Jeddah United, the defending champions, are taking advantage of their home game against Riyadh Victory, and the match is in the spotlight. Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo reunited, and Mane, Kante, Fabinho, Brozovic and many other stars gathered together, adding a lot of highlights to this game. The game was full of twists and turns, with Jeddah United taking the lead by breaking through the opponent's goal. However, Riyadh Victory scored two goals in a row to put the score in check. Jeddah United then rallied to level the score. But in the 66th minute, former Liverpool centre-back Fabinho was sent off for a foul, and the incident became the turning point of the game. Defending champions Jeddah United began to lose at home, with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring twice and Sadio Mane netting twice in a 5-2 defeat. Cristiano Ronaldo was lively in the first 25 minutes of the first half, scoring not only a goal, but also had a brilliant scorpion swing tail shot disallowed and a shot from inside the box that hit the post.
In the second half, Cristiano Ronaldo once again took advantage of a penalty opportunity to help Riyadh Victory take a 3-2 lead again, scoring twice in this game, while increasing his tally of goals in 2023 to 53, surpassing Kane and Mbappe, and topping the 2023 scorer list. Given that Ronaldo is 38 years old, even if he plays a great role in the Saudi league, which is not as strong as the European League, becoming the top scorer of the year is a miracle in world football. After the game, Riyadh Victory is in second place after three consecutive wins, seven points behind leaders Riyadh Crescent, while Jeddah United is in third place with a gap of six points. Jeddah United got off to a dream start to the contest as Hamdala scored in the opening 13 minutes to give the side a 1-0 lead, but then Benzema was awarded a penalty and set up a goal from former Real Madrid team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo to give Riyadh a 1-1 equaliser.
Then, Talisca scored a goal to give Riyadh a 2-1 lead. Hamdallah headed past the opposition again in the 51st minute and Jeddah United equalised from behind. The game situation was very close at this time, the two teams launched a fierce offensive battle, the score could be rewritten at any time, Jeddah United and Riyadh Victory both had a chance to win, the outcome is difficult to predict. However, Fabinho was sent off for a second yellow card after hitting opponent Otavio in the face in the box, an incident that became a turning point in breaking the deadlock on the pitch. Immediately afterwards, Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice from the penalty spot, giving Riyadh victory not only the score lead, but also the number of people on the field. Jeddah United, the defending champions, is in trouble after a player member is injured. Mane received assists from Talisca and Otavio in the game and scored twice in a row.
Under Riyadh's leadership, they managed to emerge from a one-goal deficit at the start to beat defending champions Jeddah United 5-2 on the road.