Al Khaleej 1-1 Al Nassr result, stats and report

Al Khaleej held Al Nassr to a 1-1 draw in the Saudi Pro League, with Abdullah Al-Hamdan's 72nd-minute equaliser cancelling out Omar Mascarell's first-half header in a match Al Khaleej dominated on the ball but failed to convert.

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 Nassr ground out a 2-1 Saudi Pro League victory over Abha on Wednesday, with Cristiano Ronaldo and Abdullah Al-Hamdan on the scoresheet before Nabil Fekir pulled one back for the visitors in the final quarter.

Al Khaleej ground out a goalless draw with Al Riyadh in the Saudi Pro League, but the numbers tell a story of two sides who cannot finish and one side that simply cannot score. Neither kept a clean sheet with any conviction. They just ran out of ideas at the same time.

George Ilenikhena scored twice in the first half to hand Al Ittihad a 2-1 victory over Al Nassr, a result that defied the run of play and left the visitors with plenty to answer for despite dominating large spells of the match.

NEOM SC dismantled Al Khaleej with three goals in the final eight minutes of the first half, with Alexandre Lacazette opening the scoring before Muhanad Al-Saad and Amadou Koné put the game to bed before the break.

Al Ahli head into Thursday's Saudi Pro League clash having lost three of their last five, while Al Nassr arrive with seven wins from their last ten. Something has to give.

Al Khaleej have not won in ten Saudi Pro League matches and face an Al-Fayha side with problems of their own. Something has to give on Thursday.