AFC Champions League Elite

FT Tuesday, April 29, 2025
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Al Hilal LDWDW 1
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Alinma Bank Stadium at King Abdullah Sport City · 50,613 att.

Match Report

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Al Ahli reach Asian Champions League final on Toney, Firmino goals

Al Ahli beat 10-man Al Hilal in a battle of Saudi Pro League sides in Jeddah on Tuesday to earn a spot in Saturday's Asian Champions League final.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
21
4
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
1
5
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
1
0
Saves
3
45.9
Possession
54.1
21
SHOTS
4
6
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
157
Accurate Passes
208
238
Passes
287
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
2
17
Crosses
10
0.4
Cross %
0.2
72
Long Balls
64
29
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
1
10
Effective Tackles
6
16
Tackles
10
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
5
Interceptions
5
23
Effective Clearances
26
23
Clearances
26

Head to Head

HIL leads series 3-2

Lineups

HIL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 37Yassine BounouG
  2. 5Ali Al-BulayhiCD-L
  3. 3Kalidou KoulibalyCD-R
  4. 6Renan LodiLB
  5. 12Yasser Al-ShahraniRB
  6. 11Marcos LeonardoAM
  7. 22Sergej Milinkovic-SavicLM
  8. 8Rúben NevesRM
  9. 9Aleksandar MitrovicF
  10. 29Salem Al-DawsariAM-L
  11. 77MalcomAM-R

AHL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Édouard MendyG
  2. 3Roger IbañezCD-L
  3. 28Merih DemiralCD-R
  4. 77Ezgjan AlioskiLB
  5. 27Ali MajrashiRB
  6. 10Roberto FirminoAM
  7. 30Ziyad Al-JohaniLM
  8. 79Franck KessiéRM
  9. 99Ivan ToneyF
  10. 13GalenoAM-L
  11. 7Riyad MahrezAM-R

Timeline

  1. 1' Ezgjan Alioski (Al-Ahli) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 6' Ali Majrashi (Al-Ahli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 9' Goal! Al-Hilal 0, Al-Ahli 1. Roberto Firmino (Al-Ahli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Galeno.
  4. 27' Goal! Al-Hilal 0, Al-Ahli 2. Ivan Toney (Al-Ahli) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez with a through ball.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  5. 42' Goal! Al-Hilal 1, Al-Ahli 2. Salem Al Dawsari (Al-Hilal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  6. 45'+6' Merih Demiral (Al-Ahli) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 45'+9' Kalidou Koulibaly (Al-Hilal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 59' Substitution, Al-Hilal. Hamad Al Yami replaces Yasir Al Shahrani.
  9. 59' Substitution, Al-Hilal. Kaio César replaces Marcos Leonardo.
  10. 59' Second yellow card to Kalidou Koulibaly (Al-Hilal) for a bad foul.
  11. 68' Substitution, Al-Hilal. Hassan Al Tambakti replaces Kaio César.
  12. 78' Aleksandar Mitrovic (Al-Hilal) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 80' Salem Al Dawsari (Al-Hilal) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 84' Hamad Al Yami (Al-Hilal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 86' Penalty saved. Franck Kessie (Al-Ahli) right footed shot saved in the top left corner.
  16. 87' Rúben Neves (Al-Hilal) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 88' Substitution, Al-Ahli. Mohammed Sulaiman replaces Ali Majrashi.
  18. 90'+6' Substitution, Al-Ahli. Feras Al Brikan replaces Roberto Firmino.
  19. 90'+7' Goal! Al-Hilal 1, Al-Ahli 3. Feras Al Brikan (Al-Ahli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a fast break.
  20. 90'+10' Yassine Bounou (Al-Hilal) is shown the yellow card.
  21. 90'+10' Galeno (Al-Ahli) is shown the yellow card.
  22. 90'+11' Substitution, Al-Ahli. Gabri Veiga replaces Galeno.

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