Overview
- Karim Benzema returned from a short injury layoff and scored twice in Al Hilal’s 4-0 victory at Kingdom Arena.
- Benzema’s opener arrived on 43 minutes shortly after Al Najmah went down to 10 men, with his second coming late from a Sergej Milinkovic-Savic pass.
- Malcom and Milinkovic-Savic added late goals after rebounds from Theo Hernandez efforts to seal the result.
- Al Ahli moved top with a 3-1 Sea Derby win over Al Ittihad, leaving Al Hilal one point back in third after the matchweek.
- Al Nassr coach Jorge Jesus confirmed Cristiano Ronaldo has a hamstring injury and will rehabilitate in Spain, ruling him out of the next two matches, as Al Nassr face Neon later with a win set to take them top.