Ultra Chmicha and FWZ put their perfect records on the line: Kings League MENA Matchday 5 schedule

The Kings League MENA is back on Friday, October 2. Matchday 5 of Split 1 is played at the Kings League Arena in Riyadh with five games from 19:00 to 23:00 (Saudi Arabia time), and the only two unbeaten sides, Ultra Chmicha and FWZ, face opponents sitting on a 1-3 record.

It’s the halfway point of the regular season: after this matchday there will be four more before the Quarter-Finals on October 26. Only first place goes straight to the Semi-Finals and 2nd to 7th play the Quarter-Finals, so every win matters in a table with four teams level at 2-2.

Matchday 5 schedule

• 19:00 KSA (18:00 Spain) — Rising Peaks vs Turbo
• 20:00 KSA (19:00 Spain) — ABO FC vs Red Zone
• 21:00 KSA (20:00 Spain) — Ultra Chmicha vs Bakhira F.C.
• 22:00 KSA (21:00 Spain) — 3BS vs FWZ
• 23:00 KSA (22:00 Spain) — DR7 vs RA2 FC

Watch Matchday 5 live on Twitch — also on Kick and the Kings League MENA YouTube channel.

The unbeaten sides face the bottom half

Ultra Chmicha (4-0, +16) take on Bakhira F.C. (1-3) after coming back from 2-4 down against 3BS and winning in Shootouts. Bakhira F.C. also lost in a Shootout decider last time out, against Rising Peaks, in a game where Mehdi Gacem scored 2 goals and was named MVP.

FWZ (4-0, +9) face 3BS (1-3), the team that came closest to toppling the leaders on Matchday 4 thanks to Moussa Sao’s 3 goals. FWZ arrive off a 2-4 win over RA2 FC, powered by Cristian Hernández’s double goal and Mohamed Bencherif’s Victory Goal.

Head-to-heads in mid-table

ABO FC vs Red Zone is a clash between two 2-2 sides with very different goal differences: +5 for Red Zone and -10 for ABO FC, who lost 6-4 to Turbo despite 2 goals each from Faisal Gul Ahmad and Malek Althaqafi. DR7 (2-2) meet RA2 FC (1-3) with Igo Canindé in form after his 3 goals, Victory Goal included, in the 5-4 win over Red Zone.

The night opens with Rising Peaks, who got off the mark on Matchday 4 with a 3 (3) – 3 (1) against Bakhira F.C., taking on a Turbo side (2-2) that beat ABO FC 6-4 thanks to Youssef Elnabarawy’s 54th-minute Victory Goal.

Standings before Matchday 5

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)

Three days later, on Monday, October 5, Matchday 6 brings Ultra Chmicha against RA2 FC and FWZ against ABO FC: Friday decides how much of a cushion the two leaders take into it.