Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: NEOM SC (1st, 79 pts) held a 40-point advantage over Al Arabi (12th, 39 pts). Per game in the league, Al Arabi were scoring 1.5 and conceding 1.74, NEOM SC 2.35 and 0.79, against a competition average of 1.3 goals per team per game.
A win had eluded Al Arabi for 7 matches. Momentum sat with NEOM SC, winners of their last three, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Al Arabi had banked 1 of the last 15 points on offer; NEOM SC, 13.
Department of Education Stadium in Hafar Al-Batin, capacity 10,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 0-3.
Goal scorers
NEOM SC: Ahmed Abdoh Jaber (60'), Saïd Benrahma (81'), Ahmed Abdoh Jaber (85')