Match Report
NEOM beat Al-Hilal Saudi FC 2-0 at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh on 7 September 2026. Kalidou Koulibaly (an own goal) opened the scoring inside the first 15 minutes for NEOM to make it 1-0. Amadou Koné added to the tally in the 45th minute for NEOM to make it 2-0. Sergej Milinković-Savić (23'), Mohamed Kanno (50'), Muhanad Al Saad (58'), Crysencio Summerville (60'), Christophe Galtier (61') and Mohammed Al-Burayk (64') were booked. Our current Elo ratings make Al-Hilal Saudi FC clearly the stronger side, by 378 rating points over NEOM, even though it was NEOM who won this one. On current ratings our Elo-Poisson model gives NEOM only a 1% chance in this pairing, the least likely of the three outcomes. NEOM won this pairing for the first time in our records, after 2 meetings without a win.