Hilal continued its winning streak in the Saudi Zain Professional League at Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Stadium in Riyadh Monday. In the eighth round, league leader Al-Hilal defeated Al-Hazm 4-0. Midfielder Mohammed Al-Shalhoub put Al-Hilal in the lead, before Yasser Al-Qahtani scored from the spot six minutes before the break. Al-Shalhoub scored again from the spot before Thiago Neves completed the rout. Al-Shalhoub scored in the 24th minute through a long kick which saw the ball beating an advancing goalkeeper Saeed Al-Harbi. In the 39th minute, Al-Hazm defender Bashar Yaseen blocked Al-Shalhoub's cross which was going to Yasser Al-Qahtani with his hand. Yaseen was given a red card and Qahtani scored from the spot. In the second half, Al-Hilal coach Eric Gerets replaced Ahmed Al-Firaydi with Abdul-Latif Al-Ghannam. This replacement helped Al-Hilal performance improve. In the 55th minute, the Swedish Christian Wilhelmsson got past a defender to face the goalkeeper who apparently was trying to pick the ball. Instead, he blocked and brought Wilhelmsson down. The referee Fahd Al-Mirdasi directly pointed to the spot. Al-Shalhoub made no mistake with the penalty. The three substitutions that the Egyptian coach of Al-Hazm made could not help him change the situation. In the 79th minute, Thiago Neves of Al-Hilal dribbled to pass a player in the box and score the fourth goal for Al-Hilal. With this win, Al-Hilal remains on top of the standing with 22 points. In other matches, Najran shared two goals with its host Al-Fateh at Al-Okhdoud Stadium. The goals were scored by Nigerian midfielder Mousa Sulaiman of Najran in the 22nd minute before Rabe'a Sufiyani equalized for Al-Fateh in the 69th. At Saud Bin Jalawi Sports City Stadium, Al-Qadisiyyah shared points with Al-Rai'd in a goalless encounter.
