Al-Nassr vs NEOM 1-0

Al-Nassr beat NEOM 1-0 at Al-Awwal Park, with Joao Felix settling it on 61 minutes after a VAR check had already confirmed the penalty decision in first-half stoppage time. Cristiano Ronaldo then missed the spot-kick on 45+6 minutes, and Felix's finish proved enough.

The first half brought bookings for NEOM's Mohammed Al-Dossari on 28 minutes, Georgios Masouras on 32 and Mohammed Al-Burayk on 45+5, before VAR confirmed the penalty for Al-Nassr on 45+3. Ronaldo missed it three minutes into first-half stoppage time, and the sides went in at 0-0.

Felix broke the deadlock on 61 minutes from an assist by Angelo Borges, and Al-Nassr saw out the rest without adding to the score. NEOM turned to Valentín Vada and Georgios Masouras on 57 minutes, then made two more changes on 76, while Al-Nassr waited until 72 minutes to replace Angelo Borges with Abdullah Al-Hamdan and later sent on Awad Aman before a late double change on 90+1. NEOM had more of the running after the goal, but never found a leveller.

The numbers favoured Al-Nassr, who had 58% of the ball, 477 passes and 17 shots to NEOM's 42%, 343 passes and 7 shots. Al-Nassr also led expected goals 2.37 to 0.45, corners 3-1 and shots on target 2-1, while NEOM had more fouls, 18 to 14, and more offsides, 4 to 3. Each side made one save.

NEOM's four bookings were for Mohammed Al-Dossari, Georgios Masouras, Mohammed Al-Burayk and Mohannad Abu Taha. Al-Nassr had one yellow card, shown to Samu Costa on 63 minutes. There were no red cards.