Ivan Toney scored a hat-trick as Al-Ahli thrashed Al-Khaleej 4-1 to eat into Al-Hilal’s lead on the prime of the Saudi Professional League.
With the champions not in motion till they tackle Al-Feiha on Thursday, Matthias Jaissle’s males knew a sixth straight victory would take them inside 4 factors of the summit.
They needed to come from behind after Giorgos Masouras opened the scoring 19 minutes in, however Toney led a stirring second-half fightback.
The previous Brentford man powered Ali Majrashi’s left-wing cross residence within the 59th minute, and simply eight minutes later, he reacted quickest to Anthony Moris spilling Galeno’s shot to make it 2-1.
Toney’s hat-trick objective was a easy one, as he transformed from shut vary after Riyad Mahrez headed throughout objective, and there was nonetheless time for Rayan Hamed to attain the hosts’ fourth objective on the volley, after a nook led to a scramble within the Al-Khaleej space.
Elsewhere, Al-Shabab performed out a goalless draw towards Al-Najma, whereas Al-Kholood registered a thumping 5-2 win at Al-Fateh.
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Knowledge Debrief: Toney continues to hold the load
Toney’s hat-trick was his second within the Saudi Professional League, having additionally netted a treble in a 3-2 win over Al-Hilal on February 28, 2025.
The England worldwide has now scored 9 of Al-Ahli’s final 13 objectives within the competitors, netting 14 occasions this season – these objectives have been value 17 factors to his staff, essentially the most of any participant within the division.
Al-Ahli’s run of six straight victories is their longest since a seven-match streak in 2016-17, they usually completely deserved the three factors after producing 3.04 anticipated objectives (xG) from 16 photographs, in comparison with Al-Khaleej’s 0.36 xG and 5 makes an attempt.
