MANAMA, Bahrain (Jan. 3, 2026) (Interstat) — Al Najma defeated Bahrain SC 2-1 in a Bahrain Premier League match Saturday at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Stadium. Hassine Refai opened the scoring for the home side in the 47th minute. Bahrain SC’s Gabriel Oliveira equalized in the 82nd, but Saud Faisal secured the victory for Al Najma with a decisive left-footed strike in the eighth minute of second-half stoppage time. The result aligned with a pre-match projection by Interstat, whose simulator forecast the exact score and gave Al Najma a 77% probability to win. With the victory, Al Najma begins its league campaign with a win, while Bahrain SC starts with a loss.