Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[hahay]

A draw with the 15th placed team in Saudi Arabia isn't a great result. Neymar seems to have gained some weight and appears slower. His performance is a setback for Al Hilal since he joined the club. Fans were disappointed as Al-Hilal played out a 1-1 draw with Damac. Even though they are leading the Saudi Pro League table with 16 points from six games, this is the second time Al-Hilal dropped points this week.

Now Al-Ittihad takes over the standings after getting 3 points today and beat Al-Fateh with a score of 2-1 it was the right move to take the opportunity when Al-Hilal provided space, today Al-Ahli also plays the 7th match against Al-Nassr if Al-Ahli can win then they will take over the standings but of course it's not easy. Al-Nassr certainly doesn't want to lose points, especially since Al-Ahli is playing away. It will be interesting to wait and I can't predict who will win we know both teams are great teams and the chances are the same.

Also, maybe because Neymar was still playing carefully at that moment, of course so as not to get injured again. So with that reason, maybe we can still wait for the next match too, whether Neymar will experience improvement in his gameplay or not. But if not, then it looks like Neymar is only targeting big earnings here and has no intention of contributing to the team. Also regarding the Al Nassr against Al Ahli match, I personally still quite confident that Al Nassr has a good chance of winning. Because of course, this is a good moment for Al Nassr to be closer to the top three, so of course Ronaldo and his teammates will make maximum efforts to get three points in this match.

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[giammangiato]

With money spent to buy star players and pay they high salary, it has been changing the league to be more exciting and attractive with star players from Europe as well as television companies in European countries. Matches in the league become more exciting and have better quality as well as competitiveness.

Problems are they bought many old players who will not be able to play like 2 or 3 more years with good performances or longer. Will they spend big money again to buy other old star players again?

It's hard to maintain such spending to maintain the league quality and Saudi Arabian clubs hardly to succeed if they want to buy young star players from Europe. I don't imagine this will happen soon before the league quality becomes much better. At a quality level which can help young star players from Europe can play in Saudi Professional League but still be called for their international duties. That time has yet come and the sustainable growth of the league is still very slim.

I agree with what you said, it?s become interesting for now. It seems these rich Saudis dont understand how to spend money wisely.
They wasted their money on me, given that, as you say, in two or three years we?ll be back to square one.
I dont know what they wanted to achieve, however many of them, including Mancini, are there. They have money and they spent, probabily.

[Pandu Geddon]

Also regarding the Al Nassr against Al Ahli match, I personally still quite confident that Al Nassr has a good chance of winning. Because of course, this is a good moment for Al Nassr to be closer to the top three, so of course Ronaldo and his teammates will make maximum efforts to get three points in this match.

both of them have quite good looks. AL Nassr tried to improve on a bad start, and now they are better with convincing goal productivity every game.
while AL Ahli will lose several players in the team due to cards in the match against AL Taawon. However, this will be a loss for AL Ahli but an advantage for AL Nassr.

This match will be interesting but I think AL Nassr will be slightly superior and get the win. The combination of Ronaldo and Mane is getting better, AL Nassr is in a good trend and they don't want to lose any more points because that will make them further away from the top of the standings.

[shogun47]

Also regarding the Al Nassr against Al Ahli match, I personally still quite confident that Al Nassr has a good chance of winning. Because of course, this is a good moment for Al Nassr to be closer to the top three, so of course Ronaldo and his teammates will make maximum efforts to get three points in this match.

both of them have quite good looks. AL Nassr tried to improve on a bad start, and now they are better with convincing goal productivity every game.
while AL Ahli will lose several players in the team due to cards in the match against AL Taawon. However, this will be a loss for AL Ahli but an advantage for AL Nassr.

This match will be interesting but I think AL Nassr will be slightly superior and get the win. The combination of Ronaldo and Mane is getting better, AL Nassr is in a good trend and they don't want to lose any more points because that will make them further away from the top of the standings.

I am not sure how many players would be missing due to cards, but as far as I can see there was a single red card for Al Ahli and it should probably still be a bit early for yellow cards to cause players to be suspended.

Even with Neymar in the starting formation Al Hilal lost points against Damac, a team from the bottom of the table. It shows that the contributions these players like Neymar can make are also limited in weaker teams. I haven't watched parts of the games yet, but I wonder if Neymar gave his best and is putting a lot of effort into these games for his new club.

[Stepstowealth]

This match will be interesting but I think AL Nassr will be slightly superior and get the win. The combination of Ronaldo and Mane is getting better, AL Nassr is in a good trend and they don't want to lose any more points because that will make them further away from the top of the standings.

Al Nassr will have to play well to win Al Ahli because Al Ahli also have very good players, Riyad Mahrez, Allan Saint-Maximin, Roberto Firmino, Franck Kessie, Gabri Veiga plus the other saudi players that were in the team before. They top Al Nassr on the saudi table and if they can defend well against Al Nassr that has scored three times the goals they have scored this season, they may be able to manage a win. It is a serious game for the two teams, which both teams need to win for the points. Al Ahli can win too.

[LUCKMCFLY]

In terms of quality, Neymar is a very good player, but it cannot be denied that the life of a football player is quite influential for them to be able to maintain their performance, like other top Brazilian players in the past who had their careers faded at a productive age due to an unhealthy life, it seems that now Neymar will follow suit.
IN his debut match with Al Hilal, Neymar didn't make much of a contribution.
Since he was at PSG, Neymar has been prone to injury and his performance has declined, I think it will be difficult for him to recover with the Al Hilal team.
I doubt Neymar can develop and make a big contribution to the team.

Yes, it really makes sense that sometimes lifestyle or health or even age really affects the performance and productivity of players like Neymar, who is now a little older, on the one hand, has an injury that is not certain to heal completely and may only compete normally with Al Hilal. .
However, Neymar still plays an important role in the club today because all the players and even the Al Hilal coach really appreciate Neymar's talent that he had in the past and hope that Al Hilal can get the remaining talent that Neymar has to make a strong contribution in every match and even so it is not a guarantee that Neymar will continue to perform well at Al Hilal.

Well, this is very normal that things can happen like this with the most famous players, that's how it all started with CR7, any dare was news, any gesture, anything that could make journalists see, well, it's something that both Neymar and others can understand. Players are always good at park because they can do quite influential things, and yes, they can imitate it, these people are usually seen by children and children like to imitate them, so yes, there are some things that players like them should take care of, but as for to carry or not I think that these players before doing anything because they must adapt to the things that they have new, their teams, the new teammates, these things sometimes influence, and if they speak Arabic, well even more so, then in the order of the things that can be influenced, because they have a lot, for example in the case of Ney he has to do well, because Al HIlal is a very big team, the most influential team has big fans, these are the things that have to be seen, in The case of CR7 I remember that the international press was very disrespectful to him, I told him that he was totally destroyed, that he had no choice but to go to football outside of EUROPE, and look how well things have gone for him, he is winning tournaments In his Portugal team he is like his star player, he is the most loved, so these types of things are good, they make me happy, Ney is doing well with his Brazil team, he already has 2 goals in the qualifying rounds, so this guy Of things it means that in this Sudi league the players are not lowering their level, they are maintaining it, at least it is the same as in Europe, and this also gives a lot to talk about.

The things when they are not about the most famous footballers, Neymar, Cr7 are the ones who talk the most, the ones who have the most relevance here, so these things are what the entire press likes to do, sensationalism is something that can be seen anywhere in the world. No, I think these teams can make a difference in the world.

[Mame89]

Al Hilal should be able to get full points easily even though they are playing away, on paper Al Hilal squad depth is better than Damac FC. Since being brought in last summer, Neymar has not performed optimally and provided contributions commensurate with his price. If you look at his performance with the Brazilian national team in yesterday's World Cup qualifiers, Neymar appeared quite impressive and contributed goals.

Even though they have not been defeated this season, I think Al Hilal will face quite a tough challenge from Al Ittihad this season. Holding the status of a top club in the SPL and winning the most championships, Al Hilal has had to fight harder than usual. After the previous season was won by Al Ittihad, now the SPL situation is increasingly competitive and has changed a lot.

You could say it's been a very bad week for Al Hilal this week. Previously they also reaped the bitter pill in the Asian Champions League, Al Hilal also lost points in the Saudi Arabian League. Because they couldn't beat Damac FC, which is one of the worst placed teams in the championship. Even without playing a great game, they generate opportunities to win it. The problem was, Aleksandar Mitrovic and Neymar did not perform well in that match, so Al Hilal did not manage to get perfect points.

Soon there will be a big match between Al Ittihad vs Al Ahli. If Al Ahli wins this match then the Al Hilal team will lose their lead in the standings. Yes, the Saudi Arabian Pro League is getting more competitive, because all the teams are making changes and bringing in European star players.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Also regarding the Al Nassr against Al Ahli match, I personally still quite confident that Al Nassr has a good chance of winning. Because of course, this is a good moment for Al Nassr to be closer to the top three, so of course Ronaldo and his teammates will make maximum efforts to get three points in this match.

both of them have quite good looks. AL Nassr tried to improve on a bad start, and now they are better with convincing goal productivity every game.
while AL Ahli will lose several players in the team due to cards in the match against AL Taawon. However, this will be a loss for AL Ahli but an advantage for AL Nassr.

This match will be interesting but I think AL Nassr will be slightly superior and get the win. The combination of Ronaldo and Mane is getting better, AL Nassr is in a good trend and they don't want to lose any more points because that will make them further away from the top of the standings.

This match is actually very important for Al Nassr. Because if they are able to win this match, they will be able to get ahead on the points table. Al Ahil is right ahead of Al Nassr. If Al Nassr is able to win this match, they will be ahead of Al Ahil in terms of goal difference. And let's not forget that Al Nassr has really great goal difference in this season so far. I personally think that Al Nassr will be able to win this match. And I hope we get to see another Siuuuu from the goat, Cristiano Ronaldo.

By the way, did you guys see the reaction of Cristiano Ronaldo when his heading goal was disallowed? Do you guys think this is actually real? I personally definitely think that the media is portraying Cristiano Ronaldo as some kind of villain and Lionel Messi as some kind of hero.

And let me just say this, no way that was actually a foul. The VAR must have been drinking while making that decision.


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[KTChampions]

With money spent to buy star players and pay they high salary, it has been changing the league to be more exciting and attractive with star players from Europe as well as television companies in European countries. Matches in the league become more exciting and have better quality as well as competitiveness.

Problems are they bought many old players who will not be able to play like 2 or 3 more years with good performances or longer. Will they spend big money again to buy other old star players again?

It's hard to maintain such spending to maintain the league quality and Saudi Arabian clubs hardly to succeed if they want to buy young star players from Europe. I don't imagine this will happen soon before the league quality becomes much better. At a quality level which can help young star players from Europe can play in Saudi Professional League but still be called for their international duties. That time has yet come and the sustainable growth of the league is still very slim.

I wonder how you determined that the league's sustainable growth is very slim? I think if we talk about the quality of the game, it is obviously higher than what it was before the arrival of Ronaldo and the subsequent wave of transfers. But in one or two seasons the League certainly cannot reach the level of the top leagues in Europe, and all the same, for those who watch mainly European games it will seem weak. I think we need to wait a couple of years when the generation of old stars leaves and their place (already prepared) is taken by young world-class players, then it will be possible to compare and if we don’t take the top 5 European Leagues, then I wouldn’t be surprised if the Saudi one is already at the top level.

[Jody.Drummer]

Before the match I also predicted that they would win, given that their opponents are still struggling to get going, and they haven't even managed to register a win yet. Overall, I didn't see them play their usual way in this match.
I agree with you about Neymar, he played below his usual level. It's also possible that it's because the whole team didn't play well that it affected the individual players. Below their best, that's what I saw from the AL Hilal players. This result makes them have to give up the top position they previously occupied, and Al Ittihad can coup them this week.

Al Hilal should be able to get full points easily even though they are playing away, on paper Al Hilal squad depth is better than Damac FC. Since being brought in last summer, Neymar has not performed optimally and provided contributions commensurate with his price. If you look at his performance with the Brazilian national team in yesterday's World Cup qualifiers, Neymar appeared quite impressive and contributed goals.

Even though they have not been defeated this season, I think Al Hilal will face quite a tough challenge from Al Ittihad this season. Holding the status of a top club in the SPL and winning the most championships, Al Hilal has had to fight harder than usual. After the previous season was won by Al Ittihad, now the SPL situation is increasingly competitive and has changed a lot.

If we look at the statistics of the match, there was no noticeable difference and even Damac recorded better statistics than Al Hilal in terms of creating chances, so we can say that this draw is not because they were unlucky in this match, but this result is a fair result for both clubs.

Of course Al Itihad are a big threat to them apart from the other clubs who are also a threat to them. And also they must be able to evaluate what their mistakes are in the match so that the results are not too satisfying they get in this week 7.

[Volgastallion]

Al Nasrr Al Ahli now live!!!, i think i never gonna say this but, looks like a european top match if you look ath the starters from both teams. I think im gonna watch this game to see how much effort they put in this league and in important matches.

[aylabadia05]

This match will be interesting but I think AL Nassr will be slightly superior and get the win. The combination of Ronaldo and Mane is getting better, AL Nassr is in a good trend and they don't want to lose any more points because that will make them further away from the top of the standings.

In my opinion, the effort to beat Al Ahli is very big to be able to improve the order in the standings. This match will be exciting and interesting because Al Ahli also has players who are familiar to European football fans. Al Ahli's line up has changed in several positions. Mahrez, who usually plays as a right wing striker, is now seen playing as a left midfielder. Maximin, who is often on the left, in Al Ahli's line up in this match was placed as a center forward. It can't be true even though this could be their strategy.

And just now, Cristiano opened the scoring for Al Nassr's victory.
More than 3 goals are likely to occur in this match.

[marcous]

With money spent to buy star players and pay they high salary, it has been changing the league to be more exciting and attractive with star players from Europe as well as television companies in European countries. Matches in the league become more exciting and have better quality as well as competitiveness.

Problems are they bought many old players who will not be able to play like 2 or 3 more years with good performances or longer. Will they spend big money again to buy other old star players again?

It's hard to maintain such spending to maintain the league quality and Saudi Arabian clubs hardly to succeed if they want to buy young star players from Europe. I don't imagine this will happen soon before the league quality becomes much better. At a quality level which can help young star players from Europe can play in Saudi Professional League but still be called for their international duties. That time has yet come and the sustainable growth of the league is still very slim.

I wonder how you determined that the league's sustainable growth is very slim? I think if we talk about the quality of the game, it is obviously higher than what it was before the arrival of Ronaldo and the subsequent wave of transfers. But in one or two seasons the League certainly cannot reach the level of the top leagues in Europe, and all the same, for those who watch mainly European games it will seem weak. I think we need to wait a couple of years when the generation of old stars leaves and their place (already prepared) is taken by young world-class players, then it will be possible to compare and if we don’t take the top 5 European Leagues, then I wouldn’t be surprised if the Saudi one is already at the top level.

It's true that SPL will develop gradually, and for now I think it's only in the first stage. With abundant financial resources, I am quite sure that the SPL will become a league that is inhabited by many star players. I think in the next two or three seasons there will be more former European players going to the SPL, it is possible that young players will also move to the SPL, of course this will make the SPL more competitive. So the opportunity to get a place in the national team of your respective country is also very open, when the SPL level is not inferior to other top European leagues.

The existence of the SPL will be a rival to Europa top leagues, at least in hunting for star players. With the support of their financial resources, they can easily get players by offering large salaries.

[LGD2Business]

Al Nassr started the match very quickly and scored 2 goals and took the lead, but Al Ahli Jeddah responded with Kessie. Now the match has become much more exciting. Many more events will happen in this match. I predicted that we would watch a match with lots of goals, and I wasn't wrong about that. We still have 55 minutes left. We may see more goals. The most exciting thing about the Arab league was the many goals scored with the transfer of these superstars. We see very good offensive game plays.

[rendravolt]

Al Nasrr Al Ahli now live!!!, i think i never gonna say this but, looks like a european top match if you look ath the starters from both teams. I think im gonna watch this game to see how much effort they put in this league and in important matches.

It was clear what the quality of the European players from each team was and I couldn't stop staring at the screen because there were so many attacks that occurred during the first half. Especially considering that this big match will always be synonymous with harsh violations and that has happened repeatedly in this match. Al-Nassr managed to take a temporary lead with a brace scored by Anderson Talisca and also a goal scored by Cristiano Ronaldo in the early minutes, while from Al-Ahli they were only able to catch up with a goal scored by Frank Kessie. This result is quite clear that Al-Nassr will win the match and they just have to maintain this advantage until the final minute or add one more goal to seal the win at home.

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Al Nassr started the match very quickly and scored 2 goals and took the lead, but Al Ahli Jeddah responded with Kessie. Now the match has become much more exciting. Many more events will happen in this match. I predicted that we would watch a match with lots of goals, and I wasn't wrong about that. We still have 55 minutes left. We may see more goals. The most exciting thing about the Arab league was the many goals scored with the transfer of these superstars. We see very good offensive game plays.

Your prediction was correct that this match had 7 goals between them in a 4-3 Al Nassr victory over Al Ahli.
It can be said that this is very dramatic with the game show is quite interesting with some European players who play a very important role in this match, Ronaldo scored 2 goals again to lead the top scorer now.

Al Nassr continues to catch up with the rest of the table with a 5-game winning streak, their performance is quite good in the Arab League and Asian Champions League.

[Bananington]

Al-Nassr managed to take a temporary lead with a brace scored by Anderson Talisca and also a goal scored by Cristiano Ronaldo in the early minutes,

The first Ronaldo goal was quick, scored even before the smoke in Al Ahli goal was able to settle. Ronaldo will be the highest goal scorer by the time the  league ends this season if he continues like this. He is a player who can carry the responsibility of a team when the play another bigger team, and he did it well again today, him together with Sadio Mane. Al-Ittihad should know that Al Nassr is also a very big threat to them, Al Hilal too, these teams have scored many goals in the few games they have played this season.

[rahmad2nd]

Al Nassr started the match very quickly and scored 2 goals and took the lead, but Al Ahli Jeddah responded with Kessie. Now the match has become much more exciting. Many more events will happen in this match. I predicted that we would watch a match with lots of goals, and I wasn't wrong about that. We still have 55 minutes left. We may see more goals. The most exciting thing about the Arab league was the many goals scored with the transfer of these superstars. We see very good offensive game plays.

In the end, Al Nassr proved his skills when he hosted Al-Ahli in the match that just ended. In this match, Luis Castro didn't change his squad much, he only left Fotana on the bench. then, played in the 77th minute. As predicted, this match will produce lots of goals from both teams. on the Al Nassr side, Talisca and Ronaldo both scored 2 goals. but Talisca became Man of the Match with one assist. For Ronaldo, he has now scored 9 goals in his 6 matches and has also scored the most goals so far.
In this match, both teams both had many chances, although Al-Ahli had more chances than Al Nassr. However, Al Nassr controlled the match and even took the lead in the first half.

Nevertheless, Al-Ahli is still catching up. As a result, the match ended with a score of 4-3, a victory for Al Nassr. now, both teams have the same 15 points. The difference is, Al Nassr is more productive in terms of scoring goals.
By the way, in this match Al-Ahli coach Mattias Jaissle tried to experiment by rotating some of his players. Mahrez is the sole striker, while Firmino is the attacking midfielder. As a result, Firmino played increasingly underperforming. while Mahrez scored from the penalty spot. IMO, I think the Al-Ahli coach in the future will have quite a difficult job to improve his squad, especially for Firmino who is no longer scoring goals after scoring a hat-trick on his first debut.

[Joca97]

Al-Nassr managed to take a temporary lead with a brace scored by Anderson Talisca and also a goal scored by Cristiano Ronaldo in the early minutes,

The first Ronaldo goal was quick, scored even before the smoke in Al Ahli goal was able to settle. Ronaldo will be the highest goal scorer by the time the  league ends this season if he continues like this. He is a player who can carry the responsibility of a team when the play another bigger team, and he did it well again today, him together with Sadio Mane. Al-Ittihad should know that Al Nassr is also a very big threat to them, Al Hilal too, these teams have scored many goals in the few games they have played this season.

In this league when big teams there are always goal and Ronaldo showed his class today and finished the match like he knows and Al Nassr is slowly catching tempo and is already at 5th place after a bad start in the league and they will continue to win for sure

[nurilham]

In the end, Al Nassr proved his skills when he hosted Al-Ahli in the match that just ended. In this match, Luis Castro didn't change his squad much, he only left Fotana on the bench. then, played in the 77th minute. As predicted, this match will produce lots of goals from both teams. on the Al Nassr side, Talisca and Ronaldo both scored 2 goals. but Talisca became Man of the Match with one assist. For Ronaldo, he has now scored 9 goals in his 6 matches and has also scored the most goals so far.
In this match, both teams both had many chances, although Al-Ahli had more chances than Al Nassr. However, Al Nassr controlled the match and even took the lead in the first half.

Yep, it has been predicted that this match will be many goals. We can understand this because both team are in a good form, specifically Al Nassr. Moreover, Al Nassr is playing at home, they must have a big motivation to win and make many goals.

Anyway, I'm surprised Seko Fofana on the bench but Al Nassr still released great line up in this match. The players on the starting line up is probably the players who are in best condition.

Well, Al Nassr played effectively today, although Al-Ahli made more chances to score but Al Nassr could score more goals. I think there is a bit problem with Al-Ahli players, they look not very good in accuracy.

Nevertheless, Al-Ahli is still catching up. As a result, the match ended with a score of 4-3, a victory for Al Nassr. now, both teams have the same 15 points. The difference is, Al Nassr is more productive in terms of scoring goals.

Yes, Al Nassr is in 5th place now, meanwhile Al-Ahli is in 6th place. Al Nassr returns to the top 5, next they will target to return to the top 3 on SPL standings.

By the way, in this match Al-Ahli coach Mattias Jaissle tried to experiment by rotating some of his players. Mahrez is the sole striker, while Firmino is the attacking midfielder. As a result, Firmino played increasingly underperforming. while Mahrez scored from the penalty spot.

It was a bad idea to make an experiment on the big match. Al Nassr isn't a small team, Al-Ahli coach mustn't try to change the players' positions in this match.