Al-Hilal regained its balance, with an uprising in the capital city derby match against Al-Shabab in the Saudi Professional League.

Al-Hilal overturned a goal deficit against Al-Shabab to win 2-1, on Saturday evening, in the 12th round of the Saudi Professional League “Roshan League”.

With this, Al Hilal returns to victories after faltering in the last two matches in various competitions (a defeat in the league against Al Khaleej and a draw with Al Sadd of Qatar in the AFC Elite Champions League).

Al-Shabab took the lead with an early goal scored by Abdul Razzaq Hamdallah in the sixth minute.

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Al Hilal's equalizer came from Sergej Milinkovic-Savic in the 14th minute, and the same player added a second goal in the 62nd minute.

Al-Hilal completed the match with 10 players after defender Kalidou Koulibaly was sent off, becoming the second Al-Hilal player to be expelled against Al-Shabab in the professional league, after Akil Imana in 2011.

The Senegalese defender continued to embarrass his team after causing a penalty kick in the last league match against Al Khaleej.

It is worth noting that Al-Shabab also played the match with 10 players since the 58th minute after its player, Ali Al-Sharari, was sent off.

From Al-Hilal’s victory over Al-Shabab

With this victory, Al-Hilal raises its score to 31 points in the Saudi League standings, two points behind Al-Ittihad, the leader of the standings.

On the other hand, Al-Shabab’s score stopped at 22 points, occupying fifth place.