Al-Hilal lost away to Al-Taawon (1-2) in the fifth round of the Saudi Roshan Professional League.
Al-Hilal scored first against Michel Salgado (26) but Al-Taawun was looking for an equalizer scored by Samihan Al-Nabit late in the first half before he continued his brilliance by scoring a second goal to win via Fahd al-Rashidi (74) .
With this result, Al-Hilal’s points balance is stuck at 12th in second place, while Al-Taawun has 11 points in third place.