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Al-Hilal face Al-Ittifaq in game postponed from October



Al-Hilal will host Al-Ittifaq, at Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, in a game postponed from the 5th week of Prince Mohammed Bin Salman League for Professionals.
Al-Hilal go into the game in the first place on the table with 21 points, 2 points ahead of Al-Ahli and Al-Nasr, the second and the third in a row.
The title holders eye extending the gap with their pursuers to 5 points and continuing their winning run.
Al-Hilal's top scorer is Bafetimbi Gomis with 5 goals, followed by Mohamed Kino who netted four times and in the third place Carlos Eduardo with 3 goals.
Omar Abdel Rahman, Salim El-Dossary, Ali-ElBelhi and Gelmen Rivas scored 4 goals, while the leaders conceded 5 goals.
On the other hand, Al-Ittifaq lie 6th with 14 points, as they seek returning to winning ways after their heavy 5-1 defeat to Al-Faisaly.
The win over Al-Hilal will see Dammam-based team climb to the 4th place on the table with 17 points, 2 points behind the second and the third and on other hand 2 points ahead of the 5th and the 6th.
Al-Ittifaq have 15 goals, as Cristian Guanca is their top scorer with 5 goals, followed by Mohamed El-Kwaikbi with 3 goals, Brian Aleman and Hassan El-Habib with 2 goals for each player, while 3 goals were scored by Hussein El-Sayed, Fakr El-Din bin Youssef and Saad El-Rabeiy.
Al-Ittifaq conceded 10 goals in their previous matches.