RA2 FC topple the last unbeaten side and Kings League MENA has a new leader after Matchday 6

The bottom side beat the only team that hadn’t lost. On Monday, October 5, at the Kings League Arena in Riyadh, RA2 FC came in last at 1-4 and took a 7-6 win over Ultra Chmicha with 3 goals from Mark Sorroche, one from goalkeeper Eloy Amoedo and RAED’s President Penalty. That defeat hands top spot to FWZ, who thrashed ABO FC 13-3.

Matchday 6 ended with 54 goals in five games and one Shootout round. Rising Peaks beat 3BS 7-3 for a third straight win, DR7 came back from 0-2 down against Turbo and won in the Shootouts, and Bakhira F.C. beat Red Zone 7-4 with 4 goals from Mehdi Gacem.

Rising Peaks 7 – 3 3BS
ABO FC 3 – 13 FWZ
DR7 2 (4) – 2 (3) Turbo
Red Zone 4 – 7 Bakhira F.C.
RA2 FC 7 – 6 Ultra Chmicha

RA2 FC hold off the comeback and end Ultra Chmicha’s perfect run

Two goals in two minutes. Mark Sorroche scored in the 1′ and Eloy Amoedo, goalkeeper and Match MVP, made it 2-0 in the 2′. Marc Granero pulled one back in that same minute, but Sorroche played his Star Player card in the 17′ and his goal counted double: 4-1 at the break. Osama Baabdullah extended the lead in the 24′, after Masi Dabo and a Shootout from Dani Liñares had made it 4-3.

In the 35′, Ali Acha made it 5-4 and RAED answered straight away with his President Penalty; Yassine Bouguesaa had missed Ultra Chmicha’s in the 33′. Walid Jaadi (39′) and Granero (40′) levelled at 6-6, and Diego Jiménez scored the 7-6 in the 42′, Victory Goal included. That’s how Ultra Chmicha’s perfect run ended, and RAED’s team climb from last to sixth at 2-4.

FWZ score 13 and move to the top

Igor Campos scored in the 1′ and the 2′, Cristian Hernández made it 0-3 and a double goal from Lucas ‘Pulguinha’ made it 0-5 at the break. The 2v2 brought 2 goals from Fouad El Amrani, Match MVP, plus one each from Mohamed Bencherif and Everton ‘Chiclete’ Araújo; Fwaz scored his President Penalty, Hernández added a double goal in the 31′ and David Loaiza wrapped up the 3-13 in the 40′. No team had scored that many goals in a Split 1 game.

ABO FC scored their 3 goals in two minutes of the 2v2: one from Galde Hugue and 2 from Izan Grande, who later missed a penalty in the 30′. Ahmed Al-Khatib also failed to score his President Penalty. Fwaz’s team are top at 5-1 and +18, one better on goal difference than Ultra Chmicha, and ABO FC drop to last place at -27.

Rising Peaks make it three in a row with 4 goals from Abdullah Almaghrabi

Rising Peaks led 3-0 by the 5′ with goals from Ahmed Abdullah, Abdullah Almaghrabi and Saoud Mubarak, and went into the break 5-0 up after Almaghrabi’s double goal in the 20′. 3BS pulled some back through Khaled Abbas (21′) and 2 goals from Moussa Sao, one a penalty in the 33′. Sao was MVP for the fifth time in Split 1.

Absi missed his President Penalty and Rising Peaks didn’t convert theirs either. Mubarak made it 6-3 in the 35′ and Almaghrabi sealed the 7-3 in the 41′, finishing with 4 goals counting the double. Rising Peaks move to 3-3 and sit fifth.

DR7 overturn a 0-2 deficit, win in the Shootouts and make it four in a row

Turbo led 0-2 by the 8′ with goals from Islam Moursy, Match MVP, and Hussien Mostafa. DR7 levelled in the second half through Abdul Ilah Hussein (21′) and Moath Alasiri (26′), and in that same 26′ both President Penalties were missed.

DR7 won the Shootouts 4-3 and have now won four in a row, two of them in the Shootouts. They’re third at 4-2; Turbo drop to 2-4.

Mehdi Gacem scores 4 as Bakhira F.C. beat Red Zone

Luís Henrique ‘Boolt’ scored in the 2′ and the 10′ and was named MVP, but the man who broke the game open was Mehdi Gacem: a double goal in the 13′, a goal in the 23′ and the 4-7 in the 40′. Bakhira F.C. led 1-4 at the break and picked up their second win (2-4).

Red Zone scored through Julen Álvarez (3′), Jero Martín (21′) and Gilles Vidal (36′), and in the 34′ both teams converted their President Penalty, Younes taking Bakhira F.C.’s. Red Zone stay at 3-3 and Mohamed Abdelfattah, top scorer with 9, didn’t find the net.

Five teams at 2-4 with three matchdays left

1. FWZ: 5-1 (+18)
2. Ultra Chmicha: 5-1 (+17)
3. DR7: 4-2 (-1)
4. Red Zone: 3-3 (+9)
5. Rising Peaks: 3-3 (0)
6. RA2 FC: 2-4 (-4)
7. 3BS: 2-4 (-4)
8. Bakhira F.C.: 2-4 (-4)
9. Turbo: 2-4 (-4)
10. ABO FC: 2-4 (-27)

First place goes straight to the Semi-finals, and 2nd to 7th play the Quarter-finals on October 26. From 6th to 10th there are five teams at 2-4, four of them on -4. Matchday 7 comes on Friday, October 9: DR7 face Ultra Chmicha at 22:00 (KSA) and FWZ defend top spot against Bakhira F.C. at 21:00.

Watch Matchday 7 live on Twitch, also on Kick and on the Kings League MENA YouTube channel