{"id":118376,"date":"2025-12-31T16:42:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T16:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/al-hilal-dominates-as-kigali-in-rain-soaked-match"},"modified":"2025-12-31T17:33:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T17:33:32","slug":"al-hilal-dominates-as-kigali-in-rain-soaked-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/al-hilal-dominates-as-kigali-in-rain-soaked-match","title":{"rendered":"Al Hilal Dominates AS Kigali in Rain-Soaked Match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Monday, December 29<\/p>\n<p>Al Hilal 4-2 AS Kigali<\/p>\n<p>AS Muhanga 0-0 Al Merrikh<\/p>\n<p>Al Hilal survived an early scare from AS Kigali as they came from a goal down to secure a 4\u20132 victory at Kigali Pele\u0301 Stadium on Monday, December 29.<\/p>\n<p>Laurentiu Reghecampf\u2019s side absorbed intense pressure from the Citizens before mounting a comeback to claim their fifth Rwanda Premier League win of the season. It was their second successive league victory after a difficult period caused by the absence of 11 key players who joined their respective national teams for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>AS Kigali controlled much of the first half and took the lead in the 39th minute when Ose\u0301e Iyabivuze found the net to put Shabani Mbarushimana\u2019s side 1\u20130 ahead. However, Al Hilal responded quickly as Adama Coulibali headed home an equaliser three minutes later, sending both teams into the halftime break level at 1\u20131.<\/p>\n<p>Things went wrong for AS Kigali in the second half when Al Hilal scored two quick-fire goals through Ernest Luzolo in the 65th minute and Emmanuel Flomo in the 71st minute to take control of the match.<\/p>\n<p>AS Kigali reduced the deficit to 3\u20132 in the 87th minute through Serge Kabanda, but Al Hilal ended any hopes of a comeback when Flomo scored his second goal of the game\u2014and the fourth for his team\u2014in the 89th minute to seal the 4\u20132 win.<\/p>\n<p>The victory moved Al Hilal to 17 points from nine matches, with five games still in hand. AS Kigali remained 15th on the table with 12 points.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, AS Muhanga held Al Merrikh to a goalless draw at Muhanga Stadium, bringing Darko Novic\u2019s side\u2019s seven-match winning streak to an end.<\/p>\n<p>The match was briefly interrupted due to poor weather conditions, as referee Celestin Nsabimana ordered a temporary stoppage before the start of the second half after the pitch became waterlogged.<\/p>\n<p>Both teams created few clear-cut chances, and neither managed to break the deadlock as the game ended scoreless.<\/p>\n<p>Despite having played three matches fewer, Al Merrikh remained third with 25 points, four behind league leaders Police FC, while AS Muhanga stayed bottom of the standings with 12 points.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Rwanda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Monday, December 29 Al Hilal 4-2 AS Kigali AS Muhanga 0-0 Al Merrikh Al Hilal survived an early scare from AS Kigali as they came from a goal down to secure a 4\u20132 victory at Kigali Pele\u0301 Stadium on Monday, December 29. Laurentiu Reghecampf\u2019s side absorbed intense pressure from the Citizens before [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":118374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[8894,3179,758,3314],"class_list":["post-118376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-al-halal","tag-as-kigali","tag-rwanda","tag-rwanda-premier-league"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Al Hilal Dominates AS Kigali in Rain-Soaked Match - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Monday, December 29 Al Hilal 4-2 AS Kigali AS Muhanga 0-0 Al Merrikh Al Hilal survived an early scare from AS Kigali ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/al-hilal-dominates-as-kigali-in-rain-soaked-match\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Al Hilal Dominates AS Kigali in Rain-Soaked Match\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Monday, December 29 Al Hilal 4-2 AS Kigali AS Muhanga 0-0 Al Merrikh Al Hilal survived an early scare from AS Kigali ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/al-hilal-dominates-as-kigali-in-rain-soaked-match\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-31T16:42:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-31T17:33:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/12\/sm_1767189772.384584.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/al-hilal-dominates-as-kigali-in-rain-soaked-match#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/al-hilal-dominates-as-kigali-in-rain-soaked-match\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Al Hilal Dominates AS Kigali in Rain-Soaked Match\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-31T16:42:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-31T17:33:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/al-hilal-dominates-as-kigali-in-rain-soaked-match\"},\"wordCount\":379,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/al-hilal-dominates-as-kigali-in-rain-soaked-match#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/12\/sm_1767189772.384584.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"AL HALAL\",\"AS Kigali\",\"Rwanda\",\"Rwanda Premier League\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/al-hilal-dominates-as-kigali-in-rain-soaked-match#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/al-hilal-dominates-as-kigali-in-rain-soaked-match\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/al-hilal-dominates-as-kigali-in-rain-soaked-match\",\"name\":\"Al Hilal Dominates AS Kigali in Rain-Soaked Match - 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