Marcos Leonardo and Al-Hilal will take the pitch on Thursday morning against Djaniny and Al-Fateh in Saudi Pro League soccer.
Al-Fateh SC will travel to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in the 14th week of the Saudi Pro League regular season. In Riyadh, the club will take on Al-Hilal at Kingdom Arena on Thursday morning. Al-Hilal is 12-1-1 this season heading into this week. The club is the No. 1 team in the Saudi Pro League, with a total of 37 points on the table. It is tied with Al-Ittihad, who is also 12-1-1. Al-Hilal has a better goal differential than Ittihad, with a 25-goal differential to Ittihad’s 23-goal differential. The two of them sit nine points above Al-Nassr.
Al Hilal took down Al Orobah in its last league game by a 5-0 shutout. Rúben Neves opened the scoring in the 16th minute on a converted penalty. That was the only goal of the first half. Ali Al-Bulayhi scored the first goal of the second half in the 48th minute followed by Renan Lodi in the 68th minute. Marcos Leonardo scored two goals back-to-back just three minutes apart to end the game.
Al-Fateh is on the complete opposite side of the Saudi Pro League table with just one win this season. The club is 1-3-10 as the No. 18 team on the table. It has a goal differential of negative 14 and a total of just six points. It is three points behind Al Fayha and six points behind the No. 16 team, Al Wehda.
Al Fateh lost its only game of this month by a score of 2-1 against Al Wehda. Al Wehda scored two quick goals, going up 2-0 in the 26th minute. Al Fateh got on the board in the second half with a 57th-minute goal from Sofiane Bendebka. Djaniny leads the team in scoring this season with four goals in 11 appearances.