Al Hilal, owned by Jorge Jesus, takes its 12th win in a row and leads Al-Nassr by 10 points

Al-Hilal, coached by Portuguese Jorge Jesus, won 2-0 at the home of Al-Feiha in the 19th round of the Saudi Football League this Friday, recording their 12th consecutive win in the competition and 20th in all competitions .

Al-Feiha, together with Damac, was the only team that had managed to stop Al-Hilal from winning all the championship matches, imposing a 1-1 draw in the first round match at the leader’s home, the second round, played on August 19.

This Friday, he again caused serious problems for Al-Hilal, maintaining the scoreless score almost until the end of the match, more specifically until the 86th minute, when central defender Ali Al Bulayhi opened the scoring.

Al-Feiha still managed to make it 1-1 in the 90+1 minute, but the move was not validated due to offside position and in the end it was Al-Hilal who extended the lead in the 90+11 with a penalty., from Serbian striker Aleksandar Mitrovic.

Portuguese international Rúben Neves was the starter and played 90 minutes.

Jorge Jesus’ team thus achieved their 17th victory, the last 12 consecutive, in the championship, having conceded only two draws so far, against Al-Feiha in the second round and Damac in the seventh round, both for the same result. (1-1), on August 19 and September 21, respectively.

In all competitions, Al-Hilal have achieved twenty consecutive wins, twelve in the League, three in the King’s Cup and five in the Asian Champions League.

With this victory, Al-Hilal remains in the lead with 53 points, increasing the lead over Al-Nassr to 10 points, led by Luís Castro, Cristiano Ronaldo and Otávio, who have 43 points, but have one match less, which they will too. play on Saturday at the home ground of Al-Taawon, and 16 against the third-placed side, Al-Ahli, who host Al-Khaleej, coached by Portuguese Pedro Emanuel, on Friday.

With the goal he scored on Friday, the Serbian Aleksandar Mitrovic now has seventeen, reducing the gap with the leader of the top scorers, Cristiano Ronaldo, by nineteen (one match less), while the Cameroonian striker from Damac, Georges-Kevin N ‘Koudou, in third place, with 14.