The Saudi Pro League runs on a straightforward, brutal simplicity. Every team faces every other club twice. Once at home. Once away. That means 34 games for each of the 18 participating squads. It is a long haul.
Points matter more than anything else here. Secure a win and you grab three points. A draw nets you one. A loss leaves you with nothing. It is binary in its cruelty.
At the end of the season, the club with the most points takes the crown. No playoffs. No tie-breakers that involve goal difference as the first resort. Just pure accumulation. The team that outlasts the others wins the league.
