The leading Al-Ittihad approached a step closer to the title, with a difficult and fatal victory over its third guest, Al-Shabab, 2-1, Thursday, at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah, at the summit of the twenty-fourth stage of the Saudi Football League, in front of about 50,000 spectators.

The two goals of Al-Ittihad, who are looking for a first title since 2009, were scored by Moroccan striker Abdel Razzaq Hamdallah (18 and 90 + 15 from two penalty kicks), while the goal of Al-Shabab was scored by Argentine player Christian Guanca (68 from a penalty kick).

Al-Shabab missed the opportunity to win after the Al-Ittihad goalkeeper saved a penalty kick that was executed by Gabonese Aaron Bubenza a minute before the end of the match (89).

Al-Ittihad raised its score to 59 points in the first place after achieving its sixth successive victory, six points behind the second victory, while Al-Shabab remained third with 50 points.

The first half started quickly, especially from Al-Ittihad, who almost scored an early goal with friendly fire, but the Polish ball, Grigorz Krechowiak, passed by the post (5).

Al-Ittihad missed a valuable opportunity when the Brazilian, Romarinho Da Silva, faced the goal, but his ball passed near the post (6).

Al-Ittihad got a penalty kick, which was executed by Abdul-Razzaq Hamdallah, and he played the ball to the left of the Korean goalkeeper, Kim Seong (18).
Al-Shabab almost equalized the score when Al-Braili sent Iago Santos a powerful projectile that passed by the post (28).

The model sympathized with her owners when she tackled Guanca's ball before making her way outside the field (35).

In the second half, the youth rushed to attack in search of an amendment, and it would have been close to that had it not been for the ingenuity of Brazilian goalkeeper Marcelo Grohe, who tackled Guanca's ball and turned it with difficulty into a corner (58).

The referee awarded a penalty kick to the youth, which was executed by Guanca, and he played the ball strong to the right of Grohe (68). Al-Ittihad would have resumed progress quickly had it not been for the ingenuity of Seong, who brilliantly grabbed Ahmed Sharahili's header (71).

Al-Shabab got a second penalty kick for Al-Shabab and a third in the match, which was executed by Aaron Bubenza, but he played the ball easy in the hands of Grohe (89).

In stoppage time, the referee declared the red card to Al-Ittihad defender Zakaria Hawsawi due to disgraceful behavior, before awarding a penalty kick for Al-Ittihad, which Hamdallah executed and played easily inside the goal.

Al-Adalah scored three important points in the struggle to survive in the adult league, by defeating its guest, Al-Taawon 2-1, at Prince Abdullah Bin Jalawi Sports City Stadium in Al-Ahsa.

Justice advanced early through his attacker Pedro Ogino in the first minute, before David Tjanish strengthened his team's lead by scoring the second goal in the 40th minute, while Samihan Al-Nabit narrowed the difference by scoring the only goal for cooperation at the 51st minute, at a time when Al-Taawoun professional Alvaro Medran missed a penalty kick. In the 71st minute.

Al-Adalah raised its score to 21 points in the fourteenth place, while Al-Taawun’s balance stuck at 37 points in the sixth place.
Algerian Amir Saeoud led his team, Al-Tai, to a valuable victory over its guest, Abha, thanks to the goal he scored in the 25th minute at Prince Abdulaziz bin Musaed bin Jalawi Stadium in Hail.
Al-Taei raised its score to 31 points in seventh place, while Abha remained on its previous balance of 27 points in tenth place.