Al Draih vs Al Taawoun prediction, odds and how to watch

Al Hilal tore Al Taawoun apart in the Saudi Pro League, winning 6-0 with Gabriel Martinelli scoring a hat-trick and Ollie Watkins netting twice in a performance that was clinical from the first whistle.

Al Taawoun controlled the match from start to finish but could not convert four big chances, leaving the points shared in a goalless draw against Al Fateh in the Saudi Pro League.

Al Taawoun dominated possession, territory, and the shot count against Al-Fayha, yet both sides finished with nothing. The numbers from this Saudi Pro League draw demand a closer look at what actually happened.

Al Kholood scored three times in a dominant first half and held on despite Al Taawoun's second-half pressure, with the visiting side's triple substitution at half-time shifting the pattern of the game without ultimately changing the result.

Two sides carrying wounds from difficult starts to the 2026 Saudi Pro League season meet on Thursday night, with Al Shabab's inability to keep a clean sheet at home the most pressing structural concern heading into this fixture.

Al Taawoun have not won in five matches and concede goals with alarming regularity at home. Al Hilal arrive having dropped just one point in their last ten, and the structural gap between these two sides is about as wide as it gets.

Al-Taawoun have been fined £20,000 and ordered to play two matches behind closed doors after fans chanted Diogo Jota's name at Ruben Neves, Jota's grieving best friend. Cristiano Ronaldo has called for lifetime bans, raising questions about whether Saudi football's discipline matches its ambitions.