Without Benzema and Al-Dosari… Al-Hilal face NEOM with a new attack

Al Hilal coach Italian Simone Inzaghi had to rely on a new attacking line in the Roshan League match against NEOM due to the absence of two of his stars. French Karim Benzema and Saudi Salem Al-Dosari.

In the thirtieth and penultimate round of the Roshan League, Al Hilal host NEOM at the Kingdom Arena today, Saturday.

The match will witness the absence of Benzema and Salem Al-DosariThe French striker suffered a hamstring injury, and “Tornado” suffered a knee pain.

Inzaghi opted to rely on Brazilian Marcos Leonardo and Saudi Arabia’s Sultan Mandesh in attack instead of the injured pair, given the presence of fellow Brazilian Malcom at right-midfield, as has been the case in recent rounds.

On the other hand, the Italian coach continued to rely on the same team that “Al-Nasr” faced in the last round, in the match that ended with a positive 1-1 result.

The formation of Al-Hilal was as follows.

Goalkeeper: Yasin Bunu

Defensive line: Mutaib Al-Harbi – Ruben Neves – Hassan Timbukti

Midfield: Malcom – Mohamed Kanu – Sergej Milinkovic-Savic – Nasser Al-Dosari – Theo Hernandez

Forward line: Marcos Leonardo – Sultan Mandesh

Al-Hilal need to win to keep their hopes of winning the Saudi Arabian League alive until the finals as they sit in second place with 78 points, five behind leaders Al-Nasr.

NEOM, on the other hand, are in eighth place with 44 points, 5 points behind Al-Ettifaq, who are in seventh place and qualified for the next edition of the Gulf Champions Club Championship.