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Al-Nasr put pressure on Al-Hilal .. Al-Ittihad win changes relegation zone positions



Al-Nasr the second on the table of Prince Mohammed bin Salman League for Professional Clubs closed the gap with the leaders Al-Hilal to four points before seven rounds of the end of the league, according to https://spl.com.sa statistics.
Al-Nasr beat Al-Ittifaq 3-2 exploiting Al-Hilal 1-1 draw to Al-Wahda in the only tie of the 23rd week.
The leaders Al-Hilal now have 56 points atop the league while Al-Nasr remained second with 52 points followed by Al-Shabab the third with 43 points while AL-Taween the 4th reached 42 points after beating Al-Raed 2-1 in Al-Qassim derby to stay among the top four.
The positions from the 5th until the 12th remained the same, Al-Ahli sit 5th with 40 points four points ahead of Al-Wahda the 6th then Al-Fateh sit 7th with 32 points, Al-Faisaly lie 8th with 30 points, Al-Ittifaq have 28 points in the 9th place, Al-Raed sit 10th with 25 points, Al-Qadsya sit 11th with 24 points, Al-Hazm sit 13th with 24 points, Al-Batin rose to the 13th place with 22 points while Al-Ittihad climbed to the 14th place with 19 points ahead of AL-Fayhaa on goal difference while Ohod stayed 16th with 14 points.
Rabie Sofiani from AL-Taween netted the 500th goal of the league against Al-Raed in Al-Qassim derby while 519 goals were scored in 184 SPL matches.
Leandre Tawamba from Al-Taween leads the scoring charts with 18 goals with Al-Hilal's Bafetimbi Gomis a goal back, on level with Al-Nasr's Abdel Razek Hamdalaa while Al-Ahli's Omar Al-Somah stays at the third place with 16 goals.
Al-Hazm's Mohamed Al-Siri is the best Saudi goal scorer with 10 goals, two goals ahead of Al-Ittihad's Fahd Al-Moled.
Al-Nasr's Nordin Amrabat is the player with the most assists with 8 goals followed by AL-Taween's Heldon Augusto and Al-Hilal's Bafetimbi Gomis with 7 goals for each player.
For the national players, Al-Hilal's Mohamed Al-Braik is the player with most assists.
Al-Hilal scored goals for the 23rd round in a row to stay two rounds behind Al-Ahli's record of scoring in 25 games respectively in a season.
AL-Taween need only three points in the next seven rounds to break their own record of most points in a season which is 45 points in 2015-2016 season.
For their part, Al-Ittihad earned their first home win at King Abdullah Sport City Stadium in Jeddah, 2-0 over AL-Fayhaa.
Al-Ahli's Omar Al-Somah scored his 100th goal in the league to become the fastest player to achieve this feat after only 102 games.
Al-Somah broke the record of Nasser Al-Shamrani who reached the 100th goal in the 134th match while Al-Nasr's Mohamed Al-Sahalwi reached the 100th goal after 187 games.
Al-Somah scored against 19 teams in SPL as he failed only in scoring against Ohod.
Leandre Tawamba from Al-Taween and Nasr's Abdel Razek Hamdalaa became the best goal scorers of their clubs in one season in SPL after reaching 17 goals and 18 goals in a row.
Hamdalaa is the player with the most decisive goals with a total of 8 goals.