corner, Al-Hilal. Conceded by Park Yong-Woo.
  • 31': Bandar Al Ahbabi (Al Ain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 31': Foul by Kalidou Koulibaly (Al-Hilal).
  • 31': Delay in match (Al-Hilal).
  • 32': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 33': Attempt missed. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Al-Hilal) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left.
  • 35': Corner, Al Ain. Conceded by Kalidou Koulibaly.
  • 36': Attempt blocked. Matías Palacios (Al Ain) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 36': Corner, Al Ain. Conceded by Rúben Neves.
  • 39': Corner, Al Ain. Conceded by Renan Lodi.
  • 39': Goal! Al Ain 1, Al-Hilal 1. Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Erik following a corner.
  • 43': Foul by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Al-Hilal).
  • 43': Matías Palacios (Al Ain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 43': Delay in match because of an injury Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain).
  • 44': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+2': Goal! Al Ain 1, Al-Hilal 2. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Al-Hilal) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by João Cancelo with a cross.
  • 45'+4': Foul by Kalidou Koulibaly (Al-Hilal).
  • 45'+4': Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 45'+5': Attempt blocked. Matías Palacios (Al Ain) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alejandro Romero.
  • 45'+5': Corner, Al Ain. Conceded by Nasser Al Dawsari.
  • 45'+5': Goal! Al Ain 1, Al-Hilal 3. Salem Al Dawsari (Al-Hilal) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nasser Al Dawsari following a fast break.
  • 45'+8': Attempt saved. Malcom (Al-Hilal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Salem Al Dawsari with a through ball.
  • 45'+9': Aleksandar Mitrovic (Al-Hilal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+9': Foul by Kouame Kouadio (Al Ain).
  • 45'+10': First Half ends, Al Ain 1, Al-Hilal 3.
  • 45': Second Half begins Al Ain 1, Al-Hilal 3.
  • 48': Attempt missed. Abdoul Traoré (Al Ain) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Alejandro Romero.
  • 49': Attempt missed. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Al-Hilal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Salem Al Dawsari.
  • 50': Foul by Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain).
  • 50': Renan Lodi (Al-Hilal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 51': Corner, Al-Hilal. Conceded by Erik.
  • 51': Attempt missed. Nasser Al Dawsari (Al-Hilal) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
  • 53': Attempt missed. Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alejandro Romero with a cross.
  • 54': Attempt saved. Mohammed Al Baloushi (Al Ain) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alejandro Romero with a cross.
  • 54': Foul by Abdoul Traoré (Al Ain).
  • 54': Malcom (Al-Hilal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 56': Offside, Al Ain. Soufiane Rahimi is caught offside.
  • 56': Substitution, Al Ain. Kodjo Laba replaces Abdoul Traoré.
  • 56': Substitution, Al Ain. Mateo Sanabria replaces Mohammed Al Baloushi.
  • 57': Attempt missed. Nasser Al Dawsari (Al-Hilal) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 58': Foul by Matías Palacios (Al Ain).
  • 58': Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Al-Hilal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 59': Attempt blocked. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Al-Hilal) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.
  • 59': Corner, Al-Hilal. Conceded by Fábio Cardoso.
  • 60': Foul by Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain).
  • 60': Salem Al Dawsari (Al-Hilal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 61': Delay in match because of an injury Rúben Neves (Al-Hilal).
  • 62': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 63': Goal! Al Ain 2, Al-Hilal 3. Mateo Sanabria (Al Ain) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal.
  • 65': Goal! Al Ain 2, Al-Hilal 4. Salem Al Dawsari (Al-Hilal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic following a fast break.
  • 67': Goal! Al Ain 3, Al-Hilal 4. Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matías Palacios.
  • 69': Substitution, Al Ain. Gino Infantino replaces Park Yong-Woo.
  • 69': Substitution, Al-Hilal. Mohamed Kanno replaces Rúben Neves.
  • 69': Substitution, Al-Hilal. Hassan Tambakti replaces Kalidou Koulibaly.
  • 70': Corner, Al Ain. Conceded by Ali Al Bulayhi.
  • 71': Corner, Al Ain. Conceded by Renan Lodi.
  • 71': Attempt blocked. Kodjo Laba (Al Ain) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Alejandro Romero with a cross.
  • 74': Foul by Ali Al Bulayhi (Al-Hilal).
  • 74': Kodjo Laba (Al Ain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 75': Goal! Al Ain 3, Al-Hilal 5. Salem Al Dawsari (Al-Hilal) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Mohamed Kanno following a fast break.
  • 76': Delay in match because of an injury Nasser Al Dawsari (Al-Hilal).
  • 77': Substitution, Al-Hilal. Neymar replaces Nasser Al Dawsari because of an injury.
  • 77': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 78': Attempt saved. Mateo Sanabria (Al Ain) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 78': Hand ball by Ali Al Bulayhi (Al-Hilal).
  • 80': VAR Decision: Card upgraded Ali Al Bulayhi (Al-Hilal).
  • 82': Ali Al Bulayhi (Al-Hilal) is shown the red card.
  • 84': Attempt saved. Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 84': Corner, Al Ain. Conceded by Mohammed Al Yami.
  • 84': Hand ball by Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain).
  • 85': Substitution, Al Ain. Felipe Salomoni replaces Erik.
  • 85': Substitution, Al Ain. Khalid Al Hashemi replaces Fábio Cardoso.
  • 87': Attempt saved. Alejandro Romero (Al Ain) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 87': Attempt missed. Neymar (Al-Hilal) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Aleksandar Mitrovic following a fast break.
  • 89': Substitution, Al-Hilal. Khalifah Al Dawsari replaces Aleksandar Mitrovic.
  • 90': Offside, Al Ain. Kodjo Laba is caught offside.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 12 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+2': Corner, Al Ain. Conceded by Hassan Tambakti.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Matías Palacios (Al Ain).
  • 90'+2': Salem Al Dawsari (Al-Hilal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': Matías Palacios (Al Ain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+4': Penalty Al Ain. Soufiane Rahimi draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 90'+4': Penalty conceded by Khalifah Al Dawsari (Al-Hilal) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 90'+6': Goal! Al Ain 4, Al-Hilal 5. Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 90'+9': Felipe Salomoni (Al Ain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+9': Foul by Malcom (Al-Hilal).
  • 90'+10': Attempt missed. Kodjo Laba (Al Ain) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Soufiane Rahimi with a cross.
  • 90'+10': Foul by João Cancelo (Al-Hilal).
  • 90'+10': Gino Infantino (Al Ain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+10': João Cancelo (Al-Hilal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+12': Foul by Kodjo Laba (Al Ain).
  • 90'+12': Mohammed Al Yami (Al-Hilal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+13': Foul by Khalifah Al Dawsari (Al-Hilal).
  • 90'+13': Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+13': Khalifah Al Dawsari (Al-Hilal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+14': Bandar Al Ahbabi (Al Ain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+14': Foul by Neymar (Al-Hilal).
  • 90'+14': Attempt missed. Kouame Kouadio (Al Ain) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Soufiane Rahimi with a cross.
  • 90'+15': Attempt blocked. Alejandro Romero (Al Ain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 90'+16': Corner, Al Ain. Conceded by Hassan Tambakti.
  • 90'+16': Second Half ends, Al Ain 4, Al-Hilal 5.
  • 0': Match ends, Al Ain 4, Al-Hilal 5.

Statistics

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14 Fouls 10
3 Yellow Cards 1
1 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 4
4 Corner Kicks 10
6 Saves 1
44.1 Possession 55.9
15 SHOTS 20
6 ON GOAL 10
0.4 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
265 Accurate Passes 339
334 Passes 410
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 10
8 Crosses 27
0.3 Cross % 0.4
50 Long Balls 47
23 Accurate Long Balls 22
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
3 Blocked Shots 4
10 Effective Tackles 11
15 Tackles 16
0.7 Tackle % 0.7
8 Interceptions 6
22 Effective Clearances 9
22 Clearances 9

Game Information

Competition: AFC Champions League Elite

Venue: Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium
Location: Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Attendance: 24,126

AFC Champions League Elite Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Al Hilal 8 +19 22
2 Al Ahli 8 +13 22
3 Al Nassr 8 +11 17
4 Al Sadd 8 +1 12
Full Table

Line-Ups

AlN Al-Ain (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
17 Khalid Eisa (GK)
3 Kouame Kouadio
4 Fábio Cardoso
15 Erik
11 Bandar Al-Ahbabi
10 Kaku
5 Park Yong-Woo
70 Abdoul Traoré
21 Soufiane Rahimi
20 Matías Palacios
8 Mohamed Abbas
Al-Ain Substitutes:
Khaled Ali Al Baloushi, Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba, Khalid Hashemi, Ahmed Barman Ali, Matías Segovia, Mohammed Bu Sanda, Felipe Salomoni, Mateo Sanabria, Gino Infantino, Mohamed Awad Alla, Sekou Gassama, Dramane Koumare.

HIL Al Hilal (4-3-3)

No. Name
17 Mohammed Al-Yami (GK)
5 Ali Al-Bulayhi Red Card
3 Kalidou Koulibaly Yellow Card
6 Renan Lodi
20 João Cancelo
8 Rúben Neves
16 Nasser Al-Dawsari
22 Sergej Milinkovic-Savic
9 Aleksandar Mitrovic
29 Salem Al-Dawsari
77 Malcom
Al Hilal Substitutes:
Khalid Al-Ghannam, Abdulilah Al Ghamdi, Marcos Leonardo, Abdullah Al-Hamddan, Khalifah Al-Dawsari, Moteb Alharbi, Hassan Al-Tambakti, Yasser Al-Shahrani, Mohammed Al-Qahtani, Mohamed Kanno, Neymar, Hamad Al-Yami.

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