Al Hilal 2-0 NEOM SC result, stats and report

NEOM SC put in a commanding home performance to beat Al Fateh 4-2 in the Saudi Pro League, with Alexandre Lacazette and substitute Valentín Vada among the scorers in a match that was never really in doubt despite Al Fateh's occasional moments.

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 Riyadh bossed possession and created more than NEOM SC in almost every department, but Teddy Okou's 61st-minute strike settled a scrappy Saudi Pro League contest in favour of the visitors. Sometimes the ball goes in and sometimes it doesn't. That's football.

Al Hilal were ruthless in Riyadh, scoring four times before half-time to put Al Khaleej to the sword in a 5-1 Saudi Pro League hammering. Milinkovic-Savic, Summerville, and Theo Hernández were among the scorers in a first half that left the hosts with nowhere to hide.

Al Hilal's five-match winning run came to a stunning halt at home as NEOM SC claimed a 2-0 victory, with Kalidou Koulibaly's own goal and a Amadou Koné strike doing the damage. It was a night where Al Hilal's standards slipped badly, and NEOM made them pay.

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic's second-half strike settled a one-sided contest as Al Hilal controlled Al Shabab from start to finish, winning 1-0 in the Saudi Pro League on Friday evening.

Al Hilal arrive at Al Riyadh on Friday in the kind of form that makes you feel sorry for whoever is next on the fixture list. Al Riyadh are next on the fixture list.

Richard Hughes has left Liverpool as sporting director after just 15 months to join Al Hilal, walking out with 21 months still on his contract weeks after sanctioning a £200m summer rebuild. His exit compounds instability at Anfield's decision-making core as FSG faces a second major leadership vacancy in barely a year.