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title: "Al-Hilal beat Al-Ittihad to top the Saudi League in matchweek eight"
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description: "Al-Hilal continued to lead the Saudi Pro League after beating Al-Ittihad 3-2 in matchweek eight, while Al-Qadisiyah FC and Al-Ahli Jeddah secured big wins…"
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# Al-Hilal beat Al-Ittihad to top the Saudi League in matchweek eight

Al-Hilal continued to lead the Saudi Pro League after beating Al-Ittihad 3-2 in matchweek eight, while Al-Qadisiyah FC and Al-Ahli Jeddah secured big wins, and the Abha-Al-Faisaly FC match was postponed.

[Kareem Al-Saleh](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/kareem-al-saleh-2) Editor Published 11 October 2026، 23:06 ، updated 22:10 Saudi time

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Al-Hilal beat Al-Ittihad to top the Saudi League in matchweek eight

Matchweek eight of the [Saudi Pro League](https://riyadaty.com/en/competition/saudi-pro-league-3) for the 2026/27 season saw Al-Hilal beat Al-Ittihad 3-2 in the top match of the round, maintaining their lead at the top of the table.

In other matches, [Al-Qadisiyah FC](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/al-qadisiyah-fc-26) thrashed hosts [Al Kholood](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/al-kholood-22) 5-0, while [Al-Ahli Jeddah](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/al-ahli-jeddah-29) won away against [Al-Fateh](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/al-fateh-36) 4-0.

[Al-Nassr](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/al-nassr-38) also beat [Al Diriyah](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/al-diriyah-25) 3-0, and [Al Shabab](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/al-shabab-31) beat [Al Taawon](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/al-taawon-35) 3-0, while the matches between [Al-Hazm](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/al-hazm-34) and [NEOM](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/neom-23) ended 1-1, [Al-Ettifaq](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/al-ettifaq-28) and [Al Khaleej Saihat](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/al-khaleej-saihat-24) 1-1, and [Al-Fayha](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/al-fayha-21) and [Al Riyadh](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/al-riyadh-30) 1-1.

The match between [Abha](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/abha-27) and [Al-Faisaly FC](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/al-faisaly-fc-33) was postponed and has not yet been played.

At the top of the table, Al-Hilal lead with 21 points from 8 matches, ahead of Al-Qadisiyah FC and Al-Nassr who are level on 19 points, while Al-Ittihad are in fourth place with 17 points.

At the bottom of the table, Abha occupy eighteenth and last place with just 2 points from 7 matches, preceded by Al-Fateh in seventeenth place with 3 points from 8 matches, and Al Taawon in sixteenth place also with 3 points from 7 matches.

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