Al Najma 1-0 Al Shabab result, stats and report

Al Kholood held off a determined Al Shabab to win 2-1 in the Saudi Pro League, with Iker Kortajarena's equaliser briefly threatening to deny the hosts before Abdulrahman Al-Dawsari struck three minutes from time to settle it.

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 Hazm dominated large spells of this Saudi Pro League contest and led through Roger Martínez's second-half strike, only for Afimico Pululu to convert a 90th-minute penalty and hand Al Shabab a point they barely deserved on the balance of play.

Al Shabab controlled almost every statistical category but somehow ended level with Al Riyadh, a 3-3 draw that tells you more about structural fragility than anything else. This was a coaching problem on both sides of the ball.

Al Shabab dominated possession and created the cleaner chances in a 0-0 draw at Al Khaleej, but a structural inability to convert approach play into goals continues to define both clubs early in the 2026 Saudi Pro League season.

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 Kholood have not lost at home in their last ten matches, but Al Shabab arrive with nothing to lose and a defensive record that keeps games tight on the road. Wednesday's Saudi Pro League fixture has the structure of a draw written all over it.

As the Saudi Pro League begins to reveal its early hierarchies, Al Shabab and Al-Fayha prepare to meet on 10 September in a fixture between two clubs who know, already, that the season demands a great deal more from them.