Al Riyadh vs Al-Hilal Saudi FC Prediction & Betting Tips

Form across recent matches

Looking at Al-Hilal's last 20 matches across all competitions, they've won 15, drawn three and lost only two, scoring 45 and conceding 16. That sample mixes Pro League, cup and continental football, but the pattern of winning is consistent throughout, including a 6-0 away win and a resounding 4-2 victory on the road.

Al Riyadh: 20 completed matches; Al-Hilal Saudi FC: 20 completed matches.

Al Riyadh

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

24

Conceded

38

Difference

-14

Al-Hilal Saudi FC

20 matches

Win

75% 15 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

10% 2 / 20

Scored

45

Conceded

16

Difference

+29

Al Riyadh's equivalent run reads very differently: seven wins, five draws and eight losses from 20, with 24 scored against 38 conceded. There are bright spots in there, like a 5-0 win over Al-Ahli Jeddah, but also heavy defeats such as 0-4 to Al-Nassr. It's a stop-start record rather than anything steady.

Al-Hilal's numbers are far more consistent than Al Riyadh's over the same length of sample.

Comparative Team Statistics: Al Riyadh vs Al-Hilal Saudi FC

Recent meetings favour Al-Hilal

The last six meetings between these two have gone Al-Hilal's way more often than not. There's a 6-1 win, a 3-1 win and a 3-0 win in there for Al-Hilal, plus two draws, and Al Riyadh haven't managed a win in any of them.

The most recent meeting back in January finished 1-1 at Al Riyadh's own ground, so there's at least some recent evidence they can hold their own for periods. But the broader head-to-head picture still leans heavily one way.

Al Riyadh haven't beaten Al-Hilal in any of the last six recorded meetings.

The table tells its own story

Al-Hilal sit top of the Pro League with 18 points from seven games, six wins and just the one defeat, scoring 23 and conceding only five. Al Riyadh are down in 11th with eight points from the same number of matches, two wins, two draws and three losses, and a goal difference that's already well into negative figures.

That's a big gap in output as well as results. Al-Hilal are scoring almost three times as much as they're conceding, while Al Riyadh have let in twice as many as they've scored.

The points gap lines up with a clear quality gap in goals for and against.

Where the goals and cards are coming from

Al-Hilal's scoring is spread around rather than resting on one man. Milinković-Savić has four goals in seven matches, Watkins has three in just four, and Martinelli has three in three, with Neves and Summerville both chipping in three assists apiece. That's a lot of attacking threat from different areas.

Al Riyadh:

Best scorers:

T. Okou - 3

Penalty cards:

K. Keita x 1 x 1

R. Abascal x 1

V. Lekhal x 3

Al-Hilal Saudi FC:

Best scorers:

S. Milinković-Savić - 4

Sultan Mandash - 3

O. Watkins - 3

Best assist providers:

Rúben Neves - 3

C. Summerville - 3

Sultan Mandash - 2

Al Riyadh's main outlet looks to be Okou, who has three goals in seven games, but there isn't the same depth around him in the numbers provided. On the disciplinary side, Al Riyadh's Lekhal has picked up three yellow cards in six matches, and both Keita and Abascal have been sent off within the sample, which points to some tetchy recent games.