Al-Ettifaq vs Al Riyadh
Ref: A. Al KharboushPrince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam · 35,000 cap
Match recap
Al-Ettifaq beat Al Riyadh 4–2 in their Pro League fixture. Dembélé, Dembélé, Messi, and Dembélé scored for Al-Ettifaq; Okou and Mensah replied for Al Riyadh. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 2.67 for Al-Ettifaq versus 0.63 for Al Riyadh. Al-Ettifaq sit 9th in the Pro League table while Al Riyadh are 11th.
First Half
4'
VAR
Card upgrade
6'
Abascal
Red Card
11'
⇄
Leandro Antunes
⚽
Dembélé
Assist: Medrán
42'
Lekhal
Yellow Card
45'
⚽
Okou
Assist: Mensah
Second Half
⇄
Unknown
Duda
Yellow Card
⚽
Dembélé
Penalty
Yasir Shammari
Yellow Card
56'
⚽
Mensah
⇄
Gluščević
⇄
Al Otaibi
69'
⇄
Lekhal
⚽
Messi
⇄
Yasir Shammari
81'
⇄
Okou
⇄
Madallah Al Olayan
VAR
Penalty confirmed
⚽
Dembélé
Penalty
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Al-Hilal Saudi FC | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | +18 | 18 |
| 8 |  Al Diriyah | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 11 |
| 9 |  Al-Ettifaq | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 |  Al-Hazm | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 8 |
| 11 |  Al Riyadh | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -8 | 8 |
| 12 |  Al-Fayha | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 6 |
As of 12 Sept 2026
Last 5: ←oldestMatch Statistics
Al-EttifaqAl Riyadh
12Won
Statistical edge
12–3
battles won across 17 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
2.67VS0.63
Attack6 · 0 won
20
Shots
7
11
Shots on target
4
11
Shots in the box
3
9
Shots outside box
4
4
Shots off goal
3
7
Corners
0
Possession & Passing4 · 0 won
66%
Possession
34%
465
Total passes
245
425
Accurate passes
183
91%
Pass accuracy
75%
Discipline1 · 2 won
11
Fouls
8
2
Yellow cards
1
0
Red cards
1
1
Offsides
1
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
2
Goalkeeper saves
7
5
Blocked shots
0
-0.98
Goals prevented
-0.98
Al-Ettifaq
4-1-4-1
Al Riyadh
4-3-3Al-Ettifaq
4-1-4-1Starting XI
- 4J. HendryD
- 9M. DembéléF
- 10Álvaro MedránM
- 11O. DudaM
- 29Z. Al Ghamdi
- 33Madallah Al OlayanD
- 58Yasir ShammariM
- 61Radhi Al OtaibiD
- 70Abdullah KhateebD
- 71M. GluščevićM
- 92Turki Ba Al Jawsh
Substitutes
- 3Abdullah MaduD
- 6Faris Al GhamdiM
- 7Khalid Al GhannamF
- 13Meshal Al AlaeliD
- 23Ahmad Al HarbiG
- 43B. CelinaM
- 80R. MessiM
- 87Meshal Sibyani
- 88Ali Al EssaF
Al Riyadh
4-3-3Starting XI
- 2Sultan AlessaD
- 7TrézéguetF
- 10T. OkouF
- 12Sulaiman HazaziD
- 22V. LekhalM
- 26R. AbascalD
- 43B. MensahM
- 67Mohammed Al KhaibariD
- 77Leandro AntunesF
- 79F. Al JayzaniM
- 82M. BorjanG
Substitutes
- 11H. Al Ali
- 14Essam BahriD
- 16Faisal Al SobhiM
- 17Hussain Al-Raqwani
- 19A. M. MohammedM
- 24A. Al Tale
- 29S. MatarM
- 97Emad FidaG
Al-Ettifaq
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moussa Dembélé | F | 90 | 8.0 | 3 | — | 6 | 5 | — | 2/2 |
| Álvaro Medrán | M | 90 | 7.7 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Jack Hendry | D | 90 | 7.5 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Ondrej Duda | M | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 2/2 |
| Abdullah Al Ghamdi | M | 45 | 7.2 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3/3 |
| Abdullah Khateeb(C) | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Madallah Al-Olayan | D | 88 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Turki Ba Al-Jawsh | G | 90 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Radhi Al-Oteibi | D | 64 | 6.0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0/1 |
| Matija Glušćević | M | 64 | 6.0 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0/3 |
| Yasir Shammari | M | 79 | 5.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Meshal Ali Khayrallah | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ahmad Al Harbi | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ali Al-Essa | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Faris Al Ghamdi | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rayane Messi | M | 26 | 7.2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/2 |
| Khalid Al-Ghannam | F | 45 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2/3 |
| Meshal Alaeli | D | 26 | 6.7 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Abdullah Madu | D | 15 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bersant Celina | M | 11 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Al Riyadh
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard Mensah | M | 90 | 8.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2/2 |
| Teddy Okou | F | 81 | 7.3 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0/1 |
| Mahmoud Trézéguet | F | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Fahad Al Jayzani | M | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Milan Borjan(C) | G | 90 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Leandro Antunes | F | 11 | 6.5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0/1 |
| Victor Lekhal | M | 69 | 6.5 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Sultan Alessa | D | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Sulaiman Hahya Hazazi | D | 90 | 5.9 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Mohammed Al-Khaibari | D | 90 | 5.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rodrigo Abascal | D | 6 | 3.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Salman Matar | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hussain Al-Raqwani | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Essam Bahri | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cheikh Fall | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Emad Fidaa | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hassan Hashim Al-Ali | F | 9 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hussain Al-Shurafa | M | 21 | 6.2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Faisal Al-Sobhi | M | 79 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |