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Article: Al-Hilal, Al-Ittihad resume battle as SPL starts today.

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Arab News (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
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March 5, 2009
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Byline: Naif Muhammad

JEDDAH: Four matches will be played today when the Saudi Professional League resumes after a month's break due to the national team's participation in the World Cup qualifying matches and the Crown Prince Cup tourney.

The battle resumes for Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad, who are the only two fighting it out for the league title, after eliminating all others from the competition.

In Jeddah, Ittihad will host Al-Ittifaq in a crucial match that the host will have bag all three points. Any other result will benefit Hilal and will widen the gap between the top two.

Hilal and Ittihad have the same number of points (43) but ...

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