5 stars steal the spotlight in the Clasico, the decisive match between Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad

Al-Hilal team is preparing to host its counterpart, Al-Ittihad, on Tuesday evening, in the Kingdom’s Clasico, as part of the 27th round of the Roshen Saudi Professional League.

Al-Ittihad leads the competition table with 62 points, and Al-Nasr comes in the runner-up with 57 points, 4 points behind Al-Shabab, who played a match less.

On the other hand, Al-Hilal occupies the fourth place in the Roshen League standings table, with 49 points, and has a postponed confrontation.

In this report, we monitor the most prominent 5 stars who may steal the spotlight in the Clasico, the decisive match between Al Hilal and Al Ittihad.

Igalo

Al-Hilal team has relied heavily on its professional Ighalo since joining the team from the youth, and since then, the Nigerian striker has been able to reserve his main place among the blue stars, and he is currently competing for the title of top scorer in the league, as he has 15 goals.

Since Ighalo joined the ranks of Al-Hilal in January 2022, he has played 55 matches with the team in all competitions, scoring 42 goals and making 6 goals.

Thank God

After moving from Al-Nasr to Al-Ittihad, the Moroccan star continued his brilliance in the league, crowning his efforts by topping the competition’s scorer list with 20 goals this season, two goals ahead of Ighalo, and 4 goals from Al-Nasr professional, Brazilian Anderson Talisca.

The Moroccan striker was able to win the title of top scorer in the Saudi League in two seasons, when he was a player in the ranks of Al-Nasr.

Hamdallah finished his career with Al-Nasr, scoring 112 goals in 108 matches in all competitions, and after attending Al-Ittihad, he continued to shine, scoring 37 goals in 42 matches across all tournaments.

Michel Delgado

Brazilian star Michel Delgado was able, in a short period, to prove himself with Al-Hilal, after he was absent from participating as a starter at the beginning, but after he got the full opportunity, he booked a basic place with Al-Azraq, whether in the local or continental championships.

Delgado played 23 matches in the Saudi Roshen League this season, and the player scored 5 goals, provided 5 assists, and made 67 successful dribbles.

The Brazilian player played with Al-Hilal 54 matches in all competitions, scoring 10 goals and assisting 12 goals.

Romarinho

Brazilian Romarinho wrote his name in the history of Al-Ittihad club since he joined the team in the summer of 2018 from Al-Jazira of the United Arab Emirates, where he became the team’s historical top scorer in the Saudi Professional League championship, with 68 goals, the second scorer of his team in the Saudi League championship with its various names, behind the former Saudi striker Hamza. Idris, who scored 84 goals.

Romarinho became the fourth highest-scoring foreign professional in the history of the Saudi Professional League, after the Syrian Omar Al-Soma (144), the Moroccan Abdel-Razzaq Hamdallah (96), and the French Baftimbi Gomez (81).

Romarinho has participated with Al-Ittihad so far in 169 matches in all competitions, contributing to 111 goals (scoring 86 goals and providing 25 assists).

Salem Al-Dosari

He is a major pillar in Al-Hilal’s achievements in the last 3 seasons, as well as achieving the AFC Champions League on two occasions in 2019 and 2021, and he scored 7 goals against Al-Ittihad in 29 matches across all competitions.

During the current season, Al-Dosari scored 6 goals and provided 3 assists. In total, the player participated with Al-Hilal in 360 matches across all competitions, scoring 82 goals and providing 71 assists.