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

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-Qadsiah were utterly ruthless at home, putting Al Faisaly to the sword 3-1 in the Saudi Pro League with Mateo Retegui and Mohammed Abu Al-Shamat doing the damage before an Al-Shanqiti own goal sealed it.

Al-Qadsiah claimed all three points at NEOM SC through a first-half goal and a second-half penalty, winning 2-0 in a match where the home side generated far more volume but converted nothing. The scoreline tells you who won. The stats tell you why that result is more complicated than it looks.

NEOM SC claimed a composed 2-0 victory at Al Faisaly on Friday evening, with a single player scoring both second-half goals after coming off the bench inside the opening ten minutes. The result leaves Al Faisaly without a point or a goal from their two home matches this season.

Al Ittihad scored on the stroke of half-time and then held firm with ten men for the entire second half to claim a remarkable 1-0 victory at Al-Qadsiah, despite being outshot 26 to 5 and generating almost nothing in open play.

Al-Qadsiah arrive in this Saudi Pro League fixture having won all five of their away matches this season, but Al Kholood's stubborn home structure has not been breached in their last ten attempts. Something has to give on Thursday night.

Al Hazm welcome NEOM SC to their own patch on Thursday knowing that their recent pattern of results points firmly in the wrong direction. The detail in the data tells a more specific story than the scorelines suggest.

Al-Qadsiah host Al Ettifaq on Thursday night carrying a concerning pattern at home, while the visitors arrive with a quietly impressive record on the road. The detail in the data tells a more interesting story than the surface result might suggest.