Al-Hilal achieved a valuable victory away from home against Al-Ettifaq, with two unanswered goals, this evening, Monday, in the 21st round of the Saudi Professional League.

The brace for Al Hilal was scored by Sergej Milinković-Savic and Salem Al-Dosari in the 39th and 45th +5 minutes.

Al-Zaeem raised its score to 59 points at the top of the competition standings, bringing the difference with runner-up Al-Nasr back to 7 points, while Al-Ettifaq’s score froze at 28 points in eighth place.

Al-Hilal became the team with the most consecutive victories in one season in the competition, with 14 victories, surpassing Al-Nasr, the record holder, by a single victory between November 2013 and February 2014.

The first half witnessed great control by Al Hilal over the course of events, especially at the level of possession and threatening Al-Ettifaq’s goal, which played in a defensive manner.

The first attempt was in the 16th minute, when Serbian Sergej Milinkovic-Savic fired a strong shot that hit the defence, finding Senegalese Kalidou Koulibaly who shot directly, but Al-Ettifaq goalkeeper Paulo Victor brilliantly blocked it, before it fell to the other Serb, Aleksandar Mitrovic, before... The referee declares there to be offside.

In the 19th minute, Brazilian Renan Lodi, Al Hilal's left back, fired a powerful shot, but it went over the crossbar.

The 24th minute witnessed a dangerous attack from Al Hilal after a series of passes, before the ball returned to Portuguese Ruben Neves, who fired a dangerous shot from outside the penalty area that missed the net.

Al-Ettifaq was able to threaten Al-Hilal’s goal for the first time in the 27th minute, when Salman Al-Faraj, Al-Zaeem’s captain, sent a wrong pass to reach Ivorian Sekou Fofana, who passed the ball directly to Moussa Dembélé, but Coulibaly prevented him from scoring in the last moments.

After a long period of possession, Al Hilal was able to score the first goal through Savic with a distinctive header in the 39th minute, after receiving a wonderful cross from a corner kick.

After a few minutes, specifically in minutes 5+45 of the first half, Salem Al-Dosari increased Al-Hilal’s lead with the second goal after a wonderful start from the left side before putting the ball into the net.

In the second half, calm clearly dominated the course of the game, until the 56th minute witnessed a quick start from Dembele, who penetrated into the penalty area, but Koulibaly ultimately prevented him from shooting.

Savic fired a perfect shot in the 62nd minute, which hit the right post after a special pass from Malcolm.

Al-Hilal repeatedly tried to cross Al-Ettifaq’s defenses by sending many crosses, whether through Malcolm or Salem, but the hosts succeeded in extracting all the balls.

In the 81st and 83rd minutes, Al-Ettifaq succeeded in threatening Al-Hilal’s goal through two dangerous attacks, as Carol Ekambi fired a powerful shot that came near the left post, then Georginio Wijnaldum failed to translate a distinctive cross from the left side.

In the last minutes, the two teams tried timidly, but the play was generally confined to the middle of the field, so the match ended with Al Hilal prevailing (2-0).