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title: "Alexandre Mendy leads Al-Faisaly to 3-2 win over Al Kholood with a hat-trick in the Saudi League"
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description: "Al-Faisaly beat Al Kholood 3-2 in the ninth round of the Saudi Pro League, thanks to a hat-trick scored by Alexandre Mendy, who was named man of the match."
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# Alexandre Mendy leads Al-Faisaly to 3-2 win over Al Kholood with a hat-trick in the Saudi League

Al-Faisaly beat Al Kholood 3-2 in the ninth round of the Saudi Pro League, thanks to a hat-trick scored by Alexandre Mendy, who was named man of the match.

[Kareem Al-Saleh](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/kareem-al-saleh-2) Editor Published 15 October 2026، 18:41 ، updated 21:58 Saudi time

![Alexandre Mendy leads Al-Faisaly to 3-2 win over Al Kholood with a hat-trick in the Saudi League](https://riyadaty.com/img/blog-1200.jpg/covers/8292f6ee4b07ee3062fb96a0340e4e399154defb.webp)

Alexandre Mendy leads Al-Faisaly to 3-2 win over Al Kholood with a hat-trick in the Saudi League

Al-Faisaly beat their visitors [Al Kholood](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/al-kholood-22) 3-2 in a match between the two sides in the ninth round of the [Saudi Pro League](https://riyadaty.com/en/competition/saudi-pro-league-3), held at 16:40 Damascus time.

[Alexandre Mendy](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/alexandre-mendy-929) opened the scoring for Al-Faisaly in the 7th minute, before [Shaquille Riley Graciano Pinas](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/shaquille-riley-graciano-pinas-534) equalised for Al Kholood in the 19th minute. [Julien Domingues](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/julien-domingues-548) added a second goal for Al Kholood just before the end of the first half in the 45th minute, putting Al Kholood ahead, before Mendy scored the equaliser for Al-Faisaly in stoppage time of the first half in the 45+4th minute.

In the second half, Alexandre Mendy scored his third goal and the winning goal for Al-Faisaly in the 85th minute, completing a personal hat-trick that gave his team the 3-2 win.

Alexandre Mendy received the man of the match award after playing 89 minutes and scoring 3 goals, with a rating of 9.58.

In terms of statistics, Al Kholood had 51 percent possession compared to 49 percent for Al-Faisaly, and Al Kholood had 18 attempts compared to 16 for the home side, while Al-Faisaly had 4 corner kicks compared to 2 for Al Kholood. The match saw no red cards, while one yellow card was shown to each team.

The match was officiated by referee Sultan Sanad Al Harbi, and Al-Faisaly raised their tally to 3 points in 15th place after 7 matches without a win, while Al Kholood's tally rose to 12 points in 8th place after 8 matches.

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