Match Report
Before the match
Al Riyadh: two wins, two draws and one defeat over five games; five goals scored, three conceded. Al Taawon were their latest opponents, at home on 24 October: a 2-1 win.
On 24 October, Al Taawon faced Al Riyadh in Saudi Pro League: Al Riyadh won 2-1 at home, having scored two and conceded one. Saudi Pro League, 20 October brought an away meeting with Al Diriyah; Al Riyadh lost 0-1, a return of zero goals scored and one conceded. Al Riyadh visited Al-Fayha on 11 October (Saudi Pro League) and drew 1-1; their goals totalled one, compared with one conceded. Al Kholood travelled to face Al Riyadh (Saudi Pro League) on 13 September. For Al Riyadh, the score was 2-0: two goals scored, zero allowed. 0-0 was Al Riyadh's result against Al Khaleej Saihat on 7 September (Saudi Pro League), playing away from home; Al Riyadh drew, with zero scored to zero conceded.
seven goals for and six against accompanied Al-Qadisiyah FC's two wins, two draws and one defeat across five outings. A 1-1 draw at home to Al Sadd (26 October) was their most recent result.
Al-Qadisiyah FC's at home game on 26 October (AFC Champions League) ended 1-1 against Al Sadd, with one goal for and one against. On 23 October, Al-Hilal Saudi FC faced Al-Qadisiyah FC in Saudi Pro League: Al-Qadisiyah FC lost 2-3 at home, having scored two and conceded three. Saudi Pro League, 20 October brought an away meeting with Al Taawon; Al-Qadisiyah FC won 1-0, a return of one goal scored and zero conceded. Al-Qadisiyah FC hosted Abha on 16 October (Saudi Pro League) and won 2-1; their goals totalled two, compared with one conceded. Pakhtakor hosted Al-Qadisiyah FC (AFC Champions League) on 12 October. For Al-Qadisiyah FC, the score was 1-1: one goal scored, one allowed.
The teams' recorded encounters ended in a 4-0 away win for Al-Qadisiyah FC on 29 April and a 4-0 home win for Al-Qadisiyah FC on 4 January.
After the match
Al-Qadisiyah FC overwhelmed Al Riyadh 6-0 at Al-Shabab Club Stadium, Riyadh on 29 October 2026. Tijjani Reijnders opened the scoring in the 18th minute for Al-Qadisiyah FC to make it 1-0. Abdullah Al-Salem added to the tally in the 37th minute for Al-Qadisiyah FC, set up by Julián Quiñones, to make it 2-0. With the 3rd goal, Al-Qadisiyah FC extended the lead through Tijjani Reijnders 56 minutes into the game, set up by Julián Quiñones, to make it 3-0. Mahamadou Sangaré scored the 4th goal for Al-Qadisiyah FC 67 minutes into the game as they extended the lead, set up by Tijjani Reijnders, to make it 4-0. Al-Qadisiyah FC extended the lead late on, in the 87th minute; the match's 5th goal came through Julián Quiñones, set up by Musab Al-Juwayr, to make it 5-0. The 6th goal came late on, in the 89th minute from Tijjani Reijnders for Al-Qadisiyah FC, who extended the lead, set up by Musab Al-Juwayr, to make it 6-0. Yasir Al-Shahrani (16'), Bernard Mensah (30'), Milan Borjan (31') and Abdulmalik Al-Jaber (90') were booked. The rating gap is a wide one: our current Elo ratings have Al-Qadisiyah FC 338 points stronger than Al Riyadh. 2 gols came after the 80th minute. Al-Qadisiyah FC won; current ratings also favour them in this pairing, with a model probability of 73.5%. On current ratings the model puts Al-Qadisiyah FC at around 3.64 gols in this pairing; they scored 6 here. Expected goals put the gap at 1.34 to 4.87. Al Riyadh picked up two yellow cards. Al Riyadh: three substitutions. Al-Qadisiyah FC picked up two yellow cards. Al-Qadisiyah FC: five substitutions. Al-Qadisiyah FC kept their opponents scoreless.