Al Diriyah vs NEOM 1-2
Idrissa Gueye 17'
Saïd Benrahma 45' (pen)
NEOM beat Al Diriyah 2-1 in Pro League Round 12 at the Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz Stadium on 30 October 2026. Idrissa Gueye opened the scoring for Al Diriyah in the 17th minute, Saïd Benrahma equalised from a penalty in first-half stoppage time, and Alexandre Lacazette scored the winner in the 68th minute. Al Diriyah had more shots (20 to 15), but NEOM had 59% possession and five corners to two. NEOM move up to 5th with 22 points, while Al Diriyah are 8th with 15.
Match note written by Pitcharium from the match data.Match timeline
- Idrissa Gueye assist Darwin Nuñez17'
- 45'Mohannad Abu Taha · VAR check
- 45+5'Saïd Benrahma · Penalty goal
- 45'Abbas Al Hassan for Faisal Al-Ghamdi
- 64'Georgios Masouras for Alexandre Lacazette
- 64'Islam Ahmed Hawsawi for Muhanad Al Saad
- 68'Alexandre Lacazette assist Saïd Benrahma
- Adil Boulbina for Meshari Fahad Al Nemer70'
- Taher Wadi for Abdulaziz Al Faraj70'
- 82'Saïd Benrahma for Abdulaziz Al-Othman
- 82'Khalifah Al-Dawsari for Mohammed Al-Burayk
- Hussain Al-Sabiyani for Mohammed Dheban85'
- Óscar Rodríguez for Hussain Al Qahtani85'
- 90+8'Muhanad Al Saad · Yellow card
Match stats
Line-ups
Al Diriyah starting XI
- 97Amin Al Bukhari
- 12T. Wadi
- 19B. Djimsiti
- 99C. Mbemba
- 16Hussain Al Sibyani
- 5I. Gueye
- 20E. Millot
- 17C. Diandy
- 14Óscar Rodríguez
- 10A. Boulbina
- 29D. Núñez
Al Diriyah bench · coach Bruno Lage
- 2Abdulaziz Al Faraj
- 75Meshari Al Nemer
- 52Hussain Al Qahtani
- 34Mansour Hibatullah Al Sibyani
- 32Abdullah Al Zaid
- 21Mohammed Dheban
- 87Qassem Lajami
- 78Khalid Al Asiri
- 6Sultan Al Farhan
NEOM starting XI
- 81Luís Maximiano
- 4Khalifah Al Dawsari
- 5M. Sarr
- 44N. Zézé
- 27Islam Hawsawi
- 14Khalil Al Absi
- 15Abdulmalik Al Oyayari
- 6A. Al Hassan
- 19Mohannad Abu Taha
- 10S. Benrahma
- 7G. Masouras
NEOM bench · coach C. Galtier
- 91A. Lacazette
- 8Faisal Al Ghamdi
- 55Muhammad Al Dosari
- 2Mohammed Al Burayk
- 9Abdulaziz Al Othman
- 75Khalid Al Rammah
- 77Muhannad Al Saad
- 53Geovanny Balanta Olivar
- 33Abdulrahman Dagriri
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0Al Diriyah wins
0Draws
1NEOM wins
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NEOMPro League table
| # | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 |  Al-Nassr | 11 | +17 | 28 |
| 4 |  Al-Ittihad FC | 11 | +10 | 24 |
| 5 | NEOM | 12 | +8 | 22 |
| 6 |  Al-Ahli Jeddah | 11 | +9 | 21 |
| 7 |  Al-Ettifaq | 12 | +1 | 19 |
| 8 | Al Diriyah | 12 | -3 | 15 |
| 9 |  Al Khaleej Saihat | 12 | -5 | 15 |
| 10 |  Al Shabab | 11 | +5 | 14 |