Al-Hilal moved four points clear at the top of the Saudi Pro League table after cruising to a 4-0 victory over Al-Okhdood on Friday.
2024/2025 Saudi Professional League
4-0
Match Events
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4' GOAL! Al-Hilal Saudi FC 1-0 Al-Okhdood (Kaio César)
17' Match Event for Al-Hilal Saudi FC vs Al-Okhdood
43' GOAL! Al-Hilal Saudi FC 2-0 Al-Okhdood (Sergej Milinković-Savić)
47' GOAL! Al-Hilal Saudi FC 3-0 Al-Okhdood (Marcos Leonardo)
55' GOAL! Al-Hilal Saudi FC 4-0 Al-Okhdood (Marcos Leonardo)
64' Highlight from Al-Hilal Saudi FC vs Al-Okhdood
Match Report
Marcos Leonardo scored in both halves to help make sure of the victory, ahead of second-place Al-Ittihad's match on Saturday.
It took Al-Hilal just four minutes to get on the scoresheet as the visitors struggled to clear their lines following a Sergej Milinkovic-Savic cross from the left. After some pinball in the box, Moteb Al Harbi's drilled cross was poked home by Kaio Cesar.
The hosts continued to push and were eventually rewarded just before half-time. Milinkovic-Savic curled a stunning free-kick into the right side of the net from 30 yards, with Paulo Vitor unable to get a hand to it.
Leonardo got his first just four minutes later, profiting after Hassan Al Tambakti thumped his header into the ground to send it looping over Vitor. The Brazilian was on hand to turn it in on the line.
He added some gloss to the scoreline 10 minutes into the second half, once again showing his poaching ability. Al Harbi's shot was punched away by Vitor, but Leonardo was there to volley it in.
Al-Okhdood showed signs of a fight, with Mohammed Al Jahif hitting the post with an almost-perfect long-range strike, but the visitors could not find a way through.
Final whistle! 4 goals, clean sheet, job done! pic.twitter.com/sAnk6qEgRJ
— AlHilal Saudi Club (@Alhilal_EN) January 31, 2025
Data Debrief: The goals keep piling up
Al-Hilal have certainly done their goal difference no harm with this result, extending it to +40, 14 better off than second-place Al-Ittihad.
Their previous three wins over Al-Okhdood were all won 3-0, meaning Al-Hilal have now kept a clean sheet in their first four meetings against them.
Al-Okhdood are also a favourite opponent of Milinkovic-Savic - against no team has he scored more goals (four), while they are the first he has scored against both home and away in the same season.
Leonardo has scored eight goals in the Saudi Pro League in 2025 (more than any other player) and has contributed the most goals during this period (nine – eight goals and one assist).
Line-ups
Al-Hilal Saudi FC XI: Koulibaly, Cancelo, Bounou, Salem Al Dawsari, Neves, Milinkovic-Savic, Malcom, Hassan Tambakti, Moteb Al-Harbi, Marcos Leonardo, Kaio César
Subs: Mohammed Al Owais, Mohammed Kanoo, Nasser Al-Dawsari, Abdullah Al-Hamdan, Khalifah Al-Dawsari, Hamad Al-Yami, Khalid Al-Ghannam, Mohammed Al-Qahtani, Turki Al-Ghamil
Al-Okhdood XI: Knowledge Musona, Paulo Vítor, Damion Lowe, Saviour Godwin, Christian Bassogog, Saeed Al-Rubaie, Mohammed Al-Saeed, Ibrahima Koné, Naif Asiri, Eid Al-Muwallad, Hussain Al-Zabdani
Subs: Rakan Al-Najjar, Mohanad Al-Qaydhi, Saleh Al-Abbas, Diego Ferreira, Mohammed Al-Jahif, Abdulaziz Al-Hatila, Saud Salem, Saad Al-Qarni, Ghassan Hawsawi