Hupu announced on May 13 that in the 32nd round of the Saudi League, Riyadh Victory played at home and conceded a goal at the last moment. The team ended up drawing with Riyadh Crescent with a score of 1-1. The suspense of the league championship was kept until the last two rounds. Although Riyadh Victory is still leading the standings, Riyadh Crescent will be in a more favorable position when an extreme tie-point situation occurs due to the goal difference advantage it has in the past meetings between the two sides.
According to the Saudi Football Association’s announcement regarding the 2025-2026 season competition regulations, Chapter 7, Article 26, Paragraph 3: If two or more teams have the same points at the end of the season, the goal difference between the relevant teams will be compared first to determine the final ranking. In the two-leg derby this season, Riyadh Crescent first won 3-1 in the first leg in January, and then drew 1-1 with Riyadh Victory in the second leg on Tuesday. Relying on a 4-2 total score advantage in the two rounds, Riyadh Crescent overwhelmed Riyadh in terms of the key indicator of "win-loss relationship".
This means that once the two sides finally reach a point level, the championship will belong to the Riyadh Crescent team known as the "Blue Army".
At the moment, Riyadh Victory is at the top of the rankings with 83 points. Since they have already completed one game in the 33rd round before (defeating Liyadh Youth 4-2), they now only have the last round match against Damac left.
Riyadh Crescent is currently in second place with 78 points, but they still have two games to play. One of these two games is the match against New Future City Sports in the 33rd round, and the second is the final game against Feha.
In the final round of competition on May 21, if Riyadh Victory can defeat Damak, its points will reach 86 points. Regardless of the results of Riyadh Crescent, Victory will directly become the championship winner and win the championship.
If Riyadh Crescent loses or draws against New Future City Sports on May 16, then Riyadh Victory will be sure to lock in the league championship in advance. The reason is that the highest points that Crescent Moon can get cannot exceed Victory's current 83 points.
If in a game, Riyadh wins in the last round and draws with Damak, the points will be fixed at 84 points. And, at the same time, Riyadh Crescent wins the last two games, and the score will also reach 84 points. In this way, according to the "mutual goal difference" rule mentioned above, Riyadh Crescent will rely on the advantages of the derby to achieve a lead and win the championship.
If Riyadh Crescent wins against New Future City, but something goes wrong in the final game against Feha (a draw or loss), then Riyadh Victory can still win the championship even if it loses to Damak.
At the moment, Riyadh Victory controls the initiative in the championship. However, if Riyadh Crescent wins a winning streak, then Riyadh Victory still cannot make mistakes in the final round.