The events of the first half of the summit, which currently brings together Al Shabab and Al Hilal at King Fahd International Stadium, ended in a positive tie with one goal for each team, in the sixth round of the Saudi League 2021-22..
Nigerian Odion Ighalo scored the first goal for Al Shabab after just two minutes from the start of the match, and French Bafetimbi Gomez equalized for Al Hilal in the 14th minute from a penalty kick.
⚽️🎥 D2′ watched the first goal of the youth through “Ighalo”. #youth_crescent pic.twitter.com/TgOkXWjXt1
– Prince Mohammed bin Salman Cup League 🇸🇦 (@SPL) September 23, 2021
Al-Shabab occupies 11th place in the Saudi League standings with 5 points, as the youth’s start to the new season did not live up to the aspirations of its fans, as it only won one match over Al-Hazm, after the fifth round, while it tied with Al-Ettifaq and Damk and lost from Abha and Al-Fateh, to collect only 5 points..
⚽️🎥 D14′ Watch the equalizer for Al Hilal by “Bafetimbi Gomez”. #youth_crescent pic.twitter.com/4RQNlSDtQN
– Prince Mohammed bin Salman Cup League 🇸🇦 (@SPL) September 23, 2021
While Al Hilal occupies the second place in the standings with 10 points, behind the leaders Al Ittihad with 12 points, as the leader has not lost so far in the new season of the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Cup League after playing 4 matches, winning 3 of them over Al-Ta’i, Al-Ta’i, Al-Tawa’an and Al-Ettifaq, and tied with Al-Batin, to become His score is 10 points.
The confrontation is considered one of the always awaited matches, and it is one of the classic peaks and strong derbies not only in the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Cup League, but throughout the Arab world..
31 matches were collected between Al-Hilal and Al-Shabab in the Saudi League, Al-Hilal won in 16, and Al-Shabab won in only 5, while 10 matches ended in a draw, and only one match between Al-Hilal and Al-Shabab in the King’s Cup was in the 2014 season and Al-Laith won with a clean goal..
In total, it has collected 34 matches between Al-Hilal and Al-Shabab since the beginning of the era of professionalism in the Kingdom in all tournaments, Al-Hilal won in 18 and Al-Shabab won in only 6, and 10 matches ended in a draw.
