Al-Hazm vs NEOM 1-1

Al-Hazm and NEOM finished level at 1-1 after Aboubacar Diakite put the home side ahead before Saïd Benrahma came off the bench to equalise for the visitors. Neither side found a winner after that, and the points were shared.

Al-Hazm took the lead in the 41st minute when Aboubacar Diakite scored from Ahmed Al-Nakhli’s assist to make it 1-0. That remained the half-time score, with NEOM then making two changes at 45 minutes as Saïd Benrahma replaced Haroune Camara and Khalil Al-Absi came on for Muhanad Al Saad.

NEOM levelled in the 55th minute through Benrahma, who had come on at half-time, after Georgios Masouras set it up. The visitors kept more of the ball from there, with 62% possession and 525 passes to Al-Hazm’s 315, but Al-Hazm matched them for shots on target at 3-3 and kept the same 1-1 scoreline through late changes, including a two-substitute window for each side in stoppage time and NEOM’s final switch on 90+3 minutes.

The numbers favoured NEOM in most areas, with 9 shots to 6, 5 corners to 2 and an expected goals figure of 1.64 to Al-Hazm’s 0.46. Al-Hazm, though, committed 13 fouls to NEOM’s 8 and finished with 3 yellow cards, while both sides had 2 saves and NEOM were caught offside 3 times to Al-Hazm’s 2.

Al-Hazm’s bookings went to Abdulaziz Al-Dwehe in the 17th minute, Sofiane Bendebka in the 75th minute and Abdurahman Al-Dakheel in the 79th minute. There were no red cards.