Spertsyan’s Al-Ahli suffer heavy defeat to Al-Hilal and lose second straight league game

Al-Ahli suffered their second consecutive defeat in the Pro League as Eduard Spertsyan’s side lost 3-0 to Al-Hilal.

Sergej Milinković-Savić, Crysencio Summerville and Ollie Watkins scored the goals for the winners.

Al-Ahli played the entire second half with ten men following Merih Demiral’s red card.

Eduard Spertsyan started the game and played the full 90 minutes. SofaScore rated the Armenian midfielder’s performance at 6.9.

Spertsyan’s match statistics:

• 1 big chance created;
• 7 key passes;
• 0.52 expected assists (xA);
• 5 accurate crosses from 6 attempts;
• 89% passing accuracy;
• 8 possessions lost;
• 1 tackle;
• 3 ball recoveries.

Despite creating a number of dangerous opportunities and recording an impressive 0.52 xA, Spertsyan finished a match without a goal contribution for the first time since joining Al-Ahli.

In his previous five appearances, the Armenian international had registered six goal contributions, scoring three goals and providing three assists.