Al-Ettifaq host Al Khaleej Saihat in Matchday 8 of the Saudi Pro League

Al-Ettifaq host their counterparts Al Khaleej Saihat on 10 October 2026 at 17:55 Damascus time, in a match bringing the two sides together as part of Matchday 8 of the Saudi Pro League for the 2026/27 season, with the match broadcast by Thmanyah channel.

Al-Ettifaq sit in ninth place in the standings with 11 points from 7 matches, having won 3, drawn 2 and lost 2, scoring 11 goals and conceding 11 goals. Al Khaleej Saihat, meanwhile, are in 13th place with 5 points from 7 matches without a single win, having drawn 5 matches and lost 2, scoring only 3 goals and conceding 10 goals.

In their last 5 matches, Al-Ettifaq achieved one win over Abha by a score of 1-0 away from home, drew with Al-Qadsiah 3-3 away and with Al-Faisaly 0-0 at home, against two defeats to Al-Diriyah 0-3 and Al-Nassr 2-3, both at home.

Al Khaleej Saihat, for their part, did not achieve any win in their last 5 matches, drawing with Al-Nassr 1-1 and with Al-Riyadh 0-0 at home, and also drawing with Abha 1-1 away, against two defeats to Neom 0-3 away and to Al-Hilal 1-5 at home.

In direct meetings between the two sides, Al-Ettifaq won the last match between them 5-0 at Al Khaleej Saihat's ground on 9 May 2026, while Al Khaleej Saihat won the meeting before that 2-1 at Al-Ettifaq's ground on 12 January 2026. Previous meetings saw Al-Ettifaq beat Al Khaleej Saihat 2-1 on 2 May 2025, and also win 2-1 on 7 December 2024 at Al Khaleej Saihat's ground, in addition to a 2-0 win on 15 February 2024, also at Al Khaleej Saihat's ground.