Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia made short work of Abha at King Abdullah Sports City on Friday evening, running out 4-0 winners in the Saudi Pro League's second round of fixtures. The hosts took control early and never looked back, with Ivan Toney opening the scoring within the first five minutes.
Toney had the game won inside twenty minutes, adding a penalty after just thirteen minutes before Trincao doubled the lead shortly after the interval. By then the match was already decided in all but name, and the visitors had little to offer beyond occasional defensive interventions.
Abha's struggles continued as they finished on the wrong side of a contest where both teams claimed fifty per cent possession. The hosts registered seven shots on target to their opponents' three, and while the visitors had slightly more corners, there is no value left at that number when you cannot convert them.
The statistics tell the story of a match where chances went begging for the away side. Al-Ahli's shooting accuracy of forty-four per cent contrasted sharply with Abha's twenty-five, and the hosts found the net four times from their six attempts inside the penalty area.
Al-Ahli move up to eighth place with four points from two games, while Abha remain seventeenth with just one point. The visitors have now lost three of their four matches this season, and the pattern suggests they have a long road ahead.