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

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