Al-Hilal vs Al-Khaleej Prediction and Betting Tips | December 26th 2025

Al-Hilal will host Al-Khaleej at the Kingdom Arena on Friday in the 11th round of the 2025-26 Saudi Pro League campaign. The hosts will be looking to extend their remarkable unbeaten run as they return to league action, with the aim of closing the points gap to league leaders Al-Nassr.

Al-Hilal have enjoyed an outstanding start to the season, remaining unbeaten across all competitions and currently riding a 14-game winning streak, despite sitting four points off the top of the league table due to two early draws. Simone Inzaghi’s side produced a dramatic 2-1 comeback victory in their most recent league outing last month, overcoming a red card against Al-Fateh, and will be eager to pick up where they left off on Friday.

Al-Khaleej, on the other hand, were the latest side to suffer a heavy defeat at the hands of Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr, going down 4-1 in their most recent league outing last month. The visitors have made a decent start to the season with four wins and two draws from nine games, but could drop as low as 10th place by the end of the matchday if they fail to pick up any points on the road.

Al-Hilal vs Al-Khaleej Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• The sides have met on 17 previous occasions going into this midweek. Al-Hilal have won 15 of those six games, one ended in a draw, while Al-Khaleej won the remaining one.
• The hosts have scored a remarkable 24 goals across the last eight editions of this fixture.
• The visitors have failed to register a goal in five of their last eight meetings with the Blue Waves.
• Al-Hilal boast the joint-second best attacking record and the joint-third best defensive record in the Saudi top flight this season, having scored 24 goals and conceded just nine after nine games.
• Only Al-Nassr (30), Al-Hilal and Al-Taawoun (24) have scored more goals in the Saudi Pro League this season than Al-Khaleej’s 22.

Al-Hilal vs Al-Khaleej Prediction

The Blue Waves are heavy favorites heading into the weekend and will need only to avoid complacency to secure a comfortable victory.

The Pearls, meanwhile, can only hope to avoid a heavy defeat and put up a respectable performance against a much stronger opponent.

Prediction: Al-Hilal 3-1 Al-Khaleej

Al-Hilal vs Al-Khaleej Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Al-Hilal to win

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Five of the hosts' last six games have produced more than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: Yes (Both teams have gotten on the scoresheet in each of the visitors' last seven games)

Edited by Peter P