RIYADH: Al-Ahli secured their first win of the Saudi Women’s Premier League season when they overcame hosts, and last season’s runners-up, Al-Hilal on Friday, at the Inaya Medical Colleges Stadium in Riyadh.
Ghana international Alice Kusi scored the only goal of the match in the 23rd minute.
The result meant the Jeddah club went some way toward banishing the memory of last week’s surprise 1-0 loss to Al-Shabab in the first round of matches.
Al-Ahli now sit in fifth place of the eight-team league with three points, while winless Al-Hilal sit in seventh position on one point.
In the day’s other match, Eastern Flames got back to winning ways by crushing promoted Al-Riyadh 6-1.
Eastern Flames, or Shulat Alsharqiya, sit third in the table with three points, awaiting Saturday’s results, while Al-Riyadh, who suffered their second loss in a row, remained at the bottom of the standings with no points.
