Match Report
Al-Ettifaq beat Al Riyadh 4-2 on 14 August 2026. M. Dembele opened the scoring in the 22nd minute for Al-Ettifaq, set up by A. Medran, to make it 1-0. T. Okou levelled it 50 minutes into the game for Al Riyadh, set up by B. Mensah, to make it 1-1. Al-Ettifaq regained the lead through M. Dembele from the penalty spot 54 minutes into the game to make it 2-1. B. Mensah levelled it 56 minutes into the game for Al Riyadh to make it 2-2. Al-Ettifaq regained the lead through R. Messi 79 minutes into the game to make it 3-2. M. Dembele added to the tally from the penalty spot in the 98th minute for Al-Ettifaq to make it 4-2. R. Abascal (6') was sent off. V. Lekhal (42'), O. Duda (48') and Y. Al Shammari (55') were booked. The rating gap is a clear one: our current Elo ratings have Al-Ettifaq 139 points stronger than Al Riyadh. On current ratings the model favours Al-Ettifaq at 66% in this pairing, and Al-Ettifaq won this one.