Galeno sets up two goals to help beat Sérgio Conceição | OneFootball

In Jeddah, the Asian champions secured their sixth consecutive victory and extended their unbeaten streak to 15 games, with goals from Ivan Toney (23′), Algerian Riyad Mahrez (59′), and substitute Feras Al Brikan (84′), with the Brazilian Fabinho's goal (51′) scored from a penalty in between.

Toney reinforced his lead in the league's top scorers list, reaching 24 goals, in a match where the Portuguese Danilo Pereira started and played all minutes for Al Ittihad, which played without compatriot Roger Fernandes due to technical choice.

The team led by Sérgio Conceição ended a series of four games without losing in the competition and dropped to sixth place, with 42 points, being surpassed by Al Taawoun, which rose to fifth place with 44 points by beating Al Fateh (3-2) at home, 10th, which has 28, coached by Portuguese José Gomes.

Al Ahli temporarily leads the championship with 62 points, one ahead of Al Nassr, which has 61 and, under the command of Portuguese Jorge Jesus, with Cristiano Ronaldo and João Félix in the squad, hosts Neom on Saturday.

Following is Al Hilal, which reduced the gap to Al Nassr by thrashing the bottom team Al Najmah (4-0), in a match where Portuguese Rúben Neves was absent for the locals and the visitors were reduced to ten from the 39th minute, due to the expulsion of Nasser Al Haleel.

The Saudi League continues almost without interruptions, despite the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, about a week after a military attack by the United States and Israel on Iran, which resulted in the death of Ali Khamenei, the country's supreme leader since 1989, and allegedly caused more than 1,000 deaths, mostly Iranians.

Since Saturday, Iranian authorities have closed the Strait of Hormuz and launched retaliatory attacks against targets in Israel, American bases, and other infrastructures in Middle Eastern countries, with incidents also occurring near the region.

The increase in insecurity led to the closure of airspace and the cancellation of thousands of flights, including in Saudi Arabia, where the Professional League (SPL) postponed the Al Qadsiah's trip to Al Kholood from Thursday to Saturday, for the 25th round, after the cancellation of the Khobar team's trip – which includes Portuguese Otávio – which will now play in Al Rass.

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