Ultra Chmicha and FWZ stay perfect on a Matchday 4 with two Shootout deciders and three Victory Goals

Four matchdays, four wins. Ultra Chmicha and FWZ are the only unbeaten sides in Split 1 of the Kings League MENA after Matchday 4, played on Monday, September 28 at the Kings League Arena in Riyadh. Ultra Chmicha did it by coming back from 2-4 down against 3BS and winning in Shootouts; FWZ won 2-4 against RA2 FC, sealed with a Victory Goal.

The night also brought Rising Peaks’ first win, again in a Shootout decider, plus Victory Goal wins for Turbo and DR7. With five regular-season matchdays left, the table is starting to split the top two from the rest: only first place goes straight to the Semi-Finals, while 2nd to 7th play the Quarter-Finals.

Matchday 4 results

• Rising Peaks 3 (3) – 3 (1) Bakhira F.C.
• Turbo 6 – 4 ABO FC
• DR7 5 – 4 Red Zone
• Ultra Chmicha 4 (2) – 4 (1) 3BS
• RA2 FC 2 – 4 FWZ

Rising Peaks get off the mark in the Shootouts

Rising Peaks had to go all the way to Shootouts to win for the first time this Split. Abdullah Almaghrabi scored 2 goals —one from open play and one from the spot— and president Yazeed Al Shafei converted his President Penalty, while Bakhira F.C. answered with Younes’ President Penalty and 2 goals from Mehdi Gacem, one of them a Shootout. Gacem was named MVP despite the defeat.

Bakhira F.C. played a man down from the 17th minute after Nick Salihamidžić was sent off following a VAR review. The 3-3 went to the final Shootouts, which Rising Peaks won 3-1.

Turbo win it with a 54th-minute Victory Goal

Turbo and ABO FC played the highest-scoring game of the night. Hussien Mostafa scored 2 goals in the 23rd minute —a Shootout and a penalty— and Tarboun converted his President Penalty. For ABO FC, Faisal Gul Ahmad and Malek Althaqafi scored 2 each to keep the game alive.

It was settled late: Youssef Elnabarawy struck the Victory Goal in the 54th minute to make it 6-4, after Galde Hugue missed two Shootouts for ABO FC.

Igo Canindé makes the difference for DR7

Igo Canindé was MVP with 3 goals, including the Victory Goal in the 42nd minute. DR7 also got a goal from Davi ‘Major’ Natã and Bo3omar22’s President Penalty.

Red Zone fought back with a goal from Gilles Vidal, Ali Mousa’s President Penalty and a Mohamed Abdelfattah goal with the Star Player Card, which counted double. It wasn’t enough: DR7 won 5-4 and move to a 2-2 record.

Ultra Chmicha come back and stay perfect

Moussa Sao scored 3 goals for 3BS and was the match MVP: his third, in the 22nd minute, put 3BS 2-4 up. Ultra Chmicha hit back with a Dani Liñares Shootout in the 26th minute and Marc Granero’s equaliser in the 27th, with Liñares finishing on 2 goals.

At 4-4, the final Shootouts went Ultra Chmicha’s way, 2-1. Four wins from four and top spot with a +16 goal difference.

FWZ keep their perfect record

FWZ beat RA2 FC 2-4 thanks to Cristian Hernández’s double goal in the 20th minute and Mohamed Bencherif’s Victory Goal in the 44th. Everton ‘Chiclete’ Araújo, the match MVP, opened the scoring in the 6th minute.

RA2 FC replied through Nawaf Saleh and Théo Chendri, but Nawaf Saleh was sent off in the 27th minute after a VAR review, and none of the match’s President Penalties found the net.

The standings

1. Ultra Chmicha — 4-0 (+16)
2. FWZ — 4-0 (+9)
3. Red Zone — 2-2 (+5)
4. Turbo — 2-2 (-1)
5. DR7 — 2-2 (-2)
6. ABO FC — 2-2 (-10)
7. 3BS — 1-3 (-1)
8. RA2 FC — 1-3 (-4)
9. Bakhira F.C. — 1-3 (-5)
10. Rising Peaks — 1-3 (-7)

Matchday 5 arrives on Friday, October 2 with Ultra Chmicha facing Bakhira F.C. and FWZ taking on 3BS: the two unbeaten sides defend their perfect records against teams from the bottom half, while four teams at 2-2 and four more at 1-3 fight not to fall behind.