Al-Hilal equaled their own record for the biggest win in the history of the Saudi Pro League on Thursday, humiliating Al Fateh with a 9-0 win to stay top of the table.
Saudi Professional League 2024/2025
9-0
- Ziyad Al-Jari (90'+11')
Match report
The reigning national champions, who scored nine goals past Al-Hazem early in the invincible 2023/2024 season, were helped on their way by a hat-trick from Marcos Leonardo.
Initially they had to remain patient, with Kalidou Koulibaly opening the scoring after 20 minutes and Renan Lodi doubling the lead in the 39th minute, but Leonardo's first goal – a penalty in first-half stoppage time – opened the floodgates.
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic made it 4-0 in the ninth minute of first-half extra time, before Leonardo got his second nine minutes after the restart to further extend the lead.
Leonardo's hat-trick goal was assisted by Ruben Neves just after the hour mark, before Abdullah Al Hamddan and Malcom struck late to put Al-Hilal within reach of their record margin of victory.
Faisal Al Abdulwahed's own goal in the 98th minute made it 9-0 before the struggling visitors saw Ziyad Al Jari sent off for denying a clear scoring opportunity.
Al Fateh avoided double figures in the final two minutes of stoppage time, although they sit bottom of the table with just six points, six of which are from safety.
Competition events
5' Highlight of Al-Hilal Saudi FC vs Al Fateh
20' GOAL! Al-Hilal Saudi FC 1-0 Al Fateh (Kalidou Koulibaly)
23' Highlight of Al-Hilal Saudi FC vs. Al Fateh
37' match event for Al-Hilal Saudi FC vs Al Fateh
39' GOAL! Al-Hilal Saudi FC 2-0 Al Fateh (Renan Lodi)
42' Highlight of Al-Hilal Saudi FC vs. Al Fateh
51' Penalty goal! Al-Hilal Saudi FC 3-0 Al Fateh (Marcos Leonardo)
54' GOAL! Al-Hilal Saudi FC 4-0 Al Fateh (Sergej Milinković-Savić)
54' GOAL! Al-Hilal Saudi FC 5-0 Al Fateh (Marcos Leonardo)
65' GOAL! Al Hilal Saudi FC 6-0 Al Fateh (Marcos Leonardo)
89' GOAL! Al-Hilal Saudi FC 7-0 Al Fateh (Abdullah Al-Hamdan)
96' GOAL! Al-Hilal Saudi FC 8-0 Al Fateh (Malcom)
98' OWN GOAL! Al-Hilal Saudi FC 9-0 Al Fateh (Faisal Al-Abdulwahid)
Setups
Al-Hilal Saudi FC
Subs: Mohammed Al Owais, Mohammed Kanoo, Hassan Tambakti, Abdullah Al-Hamdan, Khalifah Al-Dawsari, Hamad Al-Yami, Khalid Al-Ghannam, Moteb Al-Harbi, Mohammed Al-Qahtani
Al Fateh
Subs: Mohammed Al-Fuhaid, Waleed Al-Anzi, Mohammed Al-Kunaydiri, Ziyad Al-Jari, Othman Al-Othman, Ahmed Al-Julaydan, Ali Al-Masoud, Faisal Al-Abdulwahid, Saad Al-Sharfa
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