Al-Ittihad maintained their position at the top of the Saudi Pro League after defeating Al-Riyadh 4-0 on Thursday night at Prince Faisal bin Fahad Stadium.
The reigning champions have collected a maximum nine points from their opening three matches of the season.
Al-Ittihad’s goals came from Karim Benzema, a double from Abderrazak Hamdallah in the first half, and a stoppage time strike from Saleh Al-Jammaan.
Newly promoted Al-Ahli also maintained their perfect start to the season by beating Al-Okhdood 1-0 to stay in second place on goal difference.
Meanwhile Al-Ettifaq, the only other club to go into matchday three with a 100 percent record, could only manage a 1-1 draw with Khaleej and dropped to fourth behind Al-Hilal, who returned to winning ways with a 4-0 win at Al-Raed.
Goals from new signings Aleksandar Mitrovic, Salem Al-Dawsari with two, and Abdullah Al-Hamdan, secured victory in a match which saw red cards for Al-Hilal’s Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Al-Raed’s Oumar Gonzalez.
In the day’s other match, Al-Wehda defeated Al-Tai 3-0 to go into fifth place in the SPL table.
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