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Saudi Pro League · 2025Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium

Al-Khaleej 0–1 Neom SC · Saudi Pro League

0–1Historical match

Neom SC

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A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Neom SC won 0–1.

Shots
314
Shots on target
08
Expected goals
0.091.58
Possession
40%60%

Full time

What the match recorded

NEOM beat Al Khaleej Saihat 1–0. Recorded in this match (Al Khaleej Saihat – NEOM): shots 3–14, shots on target 0–8, expected goals 0.09–1.58, possession 40%–60%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Al Khaleej Saihat's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Al Khaleej Saihat's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

0.6 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.82 goals/match
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

MetricLast 5SeasonBaseline
Goals for0.6 goals/match1.82 goals/match1.27 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots3 shots14 shotsAl-Khaleej 3 shots, Neom SC 14 shots
  • Shots on target0 shots8 shotsAl-Khaleej 0 shots, Neom SC 8 shots
  • Expected goals0.09 xG1.58 xGAl-Khaleej 0.09 xG, Neom SC 1.58 xG
  • Possession40%60%Al-Khaleej 40%, Neom SC 60%
  • Corners4 corners7 cornersAl-Khaleej 4 corners, Neom SC 7 corners
  • Fouls11 fouls13 foulsAl-Khaleej 11 fouls, Neom SC 13 fouls
  • Yellow cards1 card1 cardAl-Khaleej 1 card, Neom SC 1 card

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

Majed Omar Kanabah · Al Khaleej Saihat · 27′ · 0.00 xG · off target or blockedLuciano Rodríguez · NEOM · 4′ · 0.01 xG · on targetLuciano Rodríguez · NEOM · 37′ · 0.01 xG · off target or blockedFaris Abdi · NEOM · 9′ · 0.02 xG · on targetPaolo Fernandes · Al Khaleej Saihat · 45′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blockedLuciano Rodríguez · NEOM · 48′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blockedLuciano Rodríguez · NEOM · 44′ · 0.04 xG · on targetLuciano Rodríguez · NEOM · 63′ · 0.04 xG · on targetAlexandre Lacazette · NEOM · 69′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blockedMansour Hamzi · Al Khaleej Saihat · 38′ · 0.05 xG · off target or blockedAhmed Hegazy · NEOM · 60′ · 0.05 xG · on targetAbdoulaye Doucouré · NEOM · 82′ · 0.06 xG · on targetIslam Ahmed Hawsawi · NEOM · 84′ · 0.08 xG · off target or blockedAlexandre Lacazette · NEOM · 83′ · 0.11 xG · off target or blockedLuciano Rodríguez · NEOM · 45′ · 0.13 xG · off target or blockedNathan Zeze · NEOM · 59′ · 0.18 xG · on targetAlexandre Lacazette · NEOM · 88′ · 0.82 xG · goal
  • off target
  • on target
  • goal
  • penalty
  • size = xG

Al Khaleej Saihat: 3 shots, 0 on target, 0.08 xG. NEOM: 14 shots, 8 on target, 1.62 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

0120′HT90′Alexandre Lacazette · NEOM · 88′

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Al Khaleej Saihat 0.08 xG · NEOM 1.62 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

0Al-Khaleej
1Draws
0Neom SC
Neom SC — Al-Khaleej · Saudi Pro League1–1

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Al-Khaleej favored in 2 of 11 directional metrics · Neom SC in 5 · 4 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Al-Khaleej22 matchesNeom SC22 matches
1.82 goals/match ▲Goals scored22/221.23 goals/match
1.55 goals/matchGoals allowed22/22▲ 1.36 goals/match
1.52 xG/match ▲Expected goals20/201.38 xG/match
11.9 shots/matchShots22/2212.1 shots/match
4.5 shots/matchShots on target22/224.64 shots/match
51.1%Possession22/22● 52.5%
5 corners/match ●Corners22/224.5 corners/match
2.32 cards/matchCards22/211.95 cards/match
12.2 fouls/matchFouls22/2212.3 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited
Season samples22 / 22home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • The fixture is outside the configured active season.
  • Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
  • The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.
Analysis cutoff: Sat, 21 Feb 2026, 23:00 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Saudi Pro League

Goals per match rankingxG per match rankingShots per match ranking
TeamsAl-KhaleejNeom SC
CompetitionSaudi Pro LeagueSaudi Pro League 2025/26
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