Al Baten 1 - 0 Al Hilal
wow this is an unexpected result, given that the difference between these two teams was very big, the first big difference between these two teams is in the position of the table, Al Hilal is in position number 4 with 46 points, while Al Baten it is in the last position, it is in position number 16 with only 15 points. the second big difference is in the performance of these two teams in the last 4 games, Al Hilal in the last 4 games had only one defeat and wins and only 1 draw. while he had 2 losses and 2 wins. in this game al hilal had 76% possession of the ball
but surprisingly even with 76% ball possession al hilal failed to make a shot on target, while Al Baten who only had 24% ball possession managed to make 3 shots on target, in this game Al Hilal failed to score at least 1 goal despite having 76% of ball possession, while Al Baten, who only had 24% of ball possession, scored 1 goal. they are a bit funny, on paper it even seemed that Al Hilal were going to be much superior, but on the field the effectiveness was in Al Biten who knew how to take advantage of the opportunity and scored a goal and with that won the game, with this result if the Al Baten get at least 2 or 3 wins in the next games so I see them leaving the relegation zone
As I said before, that Al Hilal is in a very unpleasant condition with a very busy schedule. imagine, since April 2nd, Al Hilal has played 5 matches. meaning, in every 3 days, this team has to play whether it's a home game or an away game. that means, in two weeks Al Hilal played 6 matches at once. including, the match against Al Nassr on April 19.
I think, specilogically, the impact will be felt for the Al Hilal players and the lightest effect is a decrease in performance. in fact, we can see and compare when Al Hilal played some of his matches. since fighting Al Fayha, Al Hilal has experienced a decline in performance and collapsed in the next match against Al Shabab. besides that, Al Hilal faced problems against Al Ta'ee which ended with a score of 2-2. three days later, Al Hilal visited Al Batin.
Continued match with short time gaps is really an acceptable reason for the decline in the performance. During the same time period other teams have played just 2 matches and to the max 3 matches played by few teams. Among that it was able to win two matches against Al-khaleej and Al Feiha. Big loss against Al-Shabab and disappointment against Al-Batin, draw against Al-Ta'ee. Then onwards the schedule isn't that close and can expect better performance coming out of the team.
Teams have begun to perform better than expected and the same makes the competence tough for the teams on the top of the table. Any small mistakes could easily drag them down. With this the upcoming Al-Hilal vs Al-Nassr have gained more expectation.