Al Kholood vs Al-Ettifaq 0-3

Al-Ettifaq left Ar Rass with a 3-0 win after Khalid Al-Ghannam scored twice and Bersant Celina added a late penalty. Al Kholood had more of the ball and more efforts, but Al-Ettifaq were more precise when it mattered.

The visitors went ahead three minutes into first-half stoppage time when Al-Ghannam, set up by Celina, made it 1-0. He doubled the lead on 47 minutes from an assist by Abdullah Al-Khateeb, and Al-Ettifaq went into the break 1-0 up.

Al Kholood changed things with Antoine Loic Essomba Bikoula on for Yaseen Al-Zubaidi on 56 minutes, but the game stayed with Al-Ettifaq. The visitors made three changes on 71 minutes, with Jordan Larsson among those introduced, and a VAR check on 75 minutes confirmed a penalty for Sultan Ali Huran. Celina converted it on 78 minutes to make it 3-0. Al Kholood made three changes on 83 minutes, but the scoring had already stopped.

The numbers backed a closer game than the scoreline suggested. Al Kholood had 53% possession, 403 passes to Al-Ettifaq's 376, and 18 shots to 10, but Al-Ettifaq had more shots on target, 8 to 5, and forced five saves from the home side, to three. Al Kholood also had more corners, 5 to 2, while the visitors finished with a higher xG, 1.88 to 1.33.

Yasir Al-Shammari was booked on 10 minutes, then Ondrej Duda on 53 and Jordan Larsson on 80 for Al-Ettifaq. Al Kholood's yellow cards went to John Buckley on 57 minutes and Julien Domingues on 58. There were no red cards.