Barrow scores twice as Al Khaleej beats Al Hazem 4‑2
SAIHAT, Saudi Arabia (Interstat) — Musa Barrow scored twice and Al Khaleej beat Al Hazem 4-2 on Thursday, rallying after a brief second-half deficit. Barrow opened the scoring in the 24th minute before Sofiane Bendebka leveled for Al Hazem in the 39th. Afimico Pululu put the visitors ahead in the 45th, but K. Kouyate answered for Al Khaleej in the 47th. Joshua King then scored in the 73rd and Barrow added his second in the 75th. Angelo Fulgini assisted three goals for Al Khaleej, while Ahmed Al Nakhli had an assist for Al Hazem. Al Khaleej improved to 3-1-1 in the competition and across all competitions, while Al Hazem fell to 0-3-2 in both. Yellow cards were shown to Al Khaleej’s Al Saqour, Kouyate and Gomes and Al Hazem’s Al Hamdani, Pululu, Mugisha and Ben Hamida. Al Saqour was booked in the 35th, Kouyate in the 36th, Al Hamdani in first-half stoppage time, Gomes in the 69th, Pululu in the 70th, Mugisha in the 72nd and Ben Hamida in the 79th.