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title: "NEOM beat Abha 2-0 in the Saudi Pro League"
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description: "NEOM beat visiting Abha by two goals to nil in matchday 11 of the Saudi Pro League, after a brace scored by Benrahma and Lacazette."
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# NEOM beat Abha 2-0 in the Saudi Pro League

NEOM beat visiting Abha by two goals to nil in matchday 11 of the Saudi Pro League, after a brace scored by Benrahma and Lacazette.

[Youssef Darwish](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/youssef-darwish-4) Editor Published 24 October 2026، 19:15 Saudi time

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NEOM beat Abha 2-0 in the Saudi Pro League

[NEOM](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/neom-23) secured a deserved 2-0 win over visiting [Abha](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/abha-27) in the match between the two sides in matchday 11 of the [Saudi Pro League](https://riyadaty.com/en/competition/saudi-pro-league-3), played at 17:00 Saudi time.

[Mohamed Saïd Benrahma](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/mohamed-sa%C3%AFd-benrahma-580) opened the scoring for NEOM in the 15th minute, before [Alexandre Armand Lacazette](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/alexandre-armand-lacazette-582) added the second goal in the 50th minute to seal the result for NEOM.

Mohamed Saïd Benrahma was named man of the match after receiving a rating of 9, having played for 83 minutes and contributed a goal and an assist.

Statistically, NEOM dominated possession with 58 per cent against 42 per cent for Abha, while NEOM had 13 attempts compared to 6 for Abha, of which 5 were on target against two for Abha. The expected goals tally stood at 1.39 for NEOM against 0.74 for Abha.

Abha received two yellow cards during the match, while there were no red cards for either side, in a match officiated by referee Khaled Al Ahmari.

With this win, NEOM moved up to sixth place in the standings with 16 points from 10 matches, having achieved 5 wins, one draw and 4 defeats, scoring 14 goals and conceding 9.

In contrast, Abha remained in 18th place in the standings with just two points from 8 matches, without any wins, having drawn two matches and lost 6, scoring 6 goals and conceding 15.

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