Al-Hilal beat their guests Al-Ittifaq 4-1 in a postponed game from round 5 of Prince Mohammed bin Salman League for Professionals, recording the best ever start in Saudi Professional League history.
Al-Hilal scored their 8th win in a row to break Al-Ittihad's 7-win record.
Salim El-Dossary opened the score in the 16th minute before Andre Carrillo added the second goal in the 46th minute then Bafetimbi Gomis made it 3-0 in the 55th minute.
Chrisian Guanca closed the gap for Al-Ittifaq in the 69th minute, before Gomis completed Al-Hilal's quartet in the 70th minute.
Al-Hilal's total moved up to 24 points at the top of the league, on the other hand Al-Fateh remained 6th with 14 points.