Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[Swordsoffreedom]

Whaaat a great comeback!!!!!!
I can't imagine AL HIlal coming back like that in the second half. The team was trailing 3-1 at the end of the first half. AL Hilal players scored three goals within 60-71 minutes of the second half. And Al Hilal now lead the match 4-3. AL Hilal is playing very well in the second half despite playing very badly in the first half. Mitrovic's performance in particular impressed me. Mitrovic scored a hat trick.

Yes, it is an amazing come back made by Al Hilal. They really changed the situation in second half, they played aggressively and make Al Ittihad players to focus on their area. By playing more agressively, Al Hilal could score 3 goals in second half, it makes them to lead with 4 goals. The match ends with the win of Al Hilal, the result is Al Ittihad 3-4 Al Hilal. Mitrovic is shining today, he scored 3 goals. He showed to people that he has great skills and played effectively as a machine goal of Al Hilal. No Neymar no problem, Mitrovic still can play impressively.

I would say this was a totally unexpected result. After leading 3-1,  Itihad should have played defensively. They could have secured the win by keeping the defense tight . But they don't. Despite performing very well in the first half, the performance of the ittihad players was very poor in the second half. Ittihad's defense completely collapsed in the second half. Itihad's forwards and midfield players played well but their defense was weak. However  the match was competitive.
Neymar's team Al hilal are top of the points table. And benzema's side ittihad are second in the points table. However Ronaldo's team al  nassr are now sixth in the table. ronaldo's performance is good enough though. He managed to score two goals in 3 matches. However Al nassr's overall performance is quite slow.

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[BlackBoss_]

Yes, it is an amazing come back made by Al Hilal. They really changed the situation in second half, they played aggressively and make Al Ittihad players to focus on their area. By playing more agressively, Al Hilal could score 3 goals in second half, it makes them to lead with 4 goals. The match ends with the win of Al Hilal, the result is Al Ittihad 3-4 Al Hilal. Mitrovic is shining today, he scored 3 goals. He showed to people that he has great skills and played effectively as a machine goal of Al Hilal. No Neymar no problem, Mitrovic still can play impressively.

It is amazing come back from Al Hilal actually with three goals from Mitrovic. He even came closely to a fourth goal but his team mate scored a winning goal for Al Hilal after that. Benzema looks tired in the match and wasted some opportunities to help Al Ittihad expanded the gap before Al Hilal started their come back. It is not a good day for Benzema and Al Ittihad but they should play more defensive after having two leading goals.

I would say this was a totally unexpected result. After leading 3-1,  Itihad should have played defensively. They could have secured the win by keeping the defense tight . But they don't.

I agree with you that Ittihad should have a more wisely tactic change after the first half. They want to continue their domination and attacking with hope to have a big win. It has side effects and give Al Hilal chances to come back impressively. These players contributed an exciting Saudi Classico for fans and it's beauty of football. Some star players from Europe shined in this match but again we see Hamdallah scored goal for Al Ittihad.

[asriloni]

Impressive performance from al hilal. To be honest if it's very similar like i was watching european league. I can enjoy SPL match far better than watching MLS. There are so many clubs were having great tactial to beat its opponent.
I don't even know why there are still people who blame this league. There was also a player who call this as a bad league caused by he thought SPL is alive due to the its money.




The stats being made by either of clubs are very impressive. AL hilal was able making its comeback but i must say if metrokovic was so amazing. this guy was helping hilal to win the game.
Ittihad got many chances but still missed it. What an amazing match. World class match.

[Litzki1990]

There are 7 goals in the match so far and 3 goals came from Mitrovic. The Saudi League gives a very nice viewing pleasure. I didn't think I would watch such a good match. Benzema, another football player I believe will be successful in SPL, managed to score a goal in this match as well. However, his team is still defeated for now.

That's why we call it a big match or even a super big match battle between the stars but one of them must lose, overall both teams played their best it's just that Al-Hilal was luckier. Al-Ittihad had taken the lead in the first half but unfortunately they were unable to defend it and had to concede 3 more goals in the second half maybe their defense is poor or their stamina is running out what is clear is that this will be an evaluation for Al-Ittihad in the future.

I have to say that this match was very impressive and we saw some classy passes and goals I mean very decent compared to the big matches in European Leagues
We will be looking forward to another big match on September 23 between Al-Nassr vs Al-Ahli.

Neymar-less Al-Hilal beat Al Ittihad 4-3 in a big match. Karim Benzema scored but could not lead his team to victory. Al Ittihad took the early lead but could not hold on to the lead for long. Mitrović made the difference 1-1 in the 20th minute. Later, when Al Ittihad scored consecutive goals again, Al-Hilal fell far behind in the game, but despite being so behind, Al-Hilal secured the team's victory by scoring three goals in a short period of time. Al-Hilal's star Mitrović scored his first hat-trick this season by scoring in the 20th, 60th and 65th minutes. Karim Benzema was available for this match, but Neymar was not available. Had Neymar been available this match would have been more interesting.

[rendravolt]

It was a very unreasonable match and I couldn't stop thinking about how the lead dominated by Al-Ittihad could be reversed by Al-Hilal.

I'm still trying to digest the match because so many goals were scored and the victory that should have belonged to the hosts was actually stolen by the visiting team. Maybe this was one of the best matches so far in the Saudi league and watching two teams with almost the same squad depth made me feel like watching a big match in one of Europe's top leagues. I want to watch exciting matches like this again and regardless of who wins or loses, everyone should be appreciated for the performance they have shown.

[len01]

We know this summer there were many players who joined the Saudi League to earn more money after Ronaldo joined this league but some players and coaches think some players especially some younger players could continue their careers in the top European teams instead of the Saudi teams.
Toni Kroos said players like Gabri Veiga at this age should not join that league and he said he doesn't want to join that league personally because of human rights violations there which is good if he doesn't change his mind.
    

Soon after the joining of Ronaldo big players started to be part of different teams. This had made the league much more popular, however the standard and the European Leagues were something different from what we see with the Saudi Arabia Pro League. Here money is big and for the same we were able to see good players. Over time improvement will happen, as suggested it isn't good to be part of Saudi Arabia Pro League when young players have got opportunity for the European Leagues.

Before Ronaldo arrival, several European star players were hesitant to appear in saudi arabia, but after Ronaldo started the transfer at that time and was able to perform well, so as time went by, other star players followed Ronaldo to the SPL and even Benzema also did the same to follow Ronaldo to saudi arabia. and followed by other players from Europe. but for young players who have had careers in Europe they will still choose to stay in the European league because as we know that Europe is the biggest football in the world and young players want to improve their careers there to get extraordinary talent and experience and after entering a little age old and already have a lot of experience they will move to saudi arabia or other leagues.

[Strongkored]

Aleksandar Mitrović scoring a hat trick in a big game certainly won't get as much press as Ronaldo doing it but it was a great thing and his two goals in the second half brought the score level before their winger finally scored and gave Al Hilal that crucial 3 points to take over the table.
Al Ittihad not being able to maintain a two-goal lead is quite strange and they failed to make their position in the standings even stronger because if they were able to maintain their lead they would get 3 points.
It is very likely that Al Hilal's position will be shifted again because Al Ahli, who have not played their fifth-week match, will compete against Al Fateh today, and Al Ahli is predicted to win this fifth match again and be the only team that has managed to win all the matches until the fifth week, but if the results is unexpected will be very profitable for Al Hilal.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

Al Hilal and Al Ittihad's match was very entertaining. they have players with good playing quality. Both teams deserve to be at the top of the current standings. and both were also the most productive teams at the start of the season. both teams played carefree, they used excellent attacking strategies. no one is just focused on surviving and securing victory.
Al Nassr is several points behind, and that must be an encouragement for Al Nassr to catch up with the points difference from the leaders if they want to get the SPL trophy. Al Nassr will face Al Hazm, this should be quite easy for Ronaldo and Mane to score lots of goals.

Yeah to be honest I like watching the final match because both teams attacked aggressively each team took 16 and 14 shots and 50% of them are on target as you said both teams focus on fighting without any burden. Previously, we also predicted that there would be lots of goals and corner kicks we have some interesting options to bet total goals, both teams to score and corner kicks, all bets work well and bring a small profit.

Al-Nassr will certainly not silent watching its competitors continue to collect points I'm sure Al-Nassr is doing the same thing until they are in the big match on September 23. basically, all possibilities and shifts will continue to occur we are just waiting for another big match.

[Jossque]

In a match between two in-form teams in the Saudi Arabian league, the winner was Al Hilal, managed by Jorge Jesus.In the match played in a derby atmosphere, Al Ittihad could not win the match despite closing the first half 3-1 ahead.I must say that Mitrovic marked the match and scored the goals that actually won the match for his team.Mitrovic, who scored 3 goals, scored one of the goals from a penalty. We can say that it was an enjoyable match with a total of 7 goals in the match.Al Hilal team got an important victory in the away game and thus they took the leadership seat with more than a match.

[Leviathan.007]

There is still the possibility for Salah to leave Liverpool and join the Saudi League because the Saudi team, Al Ittihad is still trying to put Salah under pressure to make him leave but yesterday Liverpool coach Klopp said I have nothing to say about this news related to Salah because the situation is not changed yet and they are not going to lose this player, however, we know Al Ittihad is not going to give up.

[snipie]

In a match between two in-form teams in the Saudi Arabian league, the winner was Al Hilal, managed by Jorge Jesus.In the match played in a derby atmosphere, Al Ittihad could not win the match despite closing the first half 3-1 ahead.I must say that Mitrovic marked the match and scored the goals that actually won the match for his team.Mitrovic, who scored 3 goals, scored one of the goals from a penalty. We can say that it was an enjoyable match with a total of 7 goals in the match.Al Hilal team got an important victory in the away game and thus they took the leadership seat with more than a match.

In the first half Al-Ittihad players were more effective and the defence line of Al-Hilal wasn't helping Bono, making goals like Benzema one feasible. The goalkeeper couldn't do anything in such situation and the positions of the defenders weren't optimal.
In the second half, Al-Hilal pushed back and they were able to make a comeback and to win the game. Best players in this match were Bono, Mitrovic and Benzema.

[Swordsoffreedom]

I would say this was a totally unexpected result. After leading 3-1,  Itihad should have played defensively. They could have secured the win by keeping the defense tight . But they don't.

I agree with you that Ittihad should have a more wisely tactic change after the first half. They want to continue their domination and attacking with hope to have a big win. It has side effects and give Al Hilal chances to come back impressively. These players contributed an exciting Saudi Classico for fans and it's beauty of football. Some star players from Europe shined in this match but again we see Hamdallah scored goal for Al Ittihad.

Clubs have added star players to their squads. But perhaps not hiring an experienced coach. And so even though the squad is strong, the teams don't seem to be playing very well. Club owners should hire experienced coaches. Then they can make the Saudi league more exciting and competitive. Ittihad lost because of their tactical mistakes. After leading 3-1, they should have played defensively in the second half and resisted the attacks of Al Hilal players. But they don't do it. They wanted to score more goals in the second half. And the attack continued. This made it easier for Al Hilal's players to break down Ittihad's defence.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

There is still the possibility for Salah to leave Liverpool and join the Saudi League because the Saudi team, Al Ittihad is still trying to put Salah under pressure to make him leave but yesterday Liverpool coach Klopp said I have nothing to say about this news related to Salah because the situation is not changed yet and they are not going to lose this player, however, we know Al Ittihad is not going to give up.

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Liverpool are not under pressure so there is no way for Saudi League clubs to speculate and Liverpool don't want to take the risk of letting Salah go without a replacement even though we know Salah role is very important in the team meaning we should ignore this rumour, we can talk about it again next season when Mo Salah contract only has one season left. Apart from that, if they wait for next season maybe the transfer fee will be cheaper than this season.

The transfer window in the Premier League will close today I don't know what time exactly what is clear is that there is no more time to prepare the transfer anymore.

[rendravolt]

Other news comes from Wijnaldum's agreement to soon join Al-Ettifaq. The cost is around 10 million euros for PSG and his contract is 3 years long with Al-Ettifaq. Now the former Liverpool player will be in the Saudi league and this will be a sweet reunion for Wijnaldum because he will be on the same team as Jordan Henderson. Behind this successful transfer was the role of coach Steven Gerrard who wanted Wijnaldum to strengthen the club. It seems that Al-Ettifaq also doesn't want to miss out on getting new ammunition from European players and at least with Wijnaldum, Al-Ettifaq's midfield will be even stronger this season.

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1697925632502485355

[borovichok]

There is still the possibility for Salah to leave Liverpool and join the Saudi League because the Saudi team, Al Ittihad is still trying to put Salah under pressure to make him leave but yesterday Liverpool coach Klopp said I have nothing to say about this news related to Salah because the situation is not changed yet and they are not going to lose this player, however, we know Al Ittihad is not going to give up.

This summer, the Reds signed prospective players while also losing most of their players who may have improved their performance at Anfield.  Furthermore, Saudi Arabia continues in an attempt to sign Mohamed Salah but has received a negative respond from Liverpool. The Reds' head coach, Jurgen Klopp, and the club's board have not changed their objectives to give the green light to the Saudi side, they remain adamant; they only want Mohammed Salah to stay at the club. The Egyptian is anxious to play for the Reds and win major trophies.
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[OcTradism]

There is still the possibility for Salah to leave Liverpool and join the Saudi League because the Saudi team, Al Ittihad is still trying to put Salah under pressure to make him leave but yesterday Liverpool coach Klopp said I have nothing to say about this news related to Salah because the situation is not changed yet and they are not going to lose this player, however, we know Al Ittihad is not going to give up.

If Al Ittihad can get Salah, it is a big successful transfer for them because Salah is different than Ronaldo, Benzema and Neymar. He is still at best of his career and getting a player like this is a great success for not only Al Ittihad but also Saudi Professional League.

If Liverpool lose Salah in coming days, they will complain more about different windows for transfer markets in Europe and Saudi Arabia. They will more seriously complain and ask for changes in transfer market windows. They will make their voice and ask for an universal transfer market window time for all nations globally. It is so painful to lose best players when a season already starts and transfer market in Europe is closed.

Will it be possible for FIFA to do this at global scale?

[alastantiger]

Liverpool are not under pressure so there is no way for Saudi League clubs to speculate and Liverpool don't want to take the risk of letting Salah go without a replacement even though we know Salah role is very important in the team meaning we should ignore this rumour, we can talk about it again next season when Mo Salah contract only has one season left. Apart from that, if they wait for next season maybe the transfer fee will be cheaper than this season.

The transfer window in the Premier League will close today I don't know what time exactly what is clear is that there is no more time to prepare the transfer anymore.

Maybe it is time they look someplace else. For obvious reasons Liverpool still wants to hold on to Salah. His is one of the strong force in the squad, losing him to the Saudi's will affect the clubs performance. And whatever the Saudi's are bidding for him now may double in the next transfer window if they fail to get him now. On the other hand, Liverpool hanging on to their player doesn't mean they'll win the league. What if he gets an injury that puts him out of the entire season? Well, it is next summer for him.

[bitpotter]

There is still the possibility for Salah to leave Liverpool and join the Saudi League because the Saudi team, Al Ittihad is still trying to put Salah under pressure to make him leave but yesterday Liverpool coach Klopp said I have nothing to say about this news related to Salah because the situation is not changed yet and they are not going to lose this player, however, we know Al Ittihad is not going to give up.

It looks like it will be very difficult for a player as great as Mohamed Salah to turn down an offer from Al-Ittihad and even though he wants to stay, it is likely that he is no longer passionate about Liverpool. Coupled with Liverpool's drop in caste to the European league, Mohamed Salah's confidence in leaving for Al-Ittihad was much greater. Maybe Kloop won't be able to hold him and Liverpool will definitely be very happy if this transfer goes through because they will get so much cash injection.

[makishart]

Aleksandar Mitrović scoring a hat trick in a big game certainly won't get as much press as Ronaldo doing it but it was a great thing and his two goals in the second half brought the score level before their winger finally scored and gave Al Hilal that crucial 3 points to take over the table.
Al Ittihad not being able to maintain a two-goal lead is quite strange and they failed to make their position in the standings even stronger because if they were able to maintain their lead they would get 3 points.
It is very likely that Al Hilal's position will be shifted again because Al Ahli, who have not played their fifth-week match, will compete against Al Fateh today, and Al Ahli is predicted to win this fifth match again and be the only team that has managed to win all the matches until the fifth week, but if the results is unexpected will be very profitable for Al Hilal.

The most effective transfer from al hilal and i must be honest if he was the best bought from the club. He has been helping hilal many times in escaping from the hard condition. Mitrovic has been hatrick against al ittihad which has been also owning so many skilled players like benzema or even kante. Im aware how ittihad was dominating the match but al hilal was able beating it by only using mitrovic as the centre of its attack. Neymar has not even played with al hilal.
The situation will be far better if the club will have neymar to play. I hope he will be able to make his comeback very soon. I can't wait to see neymar to start his debut with al hilal very soon.
8/10 for mitrovic. Metrovic helps me in betting on that match. Al hilal is too strong.

[Docnaster]

There is still the possibility for Salah to leave Liverpool and join the Saudi League because the Saudi team, Al Ittihad is still trying to put Salah under pressure to make him leave but yesterday Liverpool coach Klopp said I have nothing to say about this news related to Salah because the situation is not changed yet and they are not going to lose this player, however, we know Al Ittihad is not going to give up.

It looks like it will be very difficult for a player as great as Mohamed Salah to turn down an offer from Al-Ittihad and even though he wants to stay, it is likely that he is no longer passionate about Liverpool. Coupled with Liverpool's drop in caste to the European league, Mohamed Salah's confidence in leaving for Al-Ittihad was much greater. Maybe Kloop won't be able to hold him and Liverpool will definitely be very happy if this transfer goes through because they will get so much cash injection.

Liverpool yesterday rejected a whopping 150 million pounds offer from Saudi Arabian club Al-Ittihad to sign their forward player Mohammed Salah which I think is because of the fact that the club will definitely not be able to find his replacement this summer since the European summer transfer window closed yesterday.
But from the reports I've read this morning, it seems the Saudi club want to make another offer since they still have an extra 1 week before the end of the Asian transfer window and from the reports so far, it seems they're gonna table up to 200 million pounds which I think would to huge to be rejected by Liverpool.