In Week 28, Al Ittihad slipped up after falling to a shock defeat to Al Fateh, with the result enabling reigning champion Al Hilal to close the gap with the league leader to five points.

From conceding 39 goals in 17 RSL games, at a rate of 2.3 per game, Al Fateh been able to tighten that up to concede 11 goals in nine, almost halving their rate of concession to 1.2 per match. In ...