Al Shabab vs Al Akhdoud

Al Shabab cruised to a comfortable 2-0 victory over bottom-half dwellers Al Okhdood at King Fahd International Stadium on Friday. A first-half penalty and a classy second-half finish sealed three points for the hosts in the Saudi Pro League. Abderrazak Hamdallah opened the scoring from the spot in the 19th minute, sending the keeper the wrong way to give Al Shabab an early cushion. Yannick Carrasco then doubled the lead on 58 minutes, capping a dominant display in which the hosts fired 27 shots to Al Okhdood's four. The visitors' frustration boiled over late on, with Mateo Borrell and Muath both picking up yellow cards in the final ten minutes as the game slipped away from them. The win lifts Al Shabab to 32 points as they look to climb away from mid-table, while Al Okhdood remain rooted in 17th on just 13 points, with relegation looking increasingly inevitable.