Al Ittihad entered the tie at the Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium in confident mode and got off to a dream start with Brazilian Romarinho opening the scoring after just 16 minutes.

Mitrovic equalised four minutes later, but goals from Karim Benzema and Abderrazak Hamdallah meant Ittihad took a 3-1 lead into the break.

Former Fulham striker Mitrovic, however, turned the game around with strikes in the 60th and 65th (penalty) minutes with the mercurial Salem Al Dawsari sealing the win with his 71st minute goal. 

 

Al Hilal moved up to 13 points, with Al Ittihad one adrift. 

In other matches, Al Ta'ee and Al Akhdoud defeated Abha and Al Riyadh 1-0 respectively while Al Feiha and Al Raed settled for a goalless stalemate.

 

Saturday's action will see Al Ahli Saudi FC aiming to move top when they play Al Fateh while Al Hazm will host Al Nassr. Al Ettifaq are at home to Damac with Al Taawoun playing Al Wehda and Al Shabab facing Al Khaleej.