Al-Hilal 3-2 Al-Khaleej: Malcom's goal enough after visitors fightbackShareAl-Hilal moved to within a point of Saudi Pro League leaders Al-Nassr, after holding on for a valuable three points against Al-Khaleej.Malcom's goal was enough for Al-Hilal to survive a late comeback attempt from Al-Khaleej, and continue their unbeaten start to the Saudi Pro League with a 3-2 win.Al-Hilal started brightly, and Mohamed Kanno gave the visitors an early scare when he struck the frame of the goal from range in the eighth minute.Kanno did find the breakthrough 10 minutes later, though, as he latched onto Hamad Al Yami's pull-back to bend a long-range effort into the back of the net.Both goalkeepers were forced into comfortable saves shortly after, but Sergej Milikovic-Savic doubled Al-Hilal's advantage 39 minutes in, thumping Malcom's left-wing free-kick past a helpless Moris.Minutes later, Theo Hernandez was inches away from adding a third; like Kanno earlier on, he could only find the woodwork when he tried his luck inside the box.Malcom scored what turned out to be the winner 57 minutes in with another long-range effort, but their control fizzled out in the final 11 minutes.Joshua King headed in the first of Al-Khaleej's goals to cut the deficit before Giorgos Masouras set up a nervy finale with his own long-range shot that beat Mohammed Al Yami, but they could not find another goal to snatch a point. Data Debrief: Al-Hilal pile pressure on perfect leadersAl-Hilal have now won their last seven Saudi Pro League games, their longest streak since May-October 2024 (10 games), and it moved them just one point behind leaders Al-Nassr.This also marked the 80th consecutive match in which they have hit the net in the competition, their longest run of games.Simone Inzaghi's side were dominant for the majority of the game, accumulating 2.52 expected goals (xG) from their 18 shots.But Al-Khaleej almost caused an upset by outperforming their 1.03 xG, and scored away at Al-Hilal for the first time in their history.Al-Hilal 3-2 Al-Khaleej: Malcom's goal enough after visitors fightbackAl-Hilal moved to within a point of Saudi Pro League leaders Al-Nassr, after holding on for a valuable three points against Al-Khaleej.Malcom's goal was enough for Al-Hilal to survive a late comeback attempt from Al-Khaleej, and continue their unbeaten start to the Saudi Pro League with a 3-2 win.Al-Hilal started brightly, and Mohamed Kanno gave the visitors an early scare when he struck the frame of the goal from range in the eighth minute.Kanno did find the breakthrough 10 minutes later, though, as he latched onto Hamad Al Yami's pull-back to bend a long-range effort into the back of the net.Both goalkeepers were forced into comfortable saves shortly after, but Sergej Milikovic-Savic doubled Al-Hilal's advantage 39 minutes in, thumping Malcom's left-wing free-kick past a helpless Moris.Minutes later, Theo Hernandez was inches away from adding a third; like Kanno earlier on, he could only find the woodwork when he tried his luck inside the box.Malcom scored what turned out to be the winner 57 minutes in with another long-range effort, but their control fizzled out in the final 11 minutes.Joshua King headed in the first of Al-Khaleej's goals to cut the deficit before Giorgos Masouras set up a nervy finale with his own long-range shot that beat Mohammed Al Yami, but they could not find another goal to snatch a point. Data Debrief: Al-Hilal pile pressure on perfect leadersAl-Hilal have now won their last seven Saudi Pro League games, their longest streak since May-October 2024 (10 games), and it moved them just one point behind leaders Al-Nassr.This also marked the 80th consecutive match in which they have hit the net in the competition, their longest run of games.Simone Inzaghi's side were dominant for the majority of the game, accumulating 2.52 expected goals (xG) from their 18 shots.But Al-Khaleej almost caused an upset by outperforming their 1.03 xG, and scored away at Al-Hilal for the first time in their history.