Al-Faisaly lost 3-1 away to Saudi side Al-Taawoun on Wednesday, in the match played at the Al-Taawoun Club stadium in Buraidah, Saudi Arabia. The result came in matchday four of Group C of the AFC Champions League Two and leaves Al-Faisaly's hopes of reaching the round of 16 in doubt.
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Parfait Gouyahoun gave Al-Taawoun the lead in the 43rd minute. Abdulrazak Hamdallah then doubled the lead from a penalty in the 48th minute, before scoring the third himself in the 70th minute.
Al-Faisaly's only goal came from an own goal by Al-Taawoun's Mohammed Al-Sa'adi.
With this defeat, Al-Faisaly remain on 3 points in third place in the group. Al-Taawoun moved up to 10 points at the top of the group.
Al-Faisaly opened their campaign with a 4-3 defeat to Qatar's Al-Rayyan, then beat Oman's Al-Nahda 2-0 in matchday two, before losing 2-0 to Al-Taawoun in matchday three.
The group is led by Al-Taawoun on 10 points, followed by Al-Rayyan on 6, Al-Faisaly on 3 and Al-Nahda at the bottom with 1 point.
Under the competition format, the top two teams in each group qualify for the round of 16.
