NEOM vs Abha 2-0

NEOM beat Abha 2-0 after scoring once in each half, with Saïd Benrahma and Alexandre Lacazette combining for both goals. A VAR check also ruled out a Nathan Zeze effort in the first half.

Benrahma opened the scoring in the 15th minute, turning in Alexandre Lacazette’s assist for 1-0. The home side then saw a goal from Nathan Zeze cancelled by VAR on 20 minutes. They went in 1-0 up at half-time.

Lacazette made it 2-0 on 50 minutes, finishing from Benrahma’s assist. Abha made two changes on 58 minutes and two more on 71, while NEOM also made two changes on 71 and two on 83, but the visitors never found a way back into the game. Abha’s best chance to alter the match never came, and NEOM saw out the closing stages with the two-goal lead intact.

NEOM had 58% of the possession, 490 passes to Abha’s 350, 13 shots to 6 and 5 on target to 2. They also led xG 1.34 to 0.68, had 5 corners to 4 and 1 offside to 4. Both sides had 12 fouls, while each goalkeeper made 2 saves.

Abha were booked twice, with Khaled Al Shamrani shown a yellow card in the 49th minute and Safwan Al Johani in the 79th. There were no red cards.