Al-Hilal 3-2 Al-Khaleej, Saudi Pro League 2025-26 Highlights: Blue Waves Edge Past Pearls In Thriller - As It Happened

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Fixture: Al-Hilal Vs Al-Khaleej, Saudi Pro League 2025-26 matchday 11

Date: Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Time: 5:30 PM GMT | 11:00 PM IST | 12:30 PM ET

Venue: Grand Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco

Al Hilal is in supreme form, currently riding a 14-match winning streak across all competitions. Under manager Simone Inzaghi, they sit second in the Saudi Pro League with 23 points from 9 matches. They remain undefeated this season, recently securing a 1-0 victory against Sharjah FC in the ACL Elite.

Starting XI: Alyami, Hamad, Altambakti, Yusuf, Theo, Kanno, Neves, Sergej, Malcom, Salem (C) and Leonardo

Substitutes: Ahmed Abu Rasin, Lajami, Alharbi, Almalki, Darsi, Cesar, Radif, Alhamddan, Nunez

Starting XI: Moris (GK), Al Hamsal, Al Khabrani, Schenkeveld, Rebocho, Masouras, Kanabah, Hamzi, Al Amri, Fortounis and Al Sultan

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And we are underway for the first-half in this all important game between Al-Hilal and Al-Khaleej. The Blue Waves have gone out for the attack upfront but Marcos Leonardo's shot has been blocked by the opposing keeper.

In the last few minutes, Al Khaleej have had a few shots saved by Al-Hilal goalkeeper as Saleh Al Amri and the man in form Fortounis have been denied.

Al-Hilal score against the run of play as it was all about Al-Khaleej over the last few minutes but the Blue Waves have taken the lead. Mohamed Kanno went for the glory shot from outside the box and he finds the back of the net with a right-footed shot.

Zambia and Comoros are currently locked 0-0 in a Group A clash of the Africa Cup of Nations. Earlier today, Mohamed Salah scored as Egypt edged past South Africa 1-0 to all but reach the knockout stage from Group B. Salah, who secured the Pharaohs’ opening win with a stoppage-time strike against Zimbabwe on Monday, did it again in Agadir.

Al-Hilal go two to the good! It's a lovely, curling delivery from Malcom and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic perfectly connects a glancing header to beat the Al-Khaleej defence and double the Blue Waves' lead in the 39th minute.

After two added minutes, the referee blows the whistle to signal the end of the first half. Al-Hilal have netted two and threaten to score more after the break, and given their red-hot form, an outright rout is not out of question either.

Malcom adds a third goal of the game and this perhaps the final nail in the coffin for Al-Khaleej.

Surely no way out for Al-Khaleej now with less than 20 minutes of play. Al-Hilal have done the simple things very well so far and they must do the same in this final spell of the game.

It has been a great turnaround but it can be better and Al-Khaleej know it very well. They have pulled two goals back to make it 3-2 with Joshua King and Giorgos Masouras scoring in the 79th and 84th minute respectively.

Only five minutes will be added on as the injury time, but will it be enough for the Pearls? They are trying everything, throwing everything to grab the equalizing goal at the moment.

So close yet so far - that was the story for Al-Khaleej tonight as they lose by 3-2 in Riyadh. Despite their late flurry, the Pearls will have to settle down with no points as Al-Hilal cut the gap on Al-Nassr at the top of the table.