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Al Hilal strengthens the lead in the Saudi League
Sudan Events – Agencies
Al-Hilal achieved a valuable victory away from home to Al-Ettifaq, with two unanswered goals, on Monday evening, in the 21st round of the Saudi Professional League.
Al Hilal’s double was scored by Sergej Milinković-Savic and Salem Al-Dosari in the 39th and 45th +5 minutes.
Al-Zaeem raised its score to 59 points at the top of the competition standings, bringing the difference with runner-up Al-Nasr back to 7 points, while Al-Ettifaq’s balance froze at 28 points in eighth place.
Al-Hilal became the team with the most consecutive victories in one season in the competition, with 14 victories, surpassing Al-Nasr, the record holder, by a single victory between November 2013 and February 2014.