Al Hilal SFC flexed their muscles in a 9-0 win over Al Fateh as they stayed top of the Saudi Pro League standings, ahead of Al Ittihad on goal difference.

 

In an impressive show of force, Marcos Leonardo starred for Al Hilal with a hat-trick (45+6, pen; 54th, 65th) with Kalidou Koulibaly (20th), Renan Lodi (39th), Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (45+9), Abdullah Al Hamdan (89th), Malcom (90+5) and an own goal from Faisal Abdullah Abdulwahed (90+8) giving them the points.

Al Ittihad kept pace with Al Hilal with a 4-1 win against Al Raed, with both sides on 40 points.

 

Karim Benzema (21st), Steven Bergwijn (45+7), Abdulrahman Alobud (71st) and Houssem Aouar (77th) scored for Al Ittihad with Naif Hazazi netting a consolation for Al Raed in the 58th minute.

Al Qadisiyah moved two points clear of Al Nassr in third place with a 3-0 defeat of Al Wedha.

 

Al Nassr's title hopes suffered a blow following a 1-1 draw with Al Taawoun, with the result leaving Cristiano Ronaldo's side 11 points behind Al Hilal and Al Ittihad.

Muharraq maintained a two-point lead at the top of the Bahraini Premier League following a 3-2 win over Al Ahli.

 

An exciting start saw Al Ahli taking the lead through Abdullah Al Hashash in the eighth minute but Sayed Ali Baqer drew Muharraq level three minutes later.

The league leaders went ahead through Juninho's strike in the 16th minute, only for Facundo Tobares to equalise for Al Ahli.

 

Abdulwahab Al Malood's 76th minute goal, however, won Muharraq the points as they moved up to 20 points.

Khalidiya maintained their pressure on Muharraq with a 3-1 win over Al Najma, who remained in third place on 16 points. 

Al Zawraa defeated Al Hudod 3-2 on Sunday to move top of the Iraq Stars League.

 

In a thrilling contest which saw Al Hudod come from behind twice, Al Zawraa took the points right at the end as they moved up to 31 points, one ahead of Al Shorta.

Al Shorta beat Karbala 1-0 to sit two points ahead of Air Force Club, who suffered a 1-0 defeat against Al Qassim.

Al Arabi defeated Al Qadisiya 4-2 on Sunday to take sole possession of the Kuwait Premier League lead.

The victory moved Al Arabi to 33 points, three ahead of Kuwait SC, who defeated Al Fahaleel 3-0 and have a match in hand.

 

Al Salmiya, who beat Kazma SC 3-1, and Al Qadisiya are a distant third and fourth on 20 points.