Al Khaleej Saihat beat Al-Fayha 2-0 in Saudi Pro League

Al Khaleej Saihat beat their visitors Al-Fayha 2-0 in the match between the two teams in the ninth round of the Saudi Pro League for the 2026/27 season, held at 17:50 Damascus time.

Joshua Christian Kojo King opened the scoring for Al Khaleej Saihat in the 52nd minute, before M. Benegas added the second goal in the 80th minute to settle the result in favour of the hosts.

The match saw no red cards, while Al-Fayha received two yellow cards compared to none for Al Khaleej Saihat.

Joshua Christian Kojo King was named man of the match after scoring a goal and playing for 74 minutes, achieving a performance rating of 7.99.

Statistically, Al-Fayha dominated possession with 54 percent compared to 46 percent for Al Khaleej Saihat, and completed 443 passes compared to 374 for their opponents, while Al Khaleej Saihat had the edge in shots on target with 5 compared to zero for Al-Fayha, and also recorded a higher expected goals rate of 1.74 compared to 0.87 for Al-Fayha.

The match was officiated by referee Ibrahim Ahmad Al-Juraiss.

With this result, Al Khaleej Saihat raised their tally to 6 points in 15th place after playing 8 matches without a previous win, achieving 6 draws and losing two matches, while Al-Fayha's tally stood at 7 points in 13th place after one win, 4 draws and 3 losses from 8 matches.