Al-Ittihad beat Neftchi 2-1 in AFC Champions League Elite with a killer goal in the 90th minute

Al-Ittihad beat hosts Neftchi 2-1 in the match played between them in the league phase of the AFC Champions League Elite, held at 16:45 Saudi time.

Neftchi opened the scoring through Jamshid Iskanderov from a penalty kick in the 17th minute, before Houssem-Eddine Chaâbane Aouar equalised for Al-Ittihad in the 34th minute. In the final minute of normal time, Youssef En-Nesyri scored the winning goal for Al-Ittihad in the 90th minute.

Houssem-Eddine Chaâbane Aouar was named man of the match after scoring a goal and delivering a performance that earned him a rating of 8.2, having played for 89 minutes.

Statistically, Al-Ittihad had 53 per cent possession compared to 47 per cent for Neftchi, and took 14 shots compared to 7 for Neftchi, of which 5 were on target compared to 2 for Neftchi. Al-Ittihad also took 8 corner kicks compared to 4 for Neftchi, while Neftchi received two yellow cards compared to one for Al-Ittihad, and the match saw no red cards.

With this result, Al-Ittihad raised their tally to 1 point in 11th place in the West region, with a draw and a loss from two matches, while Neftchi remained on 3 points in 7th place after a win and a loss from two matches as well.