Al Hilal vs Al Taawoun Highlights, Saudi Pro League 2023-24: HIL 2-0 TWN at FT, Aleksandr Mitrovic and Mohamed Kanno score in another win

Al Hilal vs Al Taawoun Live coverage ends

That's all from our Live coverage as Al Hilal continue their unstoppable run in the season with 11th win in 13 Saudi Pro League games! Aleksandr Mitrovic turns the star again as he heads in for his 17th goal of the season. Their rivals and Cristiano Ronaldo's Al Nassr are in action tomorrow late at night. Do join us for all the action, goodbye for now!

2-0 at the end 👍🏻⚽️
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— AlHilal Saudi Club (@Alhilal_EN) November 10, 2023

Mailson denies third goal!

90+11' Abdulhamid shoots with power following a counter-attack but is denied by Mailson! The referee blows the final whistle soon after! Al Hilal beat Al Taawoun 2-0 to go seven points clear to the top!

GOOOOOOALLLLL!

90+9' Kanno guides the ball past the wall into the goal for a stunning freekick goal as Malcom leaves it for his teammate! HIL 2-0 TWN

Malcom fouled at the edge of the box

90+8' Malcom runs close to the box and looks to set up Shahri as Taawoun are caught on the counter. However, the Brazilian is fouled and leads to a goalscoring opportunity. Malcom is the man to take it!

Al Hilal vs Al Taawoun Live

5" The game is halted at the moment as a Taawoun player is down on the ground following a collision with Mitrovic. A buggy is out on the field while they are stretching off the play out of the ground. Hopefully not too serious injury. Meanwhile Mitrovic is coming off for Saleh Al-Shahri in Hilal attack. HIL 1-0 TWN

Eight minutes added

90+1' Eight minutes of stoppage time added while Alvaro Medran stands over an indirect freekick from some 40 yards to the right of the goal. Lacks the quality that Malcom provided to the other side of the goal as Taawoun fail to make an impact from the situation. HIL 1-0 TWN

Al Hilal vs Al Taawoun Live

86' Al Taawoun manager throws in the kitchen sink by using up his remaining substitutions. Abdullah Fattah replaces Faqeehi, who just came in as the sub while Al Hilal makes two changes too! Al Malki and Alburayk come on for Michael and AlShahrani

GOOOOOALLLL!

82' Mitrovic scores the opener with a diving header! What a set-piece delivery by Malcom, whose ball landed right in front of the six-yard box for the Serbian to finish! That's goal number 17th of the season for Mitrovic!

Yellow card for Al Taawoun

80' Hilal captain Al Dawsari charges on the right wing by newly-in Abdulrazzaq fouls him from behind and is booked! Another indirect freekick opportunity for Al Hilal. This time from right side!

Yellow card for Taawoun

76' Saud Abdulhamid tries to run free on the right flank but Muath Faquihi makes a poor sliding tackle to catch Abdulhamid's boot! The referee books him straightaway while Hilal will have a freekick opportunity

Hassan Tambakti almost scores an own goal!

72' Bono saves his teammate Tambakti from disappointment as a deep cross from the left by Medran is poorly cleared by Tambakti. However, Bono makes a reflex save to keep the score a stalemate! HIL 0-0 TWN

Change by Al Hilal

72' Hilal's Nasser Al Dasawri is taken off and is replaced by forward Abdullah Al Hamdan!

Al Shahrani shoots on target!

69' Hilal left-back Yasser Al Shahrani makes an overlapping run and uses his trickery to get inside the box after beating two defenders. He tries to place the ball to the far post with a low effort but lacked the power to beat the goalkeeper as Mailson jumps to his left to collect the ball! HIL 0-0 TWN

Forced substitution for Al Taawoun

66' Abdulmalik AL Oyayari is unable to continue and is being replaced by Fahad Abdulrazzaq. Meanwhile Al Hilal win a corner

Al Hilal vs Al Taawoun Live

63' Michael makes a mazy run to beat his marker and feeds Mitrovic inside the box. However, the Serbian couldn't create a space to shoot as he was shadowed by a Taawoun defender.

No penalty

60' Everyone was expecting a penalty but it's a goal kick as it is seen as a foul by Mitrovic on Abdulmalik! HIL 0-0 TWN

VAR check!

57' Interesting development Video Assistant Referee has asked the onfield referee to look into Mitrovic's header as Taawoun defender Abdulmalik has handed the ball. Could be a penalty and second yellow card for the Taawoun defender!

Mitrovic heads direct to goalkeeper!

55' Mitrovic was fed with a delicious cross, which falls right at him! The Serb meets the ball with a header but straight to Mailson for an easy save!

Correction

53' Medran's freekick didn't go direct to Bono but was headed with a feather touch by Kanno on to the goal

Bono forced into another save!

52' Alvaro Medran takes an indirect freekick from some 40 yards. The effort beats everyone and awkwardly bounce in front of Bono, who used his reflex for another save! Top class work by the former Sevilla shotstopper!

Alvaro Medran curls from distance!

50' Koulibaly loses the ball on the left wing for Taawoun to counter! However, enough bodies were already back in the defense for Hilal, forcing Medran to curl it to the goal from 30 yards. The ball sails over the bar for a goal kick! HIL 0-0 TWN

Al Hilal vs Al Taawoun

47' Mateus Castro with a surprise shot on target as he shoots from a tight angle! Catches Bono off guard too as the goalkeeper was expecting a cross. However, Bono recovers well to palm the ball out for a corner kick!

Kick-off!

46' The second half gets underway with no changes made by any of the manager during the break. HIL 0-0 TWN

Al Hilal vs Al Taawoun Live

2nd half to start soon as players are reappearing on the field after the break

Half Time!

Al Taawoun successfully ends the half without conceding as their five-man defense didn't allow the comfort Hilal would have liked in the offensive third after keeping 64% of possession, just two shots on target and one off the post, not something that will please the coach Juan Jesus. Plenty of more action to come in the second half!

Al Hilal vs Al Taawoun Live

45+6' Al Taawoun with another sporadic counter attack but another futile cross into the box for Koulibaly to clear with comfort. The Senegalese has been a towering and intimidating presence to his rival forwards!

Saudi Pro League Live

45+4' Al Hilal are trying to send in early crosses into the box for Mitrovic but their accuracy with the last few crosses hasn't been up to the mark

Six minutes added

45+1' The intensity of Hilal attack has died down since the goal was disallowed while Taawoun are getting better with their attacks. Six minutes of stoppage time has been added upon completion of 45 minutes. HIL 0-0 TWN

Al Hilal vs Al Taawoun Live

43' Al Taawoun time and again are attacking from either wings but their quality of delivery in the final third has let them down. HIL 0-0 TWN

GOAL DISALLOWED

41' The goal stands cancelled as the referee signals that Mitrovic elbowed a defender before heading in the goal!