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Al Hilal

2 — 1 Sep 15, 2026 · 11:45 PM IST

Al-Gharafa

AFC Champions League Elite West · Round 1

Venue Kingdom Arena, Riyadh

Referee Omar Al Ali

Attendance 20,140

Player of the Match Rúben Neves 9.2 90' played

Match Events

32' Home Crysencio Summerville

33' Away Ismaël Bennacer

45 + 3' Home ⚽ Rúben Neves — 1-0

HT

62' Away ↔ Florinel Coman → Abdulrahman Al Rashidi

66' Home ↔ Hassan Al Tambakti → Yusuf Akçiçek

66' Home ↔ Sultan Mandash → Saïmon Bouabré

66' Home ↔ Moteb Al-Harbi → Nasser Al-Dawsari

69' Away ↔ Hassan Alaa Aladdin → Adam Ounas

69' Away Fabricio Díaz ↗

71' Away Saifeldeen Fadlalla

73' Home ⚽ Sergej Milinković-Savić — 2-0

81' Home ↔ Nawaf Al Habashi → Mohamed Meïté

82' Away ↔ Mason Holgate → Fabricio Díaz ↗

90' Home ↔ Suhayb Al-Zaid → Sergej Milinković-Savić

90 + 2' Away ⚽ Hassan Alaa Aladdin — 2-1

FT

Match Stats

68 32

Ball possession

14 8

Total shots

7 3

Shots on target

37 14

Touches in opposition box

3 0

Big chances

1 0

Big chances missed

498 (90%) 205 (81%)

Accurate passes

0 2

Yellow cards

14 2

Corners

Lineups

Al Hilal (4-3-3)

Coach: Simone Inzaghi

Starting XI

37 Yassine Bounou 6.7

2 Mohammed Mahzari 7.5

3 Kalidou Koulibaly 7.4

4 Yusuf Akçiçek 7.1

6 Nasser Al-Dawsari 7

22 Sergej Milinković-Savić 8.5

8 Rúben Neves 9.2

70 Saïmon Bouabré 7.9

7 Gabriel Martinelli 6.8

75 Mohamed Meïté 6.4

38 Crysencio Summerville 5.3

Substitutes

87 Hassan Al Tambakti 6.5

24 Moteb Al-Harbi 6.6

27 Sultan Mandash 6.6

77 Nawaf Al Habashi

96 Suhayb Al-Zaid

33 Mohammed Al Owais

17 Mohammed Al-Yami

88 Hamad Al Yami

73 Mohamed Al-Sarnukh

93 Abdullah Al Anazi

28 Mohamed Kanno

18 Murad Al-Hawsawi

Al-Gharafa (3-4-2-1)

Coach: Pedro Martins

Starting XI

31 Ahmed Kone 7.3

18 Ayoub Al Oui 7.2

20 Hyun-Soo Jang ↗ 7

4 Seydou Sano 6.3

2 Abdulrahman Al Rashidi 5.7

29 Fabricio Díaz ↗ 6.4

13 Ferjani Sassi 6.8

23 Saifeldeen Fadlalla 6.4

10 Ismaël Bennacer 5.4

96 Adam Ounas 6.8

9 Frank Magri 6.5

Substitutes

7 Florinel Coman 6.1

90 Hassan Alaa Aladdin 7.6

27 Mason Holgate

1 Khalifa N'Diaye

34 Mahmoud Gamal

11 Amro Abdelfatah Ali Surag

6 Damé Traoré

26 Rayyan Ahmed Al-Ali

22 Abdirashid Saeed Hassan

49 Rayyan Faragalla ↗

97 Amjad Nassar Mohamed

99 Jamal Hamed