Saleh Al Shehri scored the one aim of the sport as Al Ittihad edged Jeddah rivals Al Ahli to go degree on factors with Saudi Professional League leaders Al Hilal.
Al Shehri turned in a cross from Moussa Diaby within the forty second minute to provide Laurent Blanc’s facet a 1-0 lead within the derby, whereas Diaby was denied the prospect to double that benefit within the closing levels by the woodwork.
Matthias Jaissle’s Al Ahli thought they’d scored an equaliser by means of their captain Franck Kessie within the 59th minute just for the aim to be dominated out for offside after a VAR overview.
Al Ahli had additionally gone shut within the 51st minute when Ivan Toney rounded Al Ittihad goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic, however his strike was brilliantly cleared off the road by Abdulelah Al Amri.
Blanc’s facet generated an anticipated targets (xG) whole of 1.06 with 4 of their 12 efforts on the right track, whereas Al Ahli ended with an xG of 1.01 with three of their pictures on the right track.
Al Ittihad have collected 24 factors from 9 matches – the identical as defending champions Al Hilal who will face Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr on Friday.
Al Ahli, in the meantime, discover themselves 13 factors adrift of the summit in eleventh place with only one win from their final 5 matches.
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The group that took the lead in league conferences between these sides had not misplaced within the final 9 matches (W8 D1) and that pattern continued after Thursday’s consequence.
Al Ittihad have additionally now received all six matches by which they’ve scored first this season.
Blanc additionally received in his first derby in opposition to Al Ahli within the league, with Cosmin Contra the one different title amongst Al Ittihad’s final 14 head coaches to realize that feat.
