First official appearance: Somerville lines up alongside Benzema in Al-Hilal's opener | OneFootball

Crysencio Summerville makes his Al-Hilal debut in the Roshn League opener, starting alongside Karim Benzema. According to Goal.com, Simone Inzaghi has named the Dutch winger in his XI.

Al-Hilal host newly promoted Al-Faisaly on Friday evening at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh in the first round.

Summerville, who arrived from West Ham United this summer, comes in for the injured Salem Al-Dawsari and joins Malcom and Benzema in attack.

New right-back Mohammed Mazroui, signed from Al-Taawoun, also starts. He is part of a defence with Mateb Al-Harbi at left-back and Kalidou Koulibaly with Ali Lajami in central roles, with Hassan Tambakti sidelined.

The midfield is unchanged from last season, with Ruben Neves, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Mohammed Kanno. Yassine Bounou is in goal.

Al-Hilal begin their campaign chasing the league title that has eluded them for the past two seasons, while Al-Faisaly will hope to snatch a point.

Source: Goal.com

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