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• Al-Nassr 1-1 Al-Hilal: Mitrovic scores last-gasp penalty

  Aleksandar Mitrovic scored a penalty in the 10th minute of second-half stoppage time as Al-Hilal denied Cristiano Ronaldo's Al-Nassr victory in a 1-1 draw.

  Mitrovic netted his 27th Saudi Pro League goal of the campaign after Sadio Mane was harshly judged to have fouled Saud Abdulhamid in the area.

  Mane stuck out an arm to shield the ball, catching his opponent in the throat, though the contact appeared to have been outside of the box.

  Mitrovic made no mistake to keep Al-Hilal's unbeaten campaign going.

  The Serbian's spot-kick cancelled out Otavio's first-minute opener, with Ronaldo having set up his compatriot.

  Champions Al-Hilal remain 12 points clear of Al-Nassr at the summit of the Pro League standings.

  Data Debrief: Ronaldo the provider

  Ronaldo leads the scoring charts in Saudi Arabia this season, though he had to settle for an assist on Friday.

  That came from the only chance he created, with the 39-year-old limited to 25 touches, though he did have four shots.

• Fifth-place finish would be 'amazing' for Chelsea, claims Pochettino

  Finishing fifth in the Premier League would be an "amazing" end to the season for Chelsea, so says Mauricio Pochettino.

  Chelsea have reeled off five straight wins to put themselves in pole position to clinch a European spot.

  The Blues sit sixth ahead of facing Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. If they win and Tottenham lose to Sheffield United, then they will finish fifth.

  However, should Chelsea lose, then they will be overtaken by Newcastle United, should the Magpies beat Brentford.

  "It's really important for us to finish in the way we are doing now, with the confidence and the way we are playing in the last few months," Pochettino said.

  "It's really important for the team, players, club to achieve one of the objectives, to play in Europe next season.

  "If we end up fifth, it'll be amazing for us. We need to do our job then see what's going on.

  "It's going to be a really tough game because Bournemouth are doing so well. Andoni Iraola is doing a good job but most important is to finish well and see if we have the chance to get the place [in Europe]."

  Bournemouth boss Iraola has been nominated for the Premier League's Manager of the Season award, and this week penned a contract extension.

  "I think it was quite fast and quite easy," Iraola said when reflecting on the decision to extend his terms.

  "We started talking and with managers I don't feel it's so important, a contract, as with players. In the end, managers have to perform well, you have to keep winning games.

  "Otherwise you are going to be in trouble, it doesn't matter the contract you have.

  "I think it is more a matter of renewing the confidence. It has been our first season together.

  "I am happy that everyone is in a good place and we can continue working together."

  PLAYERS TO WATCH

  Chelsea - Cole Palmer

  Palmer has scored 14 goals in his last nine Premier League home games for Chelsea. Overall he has scored 16 times at Stamford Bridge this term, with no player ever netting more home goals for the Blues in a single campaign.

  Bournemouth - Dominic Solanke

  Solanke has scored the most goals (19), the most home goals (10) and the joint-most away goals (nine) of any Bournemouth player in a single Premier League campaign.

  MATCH PREDICTION: CHELSEA WIN

  Bournemouth’s 13 wins in the Premier League this term is their joint-most in a single season (level with 2018-19), while as it stands their 15 defeats is their fewest across a single top-flight campaign.

  Since the turn of the year, only the Premier League’s top-three teams have picked up more points than Chelsea (38 – W11 D5 L3). They are looking to win five games in a row for the first time since doing so between January and March 2022 under Thomas Tuchel.

  Chelsea have won nine of their last 11 Premier League home games (D1 L1), having won just one of their previous 14 at Stamford Bridge beforehand. The Blues have won their last three by an aggregate score of 13-0, last winning more in a row at home without conceding between November and January in 2014-15 (five).

  The Blues are unbeaten in four Premier League games against Bournemouth (W2 D2), having lost three of their four against them before this (W1).

  OPTA WIN PROBABILITY

  Chelsea - 59.5%

  Bournemouth - 16.6%

  Draw - 23.9%

• Al-Ittihad pegged back as winless run rolls on

  Mohamed Sherif scored late on as Al-Ittihad's winless run in the Saudi Pro League stretched to four games after a 1-1 draw with Al-Khaleej.

  Al-Ittihad have endured a miserable title defence, and with just two games remaining, the highest the big-spending, PIF-backed club can finish is fourth.

  Muhannad Al Shanqiti put them ahead on the stroke of half-time, yet despite having a further eight shots and accumulating 1.07 xG in the second half, Al-Ittihad could not add another.

  Their profligacy proved costly in the 81st minute, with Egypt international Sherif snatching an equaliser for 11th-placed Al-Khaleej.

  Al-Tai moved out of the relegation zone with a surprise 3-1 win over seventh-placed Al-Fateh, with Bernard Mensah scoring twice.

  Al-Raed, meanwhile, claimed a 1-0 win at Al-Wehda.

  Data Debrief: Kante the creator?

  On the day he received a surprising France recall, N'Golo Kante created three chances for Al-Ittihad, leading the team.

  On the flip side, Kante only attempted one tackle, with the midfielder showing a different side to his game, not that it proved fruitful for his team.