"The hosts were unable to find the breakthrough despite having nine attempts in the first half, but they needed just five minutes after the restart to get themselves ahead. A move started by Fabinho from deep saw the ball break for Diaby, whose clever pull back into the box was met by Al Shanqiti, who was on hand to fire the ball into the net."
"While the reigning champions still find themselves eight points adrift of leaders Al-Nassr in the table, Al-Ittihad will hope their recent momentum can be something to build on. But their victory here was built on Fernandes' dynamic midfield display. The Portuguese finished the contest with team-high totals for chances created (five), total crosses (eight), successful dribbles (four) and duels won (eight) at Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Sports City Stadium."
Al-Ittihad revived their Saudi Pro League campaign with a 1-0 victory over Al-Taawoun thanks to Muhannad Al Shanqiti’s early second-half goal. The visitors dominated the opening period with nine first-half attempts but failed to score before Diaby’s pull-back allowed Al Shanqiti to finish five minutes after the restart. Mailson produced several saves to keep Al-Taawoun in the game, while Benzema forced stops and Hamed Al Ghamdi struck the woodwork. Roger Fernandes led Al-Taawoun in chances created (5), crosses (8), dribbles (4) and duels won (8). Al-Ittihad posted an xG of 2.54 from 19 attempts versus Al-Taawoun’s 0.59.
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