The curtain came down on the 32nd round of the Rushin Saudi Professional League, which saw a goalscoring proliferation at its end, after a shy start.
The tour was a witness to the al-nasr and a-hilal Derby, the week’s highlight, which was decided by the 1-1 draw at First Park.
During the nine games, 22 goals were scored, an average of 2.4 goals per meeting.
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It is a relatively good rate, but it does not fully reflect the reality, as the majority of the encounters experienced a low to average rate, while the al-Ahli Abha match at the end of the round (5-1) was the highest-scoring.
The round saw 28 yellow cards and two expulsions, the first from Ali Zubaidi, the Fatah player, and the second from Mohamed Abdel Rahman, the al-ettifaq’s player.
4 penalties were awarded, of which 3 scored a 75% success rate, and a single kick was missed by the agreement striker, Carl Toko Ekambi of Cameroon.
The tour’s top scorer was Ghanaian Bernard Mensah, a player of the Tai, who scored twice during his team’s 3-1 win over the open.
7 of the 22 ‘s goals came in the last 10 minutes, including the 3 of goals that turned the deficit into a draw, as well as two that contributed to the victory after the draw.
The Tour was known for two subjective goals, with Bruno Fiana firmly aiming for Riyadh, the same as Edouard Mendy, Ahli’s keeper in front of Abha.
15 foreign players scored goals in the round, against only 7 locals.
The 32 rounds were not known to have lost a team at home, except for the unit, which was beaten by the Major (1-0).
Targeted Contributions
For his part, al-Nasr star Cristiano Ronaldo strengthened his lead for the Saudi League’s scoring contributions this season (the highest in the competition’s history).
The Portuguese set up his team’s goal against Al-Hilal, reaching 44 contributions, followed by the leader’s striker, Serbian Aleksandar Mitrovic “32”, who equalled his team’s top scorer in the Saudi Professional League, France’s Pavitembe Gomez (27 goals).
Faras Al-Brickan, the Ahli striker, arrived for the 25th scoring contribution to the competition this season, scoring a goal during the broad win over Abha “5-1.”
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He also reached his 17th goal in the current edition of the league, equalling his best figures in one season of the competition, which came in (2022-2023).
The tour saw the continued absence of victory over Al-Hilal, in the Professional League, for up to 883 days.
But this tie put an end to three consecutive defeats for victory, in various contests against the Crescent.
