Al Akhdoud vs Al Hilal Player Ratings: Mitrovic does the star turn
Al Hilal began the season with a thumping win against Al Akhdoud, winning 3-0. They are the big favourites to win the Saudi Pro League and started as they meant to go. Serbian Aleksandar Mitrovic began with a bang scoring a brace. Sergej Milinkovic Savic scored a banger for the third.
Here are the Al Akhdoud vs Al Hilal Player Ratings.
Al Akhdoud player ratings vs Al Hilal
Goalkeeper
Paulo Vitor — 6/10. Made a few good saves but couldn’t be blamed for the goals.
Defenders
Al Zabdani — 6/10. Made 8 ball recoveries.
Hawsawi — 4/10. Did not do much, struggled against Al Hilal’s attack
Al Rubaile — 4/10. The 30 year old had an unremarkable outing.
Asiri — 4/10. Made 0/2 successful ground duels. Ineffective.
Al Saeed —4/10. Completed only 6 passes. Taken off at HT.
Midfielders
Salem— 6/10. Ran and pressed hard but didn’t do much more.
Al Muwallad — 7/10. Kept the game ticking. Picked up a yellow card.
Juan Pedroza — 7/10. Combative performance from him. Won and lost the most outings.
Hugo Duro — 6/10. Threatened a couple of times but not that effective.
Forwards
Hatila — 6/10. Looked lost versus Koulibaly and Co.
Substitutions:
Faraj — 6/10.
Juhaif — 6/10.
Balhareth — 5/10.
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Al Hilal player ratings vs Al Akhdoud
Goalkeeper
Bounou – 6/10. Had nothing to do. No saves to make.
Defenders
Shahrani – 7/10. Rarely sets a foot wrong and this was another of those performances.
Kalidou Koulibaly – 8/10. Bossed the game with the most passes and tackles.
Al Bulayhi – 7/10. Completed 96% of his passes. Comfortable outing.
Renan Lodi – 8/10. Created 2 chances, both of which were big chances.
Midfielders
Ruben Neves – 7/10. Comfortable at running the game from midfield.
Sergej Milinkovic Savic – 9/10. Scored from long distance and made 9 recoveries.
Hamddan – 8/10. Assisted twice and created the most chances.
Qahtani – 5/10. Poor outing. Failed to convert good chances.
Al Dawsari – 6/10. Better out of possession than with the ball.
Forwards
Aleksander Mitrovic – 9/10. Scored a brace and won Al Hilal the game. Sensational goal poaching from him.
Substitutions:
Yami – 6/10.
Dawsari – 6/10.
Kanno – 6/10.
Aljuwayr – 6/10.
Burayk – 6/10