Al-Ittihad 3-0 Al-Fayha FC Highlights, SPL Matchday 31: League Leaders Register Victory, Inch Closer To Title

Abdulaziz Al-Bishi is clean on through and the forward passes it to Abdulrahman Alobud but the latter cannot make his mind up and hits it wide.

Good evening as we welcome you to the live coverage of tonight's fixture in the Saudi Pro League 2024-25 between league leaders Al-Ittihad and Al-Fayha FC. The hosts need victories and the title is theirs.

Total matches: 18

Al Ittihad won: 10

Al Fayha won: 5

Draws: 3

Al-Ittihad's clash against Al-Fayha will get underway soon in the Saudi Pro League 2024-25. The hosts need a victory to solidfy their numero uno position and moreover

The SPL leaders are wasting no time to get things underway as former Chelsea midfielder N'golo Kante gets on the wing and feeds a low cross but is cleared by the opposition defender.

Home side want the first goal and how. Houssem Aouar, N'golo Kante get into the act as the hosts hit at the target but the opposition GK thwarts it away.

Al-Fayha FC are not looking to sit back but are going toe-to-toe against the soon-to-be champions as they get in the opposition defense. Renzo López is playing up top for the visitors.

Benzema, Aouar, Kante and Fabinho - that's some line-up for the Al-Ittihad side that are going for the title.

Al-Ittihad win a corner and it is thwarted away by the opposition defence and they the latter break on a counter with Lopez fed a nice, low pass but the striker hits it straight to the player and the chance goes begging.

Al-Ittihad are in the lead and guess who has scored, none other than their skipper and star forward, Karim Benzema. The Frenchman twists and turns the opposition defenders and shoots it with his left leg and the ball squeezes past the legs of Mosquera.

As we head to a cooling break, it's the home team who are piling up the pressure on the Al-Fayha goal. Abdulrahman Alobud gets on an electric run on the wing but his cross is not met by anyone and the chance goes away.

Abdulrahman Alobud is looking at his pacy best tonight and this time he gets into the box and his shot is hit straight at the defender. Al-Fahya are hanging on and another goal could really hurt their morale.

Al-Ittihad could have four to five goals under the first-half but hosts just cannot complete the move and get the desired goal. Mario Mitaj gets on the flank and gets in the box but his cross gets no end result as Karim Benzema isn't happy as it should have been put to him.

Renzo López is sent through on goal but the forward beats one, two Al-Ittihad players but slips at the last minute and his tame effort is saved by Predrag Rajković. Great end to the half by the visitors.

Bad news for the league leaders as Abdulrahman Alobud goes down and seems to have injured himself. It was after a tackle from an opposition player on Alobud's foot. But the winger is fine to continue and on we go.

Frenchman N'golo Kante, who has won Premier League titles with Chelsea and Leicester City, has also a WC title to his name. The veteran player is now all set to win the SPL title with Al-Ittihad and seems his trophy cabinet could get bigger.

Karim Benzema plays a nice one-two with Abdulrahman Alobud as the latter delivers an intricate low-pass and the former Real Madrid man makes no mistake to put it past the Al-Fayha keeper to give his side a 2-0 goal advantage.

And after his brace, the manager Laurent Blanc decides to sub off Karim Benzema and brings on Abdulaziz Al-Bishi.

The home fans inside Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Sports City Stadium are in jovial mood, with mostly know that the title is within grasp. The place is bouncing and why not!

Renzo Lopez gets the end of a great delivery from a corner and his header his the bar. The Uruguay forward has a sarcastic smile on his face.

It seems the league leaders have been gifted the game's third goal as Mohammed Kareem Al Baqawi puts the ball through his own net. It comes from Abdulaziz Al-Bishi crossing it from the right but the ball hits Al Baqawi who cannot clear and ends up scoring into his own net.

And after six minutes of stoppages, the ref blows the whistle as Al-Ittihad claim an important victory and inch closer to the SPL 2024-25 title.