Al Hilal vs Al Gharafa, 2024-25 AFC Champions League Elite, League Stage

· AFC Champions League Elite
Al Hilal
  • 18': Marcos Leonardo
  • 82': Aleksandar Mitrovic
  • 85': Sergej Milinkovic-Savic
FT
3 - 0
Al Gharafa

    About

    Al Hilal are hosting Al Gharafa at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, starting on . The match is a part of the AFC Champions League Elite.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Offside, Al Gharafa. Joselu is caught offside.
    • 2': Attempt saved. Salem Al Dawsari (Al-Hilal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 5': Foul by Marcos Leonardo (Al-Hilal).
    • 5': Matías Nani (Al Gharafa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 5': Delay in match because of an injury Matías Nani (Al Gharafa).
    • 6': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 8': Attempt blocked. Fabricio Díaz (Al Gharafa) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yacine Brahimi.
    • 10': Foul by Ferjani Sassi (Al Gharafa).
    • 10': Kalidou Koulibaly (Al-Hilal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 11': Foul by Ferjani Sassi (Al Gharafa).
    • 11': Malcom (Al-Hilal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 13': Offside, Al-Hilal. Salem Al Dawsari is caught offside.
    • 15': Attempt blocked. Marcos Leonardo (Al-Hilal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Salem Al Dawsari.
    • 16': Corner, Al-Hilal. Conceded by Jang Hyun-Soo.
    • 16': Corner, Al-Hilal. Conceded by Sergio Rico.
    • 18': Goal! Al-Hilal 1, Al Gharafa 0. Marcos Leonardo (Al-Hilal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Yasir Al Shahrani.
    • 21': Fabricio Díaz (Al Gharafa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 21': Foul by Nasser Al Dawsari (Al-Hilal).
    • 22': Florinel Coman (Al Gharafa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 22': Foul by Moteb Al Harbi (Al-Hilal).
    • 25': Foul by Florinel Coman (Al Gharafa).
    • 25': Moteb Al Harbi (Al-Hilal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 27': Attempt saved. Yasir Al Shahrani (Al-Hilal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Salem Al Dawsari.
    • 29': Offside, Al Gharafa. Florinel Coman is caught offside.
    • 31': Delay in match because of an injury Abdullah Al Hamddan (Al-Hilal).
    • 31': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 34': Attempt missed. Abdullah Al Hamddan (Al-Hilal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Marcos Leonardo.
    • 36': Attempt missed. Marcos Leonardo (Al-Hilal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Abdullah Al Hamddan with a cross.
    • 37': Abdullah Al Hamddan (Al-Hilal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 37': Foul by Matías Nani (Al Gharafa).
    • 40': Foul by Fabricio Díaz (Al Gharafa).
    • 40': Malcom (Al-Hilal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 41': Attempt saved. Malcom (Al-Hilal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Salem Al Dawsari.
    • 41': Attempt missed. Malcom (Al-Hilal) left footed shot from very close range is just a bit too high following a set piece situation.
    • 42': Fabricio Díaz (Al Gharafa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 42': Foul by Kalidou Koulibaly (Al-Hilal).
    • 43': Hand ball by Abdalla Yousif (Al Gharafa).
    • 45': Attempt saved. Abdullah Al Hamddan (Al-Hilal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcos Leonardo.
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+2': Malcom (Al-Hilal) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Salem Al Dawsari.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Al-Hilal 1, Al Gharafa 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Al-Hilal 1, Al Gharafa 0.
    • 46': Attempt blocked. Malcom (Al-Hilal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yasir Al Shahrani.
    • 47': Foul by Jang Hyun-Soo (Al Gharafa).
    • 47': Marcos Leonardo (Al-Hilal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 48': Corner, Al-Hilal. Conceded by Ferjani Sassi.
    • 49': Attempt missed. Nasser Al Dawsari (Al-Hilal) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Malcom following a corner.
    • 51': Attempt blocked. Salem Al Dawsari (Al-Hilal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcos Leonardo.
    • 52': Attempt saved. Malcom (Al-Hilal) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Abdullah Al Hamddan.
    • 52': Corner, Al-Hilal. Conceded by Sergio Rico.
    • 52': Corner, Al-Hilal. Conceded by Aron Gunnarsson.
    • 53': Foul by Abdalla Yousif (Al Gharafa).
    • 53': Malcom (Al-Hilal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 55': Offside, Al-Hilal. Malcom is caught offside.
    • 55': Substitution, Al Gharafa. Jamal Hamed replaces Aron Gunnarsson.
    • 60': Florinel Coman (Al Gharafa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 60': Foul by Salem Al Dawsari (Al-Hilal).
    • 63': Attempt blocked. Yasir Al Shahrani (Al-Hilal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcos Leonardo.
    • 63': Corner, Al-Hilal. Conceded by Jamal Hamed.
    • 63': Substitution, Al-Hilal. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic replaces Abdullah Al Hamddan.
    • 63': Substitution, Al-Hilal. João Cancelo replaces Yasir Al Shahrani.
    • 63': Substitution, Al-Hilal. Renan Lodi replaces Moteb Al Harbi.
    • 65': Foul by Ferjani Sassi (Al Gharafa).
    • 65': Malcom (Al-Hilal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 65': Ferjani Sassi (Al Gharafa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 66': Substitution, Al Gharafa. Rodrigo replaces Florinel Coman.
    • 66': Substitution, Al Gharafa. Rabeh Boussafi replaces Abdalla Yousif.
    • 66': Delay in match because of an injury Malcom (Al-Hilal).
    • 67': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 67': Foul by Yacine Brahimi (Al Gharafa).
    • 67': Salem Al Dawsari (Al-Hilal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 70': Attempt saved. Salem Al Dawsari (Al-Hilal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Malcom.
    • 70': Attempt blocked. Marcos Leonardo (Al-Hilal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 70': Offside, Al-Hilal. Malcom is caught offside.
    • 72': Substitution, Al-Hilal. Aleksandar Mitrovic replaces Marcos Leonardo.
    • 73': Attempt missed. Salem Al Dawsari (Al-Hilal) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nasser Al Dawsari following a fast break.
    • 75': Foul by Kalidou Koulibaly (Al-Hilal).
    • 75': Rodrigo (Al Gharafa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 77': Foul by Fabricio Díaz (Al Gharafa).
    • 77': Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Al-Hilal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 77': Fabricio Díaz (Al Gharafa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 79': Corner, Al-Hilal. Conceded by Matías Nani.
    • 80': Corner, Al-Hilal. Conceded by Matías Nani.
    • 81': Attempt saved. Malcom (Al-Hilal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by João Cancelo.
    • 82': Goal! Al-Hilal 2, Al Gharafa 0. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Al-Hilal) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Salem Al Dawsari.
    • 84': Attempt blocked. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Al-Hilal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aleksandar Mitrovic.
    • 84': Corner, Al-Hilal. Conceded by Fabricio Díaz.
    • 85': Goal! Al-Hilal 3, Al Gharafa 0. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Al-Hilal) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Malcom with a cross following a corner.
    • 88': Attempt blocked. João Cancelo (Al-Hilal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.
    • 89': Substitution, Al-Hilal. Mohammed Al Qahtani replaces Nasser Al Dawsari.
    • 90': Corner, Al-Hilal. Conceded by Matías Nani.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+1': Corner, Al-Hilal. Conceded by Jang Hyun-Soo.
    • 90'+2': Offside, Al-Hilal. João Cancelo is caught offside.
    • 90'+4': VAR Decision: No Penalty Al-Hilal.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Al-Hilal 3, Al Gharafa 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Al-Hilal 3, Al Gharafa 0.

    Statistics

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    11 Fouls 6
    2 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 4
    0 Corner Kicks 11
    7 Saves 0
    38.4 Possession 61.6
    1 SHOTS 23
    0 ON GOAL 10
    0.0 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    306 Accurate Passes 546
    377 Passes 606
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    1 Accurate Crosses 5
    12 Crosses 20
    0.1 Cross % 0.3
    50 Long Balls 41
    24 Accurate Long Balls 25
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
    1 Blocked Shots 7
    7 Effective Tackles 8
    10 Tackles 21
    0.7 Tackle % 0.4
    14 Interceptions 17
    23 Effective Clearances 15
    23 Clearances 15

    Game Information

    Competition: AFC Champions League Elite

    Venue: Kingdom Arena
    Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    Attendance: 18,344

    AFC Champions League Elite Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Al Hilal 6 +14 16
    2 Al Ahli 6 +9 16
    3 Al Nassr 6 +7 13
    4 Al Sadd 6 +4 12
    Full Standings

    Line-Ups

    HIL Al Hilal (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    37 Yassine Bounou (GK)
    5 Ali Al-Bulayhi
    3 Kalidou Koulibaly
    24 Moteb Alharbi
    12 Yasser Al-Shahrani
    99 Abdullah Al-Hamddan
    16 Nasser Al-Dawsari
    28 Mohamed Kanno
    11 Marcos Leonardo
    29 Salem Al-Dawsari
    77 Malcom
    Al Hilal Substitutes:
    João Cancelo, Khalid Al-Ghannam, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Mohammed Al-Qahtani, Khalifah Al-Dawsari, Renan Lodi, Aleksandar Mitrovic, Hamad Altuhayfan, Hassan Al-Tambakti, Mohammed Al-Yami, Abdulilah Al Ghamdi.

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

    No. Name
    15 Sergio Rico (GK)
    32 Matias Nani
    20 Jang Hyun-Soo
    2 Abdalla Yousif
    28 Wajdi Kechrida
    31 Ferjani Sassi Yellow Card
    24 Aron Gunnarsson
    29 Fabricio Díaz Yellow Card
    9 Joselu
    8 Yacine Brahimi
    7 Florinel Coman
    Al Gharafa Substitutes:
    Rodrigo, Jamal Hamed, Ayoub Al Oui, Amine Lecomte, Rabeh Boussafi, Yousef Ahmed, Andri Syahputra, Mostafa Qadeera, Khalifa Abu Baker, Dame Traoré, Chalpan Abdulnasir, Amro Abdelfatah.

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