Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[KTChampions]

Hah.... Is this valid news? Not so sure.

Looking at the football sports news there are interesting, but I'm not so sure about this rumor, in other words that UEFA while considering inviting Al Nassr to play in the champions league next season and all the letters are being considered.

Why I say this is a bit skeptical because it is not the continent, the Champions League consciously especially the European zone is unlikely to invite only 1 club Al Nassr because of Ronaldo's popularity and now the club is said to be 3 popular in the world.
I'm not sure anyone is taking this seriously.

[1] https://twitter.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1724469459891441904
[2] https://twitter.com/alharbi_44/status/1724469385392160876

I don’t think that this news is true at the moment, it is rather an attempt to test public opinion. If fans receive this news with enthusiasm, then perhaps another club will be entered into the European Champions League (not necessarily Al-Nasr, just adding a wild card system). And in fact, I don’t see anything wrong with this, I think everyone would dream of seeing how other best clubs in the world would show themselves in the Champions League. Taking into account the change in the format of the Champions League from next year, no one will even feel that a new club is playing in the tournament.

[fuguebtc]

@Sithara007 what happened with Neymar was pure bad luck but I’m hoping that he’ll come back stronger because this is not a very demanding league and he can definitely thrive here. Also buying in the January transfer window doesn’t make much sense as they’ll be overpaying for their targets hence I hope that they will spend wisely by waiting for the summer transfer window.

Neymar is not going to come back to Saudi Arabia. You know that, right? He has been deregistered by Al Hilal and he has already flown back to Brazil. And I don't think that he will ever again get an offer from any of the Saudi clubs, after what he did to Al Hilal. Saudis will be very cautious now. For Al Hilal, there is a need to fill the vacuum left by Neymar, although Aleksandar Mitrović has been performing exceptionally well for them. I have a feeling that the replacement will be neither Osimhen nor Salah, but some less fancied player.

Sometimes I feel very sorry for what happened to Neymar. Because his injury was quite serious and he was even expected to be absent from football for around 1 year. And of course Al-hilal couldn't wait patiently for this. So in the end Neymar was removed from Al-Hilal's squad list for this season. Because Al-hilal seems to be planning to bring in other European players. Although there is no definite news yet about who Al-Hilal will bring in. But the step of removing Neymar from the squad list is necessary so that a place is available for another foreign player at Al-Hilal.

But thats is only for this season. Because in the next season Al-Hilal will definitely re-register Neymar in the Al-Hilal squad. Because Neymar's contract at Al-Hilal is quite long. But Al-hilal doesn't seem to be targeting attacking or midfield players. But they want to get a non-Saudi player for the left back position. Al-Hilal seems to realize that it must have a solid defense when facing strong teams that have strong forwards such as Al-Nassr and Al-ittihad.

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I believe that Al Hilal did this because they did not want to pay Neymar, the huge amount of salary that they were. At least not for free. We know that he is not going to be back in action for at least a year. So there is no reason for the club to literally give free money to him. Of course, it is going to be good news if he is registered again in the club in the next season. After all, they did spend hundred million dollars to bring him in. But at the same time, I don't think anyone can actually blame Neymar. Because he is obviously not getting injured willingly.

[rendravolt]

Hah.... Is this valid news? Not so sure.

Looking at the football sports news there are interesting, but I'm not so sure about this rumor, in other words that UEFA while considering inviting Al Nassr to play in the champions league next season and all the letters are being considered.

Why I say this is a bit skeptical because it is not the continent, the Champions League consciously especially the European zone is unlikely to invite only 1 club Al Nassr because of Ronaldo's popularity and now the club is said to be 3 popular in the world.
I'm not sure anyone is taking this seriously.

[1] https://twitter.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1724469459891441904
[2] https://twitter.com/alharbi_44/status/1724469385392160876

There are indeed rumors like that, but I don't agree if it is true that Al-Nassr will receive an invitation to participate in the Champions League. The reason is that this will hurt the competition, which has been known for a long time to only be filled with representatives of teams from Europe and getting a place in the play-off round is very difficult for other small European teams. Of course, this is more of a privilege because Al-Nassr has Cristiano Ronaldo, who is currently the top scorer of all time in the Champions League. However, if this is realized, football fans in Europe will definitely protest massively to UEFA and will not let this just happen.

[Sithara007]

There are indeed rumors like that, but I don't agree if it is true that Al-Nassr will receive an invitation to participate in the Champions League. The reason is that this will hurt the competition, which has been known for a long time to only be filled with representatives of teams from Europe and getting a place in the play-off round is very difficult for other small European teams. Of course, this is more of a privilege because Al-Nassr has Cristiano Ronaldo, who is currently the top scorer of all time in the Champions League. However, if this is realized, football fans in Europe will definitely protest massively to UEFA and will not let this just happen.

Well.. I don't get it. Why should anyone protest against this move? It is going to be mutually beneficial for both the sides. Al Nassr will get to play against quality opposition in front of European fans, while UEFA will benefit from an increase in global viewership. The world has become smaller as a result of advancement in technology. Given this, I would say that UEFA is doing the right thing. Expanding the Champions League, to include teams from outside the European continent is a welcome step. If they can include Turkish and Kazakh clubs, then why not those from Saudi Arabia?

[Plaguedeath]

There are indeed rumors like that, but I don't agree if it is true that Al-Nassr will receive an invitation to participate in the Champions League. The reason is that this will hurt the competition, which has been known for a long time to only be filled with representatives of teams from Europe and getting a place in the play-off round is very difficult for other small European teams. Of course, this is more of a privilege because Al-Nassr has Cristiano Ronaldo, who is currently the top scorer of all time in the Champions League. However, if this is realized, football fans in Europe will definitely protest massively to UEFA and will not let this just happen.

Al Nassr didn't adopt FIFA FPP rule, so it's really impossible they will qualify to play in Champions League. Also personal invitation is a discrimination to other team especially Al Ittihad which previously won the Saudi Professional League.

It seems FIFA really want to bring traffic to their league since they falsely think, Ronaldo moving to Saudi Arabia is to end his career.

[shinratensei_]

Hah.... Is this valid news? Not so sure.

Looking at the football sports news there are interesting, but I'm not so sure about this rumor, in other words that UEFA while considering inviting Al Nassr to play in the champions league next season and all the letters are being considered.

Why I say this is a bit skeptical because it is not the continent, the Champions League consciously especially the European zone is unlikely to invite only 1 club Al Nassr because of Ronaldo's popularity and now the club is said to be 3 popular in the world.
I'm not sure anyone is taking this seriously.

[1] https://twitter.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1724469459891441904
[2] https://twitter.com/alharbi_44/status/1724469385392160876

It's not yet confirmed by UEFA and this probably another fake news. How can UEFA invite al nassr just because it was one of popular club? This is far from the first draft being made by SPL to invite the winner of SPL to play in the UEFA.

That rumor is not even relevant to me. It seems like that there are not reliable press who was publishing this rumor. This is likely a fake rumor being made by the haters of al nassr.

The main problem since when UEFA used the popularity of club as barometer to measure the reliability of club to play in the UEFA champion league? I can't even understand where the sense point from that rumor.

There will be many europeans try to protesting regarding it. Im sure 100% that's fake news. Let UEFA try to confirm it.

What a non sense rumor. Fake news creators sometimes lose their sanity while spreading rumors.

[Uruhara]

The coach is always an important position for a team, but I think Al-Hilal is also loaded with international players that have had some sort of highly professional career. With Neymar being out, they still don't seem to be any weaker than they are with him. I thought that Al-Nassr would dominate the league with Ronaldo and Mané both being in great shape and also playing together as they understand each other pretty well. But so far Al-Hilal has been the more consistent team. The difference is in the defense as Al-Hilal only conceded half as many goals as Al-Nassr.

All that Neymar managed to show is that Al-Hilal is stronger without him   Over the previous 6 years, Al-Hilal have been champions 5 times, plus they continue to strengthen their roster all the time, so it is clear that it will not be easy to take the title from them. Let's see how their personal meeting goes, maybe this will be a turning point in the championship or the end of the championship race. It’s a pity that Al-Nasr lost points out of the blue at the beginning of the season.

If Al-Nassr had not lost points in the two matches at the start of the season then perhaps Al-Nassr would now be at the top of the standings. Unfortunately, C.Ronaldo's absence in the first two matches at the start of this season has caused Al-Nassr to lose points in these two matches. And it benefits other strong teams like Al-hilal who can continue to be consistent from the start. But Al-Nassr fought back after being 6 points behind and is now slowly approaching the top of the standings with only a 4 point difference with Al-Hilal.

Talking about Al-Hilal is like talking about Man City in the Premier League. Because Al-Hilal has won the most titles in recent years. Last season, Al-Hilal probably lost to Al-Nassr and Al-Ittihad. But this season they seem to want to restore their glory in the SPL. And currently Al-hilal can be said to be the team with the strongest defense in the SPL. Because there is K. Koulibaly who is one of Europe's best defenders currently joining Al-Hilal. So it is not surprising that opponents always have difficulty breaking through Al-Hilal's defense. But in front of Al-Nassr maybe everything will be different. Because C. Ronaldo, Mane and Talisca seem very difficult to stop even by K. Koulibaly.

[rendravolt]

There are indeed rumors like that, but I don't agree if it is true that Al-Nassr will receive an invitation to participate in the Champions League. The reason is that this will hurt the competition, which has been known for a long time to only be filled with representatives of teams from Europe and getting a place in the play-off round is very difficult for other small European teams. Of course, this is more of a privilege because Al-Nassr has Cristiano Ronaldo, who is currently the top scorer of all time in the Champions League. However, if this is realized, football fans in Europe will definitely protest massively to UEFA and will not let this just happen.

Al Nassr didn't adopt FIFA FPP rule, so it's really impossible they will qualify to play in Champions League. Also personal invitation is a discrimination to other team especially Al Ittihad which previously won the Saudi Professional League.

It seems FIFA really want to bring traffic to their league since they falsely think, Ronaldo moving to Saudi Arabia is to end his career.

Clearly this would be a blunder for those who had extended this invitation to Al-Nassr. If Al-Nassr has that opportunity then is it possible that Inter Miami with Lionel Messi will also get the same opportunity?

We know very well that several seasons ago the Champions League lost its prestige after they parted ways with Ronaldo, but now Lionel Messi has also made things worse after he also left Europe. This is just about how a big competition lost its appeal after the two GOATs left European competition and this fact means they have lost big assets over the years. Now they want to try to bring back what could get them exposure again or maybe there's more to it that we don't know.

[BRINIRHA]

If Al-Nassr had not lost points in the two matches at the start of the season then perhaps Al-Nassr would now be at the top of the standings. Unfortunately, C.Ronaldo's absence in the first two matches at the start of this season has caused Al-Nassr to lose points in these two matches. And it benefits other strong teams like Al-hilal who can continue to be consistent from the start. But Al-Nassr fought back after being 6 points behind and is now slowly approaching the top of the standings with only a 4 point difference with Al-Hilal.

Talking about Al-Hilal is like talking about Man City in the Premier League. Because Al-Hilal has won the most titles in recent years. Last season, Al-Hilal probably lost to Al-Nassr and Al-Ittihad. But this season they seem to want to restore their glory in the SPL. And currently Al-hilal can be said to be the team with the strongest defense in the SPL. Because there is K. Koulibaly who is one of Europe's best defenders currently joining Al-Hilal. So it is not surprising that opponents always have difficulty breaking through Al-Hilal's defense. But in front of Al-Nassr maybe everything will be different. Because C. Ronaldo, Mane and Talisca seem very difficult to stop even by K. Koulibaly.

Al-Nassr does have a very strong and very reliable attack line. The combination of these three players, namely CR7, Talisca and Mane, makes it difficult for opponents to stop the attacks built by Al-Nassr. But I will honestly say that Al-Nassr actually has weaknesses at the back. Between Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr the difference lies here. Al-Hilal actually also has a good attack line, although not as good as Al-Nassr. But Al-Hilal is indeed much more solid in defense. Meanwhile, Al-Nassr does have the best attack line in the SPL, but their defense line is mediocre. Even weaker than Al-hilal. But if Al-Nassr is able to cover up their defensive deficiencies then Al-hilal will definitely not be able to win the match against Al-Nassr. But for now, if we talk about the most balanced squad between the attack line and the back line, Al-hilal has it. Meanwhile, Al-Nassr actually tends to be dominant in the attack and midfield. Meanwhile, the defense is at a standard level.

[Uruhara]

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Al-Nassr does have a very strong and very reliable attack line. The combination of these three players, namely CR7, Talisca and Mane, makes it difficult for opponents to stop the attacks built by Al-Nassr. But I will honestly say that Al-Nassr actually has weaknesses at the back. Between Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr the difference lies here. Al-Hilal actually also has a good attack line, although not as good as Al-Nassr. But Al-Hilal is indeed much more solid in defense. Meanwhile, Al-Nassr does have the best attack line in the SPL, but their defense line is mediocre. Even weaker than Al-hilal. But if Al-Nassr is able to cover up their defensive deficiencies then Al-hilal will definitely not be able to win the match against Al-Nassr. But for now, if we talk about the most balanced squad between the attack line and the back line, Al-hilal has it. Meanwhile, Al-Nassr actually tends to be dominant in the attack and midfield. Meanwhile, the defense is at a standard level.

Al-Nassr has conceded more goals than Al-Hilal. But I think Al-Nassr has actually been able to cover up their shortcomings. Because Al-Nassr is also the most productive team in scoring goals. But I personally can't see or predict which team is stronger, between Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal. Because both have their own strengths and weaknesses. Even when facing Al-Ahli, these two teams were able to win by a lot of scores. Al-Nassr vs Al-ahli ended 4-3 with victory in the hands of Al-nassr. And Al-hilal vs Al-ahli ended 3-1 with Al-hilal winning. From this comparison, it seems that what you say is true, that Al-Hilal is indeed much better at maintaining the strength of their back line. I can't wait to see Al-nassr against Al-hilal next month.

[BABY SHOES]

Al Nassr didn't adopt FIFA FPP rule, so it's really impossible they will qualify to play in Champions League. Also personal invitation is a discrimination to other team especially Al Ittihad which previously won the Saudi Professional League.

With the absence of FIFA FPP regulations, Arab clubs are free to buy players at any price, including damaging market prices because other European clubs will be unable to compete in terms of offering prices to the players they want.
Clearly this is discrimination, if it is true that UEFA only invited Al Nassr, what about Al Hilal, who currently leads the standings? Maybe the Arab League champions will still choose Al Nassr? I don't think that's possible because there will definitely be many people protesting if this happens next season 24/25

It seems FIFA really want to bring traffic to their league since they falsely think, Ronaldo moving to Saudi Arabia is to end his career.

That's how according to several media, Ronaldo's move to the Arab League actually boosted his popularity, there were more and more fans, higher broadcasting rights, perhaps this is almost equivalent to broadcasting rights for other European leagues.
Maybe you thought at the beginning that Ronaldo's move to Arabia would end his career, but instead he became brilliant and is now the top scorer, compared to the MLS League, even though Messi has arrived, it is still dim in contrast to the Arab league.

[BRINIRHA]

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Al-Nassr does have a very strong and very reliable attack line. The combination of these three players, namely CR7, Talisca and Mane, makes it difficult for opponents to stop the attacks built by Al-Nassr. But I will honestly say that Al-Nassr actually has weaknesses at the back. Between Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr the difference lies here. Al-Hilal actually also has a good attack line, although not as good as Al-Nassr. But Al-Hilal is indeed much more solid in defense. Meanwhile, Al-Nassr does have the best attack line in the SPL, but their defense line is mediocre. Even weaker than Al-hilal. But if Al-Nassr is able to cover up their defensive deficiencies then Al-hilal will definitely not be able to win the match against Al-Nassr. But for now, if we talk about the most balanced squad between the attack line and the back line, Al-hilal has it. Meanwhile, Al-Nassr actually tends to be dominant in the attack and midfield. Meanwhile, the defense is at a standard level.

Al-Nassr has conceded more goals than Al-Hilal. But I think Al-Nassr has actually been able to cover up their shortcomings. Because Al-Nassr is also the most productive team in scoring goals. But I personally can't see or predict which team is stronger, between Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal. Because both have their own strengths and weaknesses. Even when facing Al-Ahli, these two teams were able to win by a lot of scores. Al-Nassr vs Al-ahli ended 4-3 with victory in the hands of Al-nassr. And Al-hilal vs Al-ahli ended 3-1 with Al-hilal winning. From this comparison, it seems that what you say is true, that Al-Hilal is indeed much better at maintaining the strength of their back line. I can't wait to see Al-nassr against Al-hilal next month.

Currently, we all can't see who will be the favorite if the two big clubs in the SPL meet. But I prefer to look at their last meeting in August when they competed in the Arab League Club Champions Cup. At that time Al-Nassr managed to win with a score of 2-1.

But I am a little doubtful about Al-Nassr in the upcoming match when they face Al-hilal because next month the match will take place at Al-hilal's home ground. So the home team will clearly have an advantage. Because at the end of last season Al-Nassr suffered a 2-0 defeat by Al-hilal at the King Fahd International stadium which is Al-hilal's home. Maybe the same result will happen again. But at that time Al-Nassr did not have Sadio Mane to help Al-Nassr's attack line. different from now where Mane always helps the attack line very well. Which makes CR7 even more pampered in the attack line. Because Mane and CR7 seem to understand each other. So the two of them often bait each other with quite beautiful and interesting skills.

[borovichok]

Al-Nassr has conceded more goals than Al-Hilal. But I think Al-Nassr has actually been able to cover up their shortcomings. Because Al-Nassr is also the most productive team in scoring goals. But I personally can't see or predict which team is stronger, between Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal. Because both have their own strengths and weaknesses. Even when facing Al-Ahli, these two teams were able to win by a lot of scores. Al-Nassr vs Al-ahli ended 4-3 with victory in the hands of Al-nassr. And Al-hilal vs Al-ahli ended 3-1 with Al-hilal winning. From this comparison, it seems that what you say is true, that Al-Hilal is indeed much better at maintaining the strength of their back line. I can't wait to see Al-nassr against Al-hilal next month.

Al Hilal are unbeaten this season, 11W 2D 0L scoring 34 goals and conceding just 8 goals, a brilliant start for Al Hilal and the supporters. What probably ringing in their ears is winning the Saudi Pro League title this season but they have to fight their way through these competitors who also have eyes on the title. Al Nassr have proven to become a competitive qualify contender for the Saudi Pro League title and they have Al Hilal to compete with. Al Nassr current stats, 10W 1D 2L scoring 37 goals and conceding 15 which is also am excellent start for the team. We will patiently watch the team that would do better and win the SPL title.

[klidex]

If Osimeh accept the Al Hilal offer is a wrong move for him in terms of sport career, i know is a super financial freedom, and you are not gonna lose your level because right now the Saudi league is having very important players and more than him, but come on..... you need to do something more and after that you can go to Saudi Arabia.

Osimhen is still very young if he plays in the Saudi Pro League, because Osimhen has great potential in Europe because Osimhen has great gameplay and also still young age. Therefore, indeed, it is not right if Osimhen accepts an offer from the Saudi Pro League team even though indeed, the offer submitted is a big money of course. But, if Osimhen sill want for a brilliant career then surely, Osimhen has a strong stance to continue playing in Europe. No matter if in the transfer market later Osimhen leaves Napoli, but most importantly Osimhen must successfully join a big club in Europe such as Real Madrid or maybe a big club in the Premier League, who knows.

It all depends on Oshimen, if he wants a big salary, maybe he will join a Saudi Arabian club, but if Victor Oshimen still extends his career in football, he should not want to move to Saudi Arabia but is still fighting for his career in the European league.
In my opinion, Victor Oshimen has extraordinary talent, his presence at Napoli has had a positive impact, even Victor Oshimen has succeeded in bringing the Napoli club to win the Italian league last season, so I am sure thats if Victor Oshimen focuses on developing his career in the European league like Real Madrid, he will probably achieve success many individual awards such as Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

[Doell]

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Al nassr shall have able to won the game with decent scores. Akhdoud is struggling with its performance at this moment. I don't expect something big to come from this club. Al akhdoud performs so badly and that's it. Akhdoud was just getting its win again in the previous match but it's losing in so many matches. Al nassr will able to get three points easily from akhdoud only if the club will not be making some mistakes. The defensive line of al nassr will be tested against a mediocre club in the saudi pro league.
This is a very interesting thing to be watched. Almost all of player will be going all in to secure the three points. Losing more points will be result in losing the chance to compete with al hilal for the title race.
Ronaldo will always become the playmaker that will also help al nassr to win with a lot of goals. That is good. Going all in al nassr is the best decision that can be taken.

Also, Al Nassr is not in any serious problems. I mean all key players Al Nassr probably available for that match, so they didn't experience any significant problems in being able to secure full points, and of course Al Nassr will really win in this match. But hopefully, during this international break key players Al Nassr will not suffer injuries while playing for their national teams. Especially Ronaldo who was very productive in scoring for Al Nassr.

[Uruhara]

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Al-Nassr has conceded more goals than Al-Hilal. But I think Al-Nassr has actually been able to cover up their shortcomings. Because Al-Nassr is also the most productive team in scoring goals. But I personally can't see or predict which team is stronger, between Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal. Because both have their own strengths and weaknesses. Even when facing Al-Ahli, these two teams were able to win by a lot of scores. Al-Nassr vs Al-ahli ended 4-3 with victory in the hands of Al-nassr. And Al-hilal vs Al-ahli ended 3-1 with Al-hilal winning. From this comparison, it seems that what you say is true, that Al-Hilal is indeed much better at maintaining the strength of their back line. I can't wait to see Al-nassr against Al-hilal next month.

Currently, we all can't see who will be the favorite if the two big clubs in the SPL meet. But I prefer to look at their last meeting in August when they competed in the Arab League Club Champions Cup. At that time Al-Nassr managed to win with a score of 2-1.

But I am a little doubtful about Al-Nassr in the upcoming match when they face Al-hilal because next month the match will take place at Al-hilal's home ground. So the home team will clearly have an advantage. Because at the end of last season Al-Nassr suffered a 2-0 defeat by Al-hilal at the King Fahd International stadium which is Al-hilal's home. Maybe the same result will happen again. But at that time Al-Nassr did not have Sadio Mane to help Al-Nassr's attack line. different from now where Mane always helps the attack line very well. Which makes CR7 even more pampered in the attack line. Because Mane and CR7 seem to understand each other. So the two of them often bait each other with quite beautiful and interesting skills.

I like how you analyzed the match. But it still seems like you are still confused about who will be the favorite. Because I feel the same way. Al-Nassr did win in their last meeting. But it wasn't a match at Al-Hilal's home ground. This is different from the upcoming match which will be held at Al-Hilal's home ground. But I think we also have to see the performance of these two teams in the upcoming matches before they finally meet in December. Like Al-Nassr who will fight Al-akhdoud and Al-hilal who will fight Al-Hazm. Even though these two matches seem easy to predict, who knows, there will be surprises in these matches. So if there is a surprise and the favorite team loses. So maybe it could be a benchmark for the meeting of the two big clubs next month.

[temple]

I like how you analyzed the match. But it still seems like you are still confused about who will be the favorite. Because I feel the same way. Al-Nassr did win in their last meeting. But it wasn't a match at Al-Hilal's home ground. This is different from the upcoming match which will be held at Al-Hilal's home ground. But I think we also have to see the performance of these two teams in the upcoming matches before they finally meet in December. Like Al-Nassr who will fight Al-akhdoud and Al-hilal who will fight Al-Hazm. Even though these two matches seem easy to predict, who knows, there will be surprises in these matches. So if there is a surprise and the favorite team loses. So maybe it could be a benchmark for the meeting of the two big clubs next month.

But the next game between Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr at Al-Hilal's home ground will have significant implications for the rest of the season. I believe if Al-Hilal wins that game, the season could almost be deemed over because it would be seven points assuming that they don't lose their next game and seven points seems to be too much to allow for a comeback for Al-Nassr. They would still have their home game against Al-Hilal, but the consistency Al-Hilal has now is very telling for the rest of the season. Especially in the Saudi Professional League seven points could be considered more meaningful than in some of the other leagues.

[JeffBrad12]

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Al-Nassr does have a very strong and very reliable attack line. The combination of these three players, namely CR7, Talisca and Mane, makes it difficult for opponents to stop the attacks built by Al-Nassr. But I will honestly say that Al-Nassr actually has weaknesses at the back. Between Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr the difference lies here. Al-Hilal actually also has a good attack line, although not as good as Al-Nassr. But Al-Hilal is indeed much more solid in defense. Meanwhile, Al-Nassr does have the best attack line in the SPL, but their defense line is mediocre. Even weaker than Al-hilal. But if Al-Nassr is able to cover up their defensive deficiencies then Al-hilal will definitely not be able to win the match against Al-Nassr. But for now, if we talk about the most balanced squad between the attack line and the back line, Al-hilal has it. Meanwhile, Al-Nassr actually tends to be dominant in the attack and midfield. Meanwhile, the defense is at a standard level.

Al-Nassr has conceded more goals than Al-Hilal. But I think Al-Nassr has actually been able to cover up their shortcomings. Because Al-Nassr is also the most productive team in scoring goals. But I personally can't see or predict which team is stronger, between Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal. Because both have their own strengths and weaknesses. Even when facing Al-Ahli, these two teams were able to win by a lot of scores. Al-Nassr vs Al-ahli ended 4-3 with victory in the hands of Al-nassr. And Al-hilal vs Al-ahli ended 3-1 with Al-hilal winning. From this comparison, it seems that what you say is true, that Al-Hilal is indeed much better at maintaining the strength of their back line. I can't wait to see Al-nassr against Al-hilal next month.

I think that how many goals being made by al nassr could not be used as measurement to support an opinion if nassr was stronger than al hilal. Al hilal may make less goals but the consistentcy is the main concern here. The club will able to win the saudi pro league as long as it has consistency to win any game till the end of season. Mitrovic may still below ronaldo at this moment but he was not always executing the penalty. The competition will be very strict for al nassr and al hilal.

Al hilal is still trying to encourage more european player to join in the club to replace neymar. Neymar is obviously a failed transfer for al hilal. This is also the reason main reason why al hilal has deregistered neymar from SPL this season.
The club will wait till he will be fully recovering from his injury. Al nassr is also preparing some list of names that will be also coming to the club.

[onecall123]

I like how you analyzed the match. But it still seems like you are still confused about who will be the favorite. Because I feel the same way. Al-Nassr did win in their last meeting. But it wasn't a match at Al-Hilal's home ground. This is different from the upcoming match which will be held at Al-Hilal's home ground. But I think we also have to see the performance of these two teams in the upcoming matches before they finally meet in December. Like Al-Nassr who will fight Al-akhdoud and Al-hilal who will fight Al-Hazm. Even though these two matches seem easy to predict, who knows, there will be surprises in these matches. So if there is a surprise and the favorite team loses. So maybe it could be a benchmark for the meeting of the two big clubs next month.

But the next game between Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr at Al-Hilal's home ground will have significant implications for the rest of the season. I believe if Al-Hilal wins that game, the season could almost be deemed over because it would be seven points assuming that they don't lose their next game and seven points seems to be too much to allow for a comeback for Al-Nassr. They would still have their home game against Al-Hilal, but the consistency Al-Hilal has now is very telling for the rest of the season. Especially in the Saudi Professional League seven points could be considered more meaningful than in some of the other leagues.

The upcoming match between Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr is going to be competitive for sure. Both clubs are in incredible form and are strong contenders for the title. While Al-Hilal has the upper hand as they are leading the Saudi Professional League table and they are looking to increase their point difference. Honestly, the consistency of Al-Hilal is just wow. They are still unbeaten, and it's unlikely they'll compromise or take risks that could lead to losing their leadership. They seem determined to maintain their position at the top.

[lizarder]

But the next game between Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr at Al-Hilal's home ground will have significant implications for the rest of the season. I believe if Al-Hilal wins that game, the season could almost be deemed over because it would be seven points assuming that they don't lose their next game and seven points seems to be too much to allow for a comeback for Al-Nassr. They would still have their home game against Al-Hilal, but the consistency Al-Hilal has now is very telling for the rest of the season. Especially in the Saudi Professional League seven points could be considered more meaningful than in some of the other leagues.  

Before facing Al-Hilal, Al-Nassr must play two other matches first and they will have more time to prepare for the match. This will be a big match for the Saudi Arabian League because it will bring together two teams that are being talked about by the world. I prefer Al-Nassr as the winner in that match because Cristiano Ronaldo doesn't want to create too big a gap near the points that Al-Hilal has collected if he loses in that match.

Ronaldo is also in good form and is very productive in terms of scoring goals. If Neymar had not been injured, the match would have been much more interesting because there were two players who played a significant role in making the match more tough and sharp. Losing Neymar in this match will provide an opportunity for other players on the front lines to prove their sharpness.