The Al Taawon side scored a hard-fought victory over fellow Al-Ittifak with a free goal at the Prince Mohammed bin Fahd Stadium in the eighth round of the Saudi Roshan League 2022–2023, the only goal of the game coming in the eighteenth minute. Saad Al-Nasser, an Al-Taawun player, climbing up it. He is fifth in the standings with 17 points, with a goal difference from Al-Hilal in fourth place, while Al-Ettifak has dropped to tenth from 9 points.