Al-Hazem host Al-Fayha in the Saudi Pro League on Saturday evening, 11 April 2026, with both clubs still looking to finish the season on a positive note rather than merely drift to the line. It’s 11th against 9th, but the gap is only three points and that keeps this one properly live. There’s no title talk here, no survival scrap either. What there is, is a real fight for respectability and a chance to climb into the top half with a run of decent results.
Jalel Kadri’s Al-Hazem come into it with 31 points from 27 games, while Pedro Emanuel’s Al-Fayha sit just ahead on 34. Neither side has been easy to pin down this season. Both have won nine times or fewer, both have leaked too many goals, and both have spent long stretches looking a bit too open for comfort. That’s why the market has settled on Both Teams To Score here. It fits the shape of the match. It fits the numbers too.
Recent meetings add a little more spice. These two shared a goalless draw in December, and that followed a string of tight, awkward clashes where neither side has really dominated for long. Not all of them have been cagey, mind you, but enough have been low-scoring to suggest another uneven, stop-start contest is on the cards.
Al-Hazem Form & Analysis
Al-Hazem’s recent run has been a mixed bag, and that’s putting it politely. They were beaten 1-0 away to Al-Ittihad on 3 April after a performance that had a few positives hidden inside the defeat — 20 shots, seven on target, and an xG figure of 1.22. That wasn’t a side folding under pressure. They just couldn’t convert pressure into a result. Before that, they’d beaten Al-Kholood 2-1 at home, lost 2-1 at Al-Khaleej, and seen off Al-Ettifaq 3-1 in one of their better nights of the season. Go back a little further and you get the familiar inconsistency: a 1-1 draw with Al-Ittihad at home, then a heavy 4-0 defeat at Al-Nassr.
That’s the story of Al-Hazem, really. They can score, and they can make games messy. But they rarely keep things clean at the back long enough to turn pressure into control. Their home record is decent without being convincing: five wins, two draws and six defeats, with 16 goals scored and 26 conceded on their own pitch. That’s a pretty blunt summary. They’ll give you chances, and usually a few of them. The more worrying part is the defensive trend. Al-Hazem have gone 17 league matches without a clean sheet. Seventeen. You don’t need a microscope to see why that matters here.
Still, they’re not helpless going forward. The win over Al-Ettifaq showed what they can do when they get space and tempo, and the recent 2-1 victory over Al-Kholood was another reminder that they’re capable of finding the net more than once. Jalel Kadri will know this is a game they should fancy at home, but he’ll also know his side don’t often shut the door. That’s been the problem all season. They’re usually in the game. They’re just rarely safe in it.
Al-Fayha Form & Analysis
Al-Fayha arrive with a slightly steadier look, even if they’re hardly flying. Their latest outing was a 1-1 draw at home to Al-Ahli on 8 April, a match in which they had to ride out some pressure but still created enough to stay alive. Before that came a 1-0 defeat at Neom SC, which snapped the momentum from a 1-0 home win over Al-Ettifaq. That result followed one of their sharpest performances of the campaign, the 5-0 hammering of Al-Okhdood away from home. That was the outlier. A good one, though. They also lost 3-1 at home to Al-Nassr and drew 1-1 with Neom SC earlier in the run.
What you get with Al-Fayha is a side that can look tidy when they’re in rhythm, but still carry a fair amount of volatility. Away from home, the picture isn’t strong. Their record on the road stands at four wins, one draw and nine defeats, with 18 scored and 28 conceded. That’s not the profile of a team you trust blindly outside their own stadium. They can nick games, sure. The 5-0 win at Al-Okhdood proved that much. But most of the time they’ve been vulnerable away from home, and that remains a serious issue. One win in their last two away trips isn’t much to shout about.
Pedro Emanuel’s team do at least have some attacking output. Thirty-five league goals is better than Al-Hazem’s 29, and they’ve shown enough in recent weeks to suggest they won’t go quietly. Ivan Toney’s goal against Al-Ahli and the way they managed to stay in the game after falling behind says something about their resilience. They’re not passive. They’ll have a go, and that’s exactly why Both Teams To Score keeps landing in the conversation. At the same time, they haven’t exactly locked things down defensively. Forty-three goals conceded is still far too many for a side that wants to finish higher than ninth.
Head-to-Head
There’s been a clear pattern in this fixture over the last few meetings. The most recent clash, at Al-Fayha in December, ended 0-0, and that followed another goalless draw in August 2023. But before people get carried away with the low-scoring angle, remember the games can open up. Al-Fayha beat Al-Hazem 3-1 in February 2024, while Al-Hazem have also had their moments, including a 3-1 home win in May 2022 and a 4-2 victory back in February 2020.
The broader picture is a little mixed, though one theme does stand out: Al-Fayha haven’t lost the last three league meetings. That won’t terrify Al-Hazem, but it does give the visitors a useful bit of edge heading into this one. Even so, recent history hasn’t produced a clear trend one way or the other. The better clue is probably that both defences have been leaky enough all season to leave the door open for goals at either end.
We Predict: Both Teams To Score
We’re backing Both Teams To Score at 8/11 for this one, and it feels like the cleanest read on the match. Al-Hazem’s home games haven’t been secure, Al-Fayha’s away record is shaky, and both sides come into the fixture with enough attacking threat to nick a goal. That combination is hard to ignore.
The expected 1-1 scoreline fits the mood well. Al-Hazem have scored in enough home matches to be taken seriously, and Al-Fayha have found a way to score on the road in patches too. Neither defence has done enough to inspire confidence. If you want an alternative angle, under 3.5 goals is the only one worth a glance, especially with the recent head-to-head trend throwing up a couple of tight draws. But the best play is still both sides to score.
