Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[Sithara007]

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Al Ahli is only 3 points different from Al Nassr if they want second place they have to appear consistent but it looks like Al Nassr will not slip up easily as long as they still have a strong attack line and Al Nassr only needs to improve the performance of their back line to defend well and if that has been resolved by the coach I am sure Al Nassr will still be in the top position with Al Hilal.

This statement is slightly misleading. At this point, the difference between Al Nassr and Al Ahli is just 3 points, but then Al Nassr has played one match less when compared to Al Ahli. For Al Nassr, the next match is against the weak Al Ettifaq and if they win that one, then they will end up with 40 points, compared to 34 for Al Ahli. Same goes for Al Hilal as well. They have 44 points from just 16 matches and they have also played one match less when compared to Al Ahli. We can say that Al Hilal and Al Nassr are safe at the top of the table. 

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Al Ahli achieved quite a neat victory because they were able to humiliate Al Feiha with a big score in front of their supporters. I think if we look at the statistics it is not surprising that Al Ahli were able to win this match with a big score because they were able to dominate the game and even made a lot of shots compared to the hosts. Mahrez also scored a goal through the penalty point which made Al Ahli to seal victory in this match. The additional 3 points made Al Ahli reduce the points behind the team above them.

In tomorrow's match, Al Hilal will face Al Wahda in a home match which makes it possible for Al Hilal to win this match easily. In their last 5 matches, Al Hilal recorded 3 wins, 1 draw and one defeat when they faced Al Wahda. In tomorrow's match I'm sure Al Hilal will be able to feast on goals because Al Hilal this season often wins matches with more than 2 goals. And I'm sure Mitrovic will chase additional goals in order to catch up with Ronaldo as the temporary top scorer.

Yes, looking at Al Ahli match statistics it was better and of course they dominated that game. Even, they scored 4 goals happened in the first half, and Al Ahli had no trouble in that match. Very good, seeing their performance in stealing full points, Al Ahli did not give their enemy a chance in that game to scored.

Regarding today match between Al Hilal vs Wahda, I also think this match will be easy for Al Hilal. Head to head statistics maybe it won't have any impact, I mean this season Al Hilal is on fire to collect lots of points, so they has a big possibilities to can continue their positive trend.

[rendravolt]

Al Ahli has now placed themselves at the 3rd place in points table, and they have a better goal difference when compared to the 4th placed Al Taawoun. But at the same time, they are well behind the table-toppers (Al Hilal and Al Nassr). Anyway, their next few matches are against really weak teams like Al Hazm, Al Khaleej and Al Akhdoud. In fact their next 5 matches are against weak teams. Challenging matches will start only on 14th March 2024, when they will take on Al Taawoun and then they will face Al Nassr on 28th March.

Winning over 4-0 from Al-Feiha made Al Ahli keep close their points with Al Nassr and success return to third standings awhile, currently Al Ahli performance still inconsistent and got three draw result of five matches. For pressuring Al Hilal position is not enough before returning to winning performance and Al Ahli have 10 points left with Al Hilal have still one match more. Al Ahli statistic games not really impressive yet from 17 games with 10 winning matches, 4 draw and they have losses 3 matches, although with Saudi Pro League have many matches left if can't consistent performance difficult keep in tittle race with Al Nassr and Al Hilal.

Only one Saudi Pro League team Al Hilal not loss yet until playing 16 matches, next match will face Al Wehda with current standings on 9th position will not really difficult opponent for Al Hilal continue their unbeaten record and keep away points from Al Nassr pressure.

It was a good result but the difference with Al-Hilal was still very large. I had doubts about Al-Ahli because with the large squad of European players they have, sometimes they fail to win and the landslide result against Al-Feiha is proof that this team is starting to find its game again. Even though this still wasn't enough, at least they didn't experience a prolonged draw.

I think it is still quite far to put Al-Ahli in title competition with Al-Hilal and at least being able to finish in the top 4 is their best achievement this season. The only team that is able to compete with Al-Hilal is Al-Nassr and even though the difference in points is quite large, at least they are still the closest competitors compared to other teams. Talking about the Al-Hilal vs Al-Wehda match, it is certain that Al-Hilal will win and with a squad of European players now everything will be easier.

[Sithara007]

It was a good result but the difference with Al-Hilal was still very large. I had doubts about Al-Ahli because with the large squad of European players they have, sometimes they fail to win and the landslide result against Al-Feiha is proof that this team is starting to find its game again. Even though this still wasn't enough, at least they didn't experience a prolonged draw.

I think it is still quite far to put Al-Ahli in title competition with Al-Hilal and at least being able to finish in the top 4 is their best achievement this season. The only team that is able to compete with Al-Hilal is Al-Nassr and even though the difference in points is quite large, at least they are still the closest competitors compared to other teams. Talking about the Al-Hilal vs Al-Wehda match, it is certain that Al-Hilal will win and with a squad of European players now everything will be easier.

Al Ahli for sure is one of then four clubs in the Saudi Professional League under the ownership of Public Investment Fund (PIF). The other three are Al-Hilal, Al-Ittihad and Al-Nassr. But when compared to the other three, Al Ahli is a bit weak in star power. Who is their star player? Roberto Firmino? or Édouard Mendy? Maybe Franck Kessié or Allan Saint-Maximin? Now compare that to Aleksandar Mitrović/Rúben Neves in Al Hilal, Karim Benzema/N'Golo Kanté/Abderrazak Hamdallah in Al-Ittihad and Cristiano Ronaldo/Sadio Mané in Al Nassr. There is no doubt that at least in terms of player strength Al Ahli is the weakest out of the four clubs.

[dzungmobile]

Al Ahli for sure is one of then four clubs in the Saudi Professional League under the ownership of Public Investment Fund (PIF). The other three are Al-Hilal, Al-Ittihad and Al-Nassr. But when compared to the other three, Al Ahli is a bit weak in star power. Who is their star player? Roberto Firmino? or Édouard Mendy? Maybe Franck Kessié or Allan Saint-Maximin? Now compare that to Aleksandar Mitrović/Rúben Neves in Al Hilal, Karim Benzema/N'Golo Kanté/Abderrazak Hamdallah in Al-Ittihad and Cristiano Ronaldo/Sadio Mané in Al Nassr. There is no doubt that at least in terms of player strength Al Ahli is the weakest out of the four clubs.

With support from PIF, those clubs have more financial budget for player transfers and salary than other clubs in Saudi Professional League. Differences are even more than that, as those clubs have better stadiums, dress rooms and more.

The question is only those clubs can successfully convert those financial support to better results than other clubs in Saudi Professional League. So far they are doing it well but the Al Ahli is not strong enough than Al Hilal, Al Nassr or Al Ittihad. I don't know how much each club received from PIF but from their transfers, I think Al Ahli got less money from PIF.

[hahay]

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Al Ahli is only 3 points different from Al Nassr if they want second place they have to appear consistent but it looks like Al Nassr will not slip up easily as long as they still have a strong attack line and Al Nassr only needs to improve the performance of their back line to defend well and if that has been resolved by the coach I am sure Al Nassr will still be in the top position with Al Hilal.

This statement is slightly misleading. At this point, the difference between Al Nassr and Al Ahli is just 3 points, but then Al Nassr has played one match less when compared to Al Ahli. For Al Nassr, the next match is against the weak Al Ettifaq and if they win that one, then they will end up with 40 points, compared to 34 for Al Ahli. Same goes for Al Hilal as well. They have 44 points from just 16 matches and they have also played one match less when compared to Al Ahli. We can say that Al Hilal and Al Nassr are safe at the top of the table. 

As long as the league still has a long process then ya, I think the difference of 3 to 6 points is still not completely safe . But ya, considering Al Nassr also still has the ambition to continue to make a close gap with Al Hilal then ya, of course Al Nassr will also remain focused on consistently to getting three points in each match.

That way, it will certainly still be difficult for Al Ahli to overtake Al Nassr in second place and ya. What's more, Al Ahli also has played 1 match more then Al Nassr and Al Hilal so ya, of course this factor will make Al Ahli seem no longer to have a good chance to be able to compete for second place . So ya, in essence,their points tally and number of matches at this moment, will be a difficult competition because ya, it is likely that Al Hilal and Al Nassr will also keep that position until the end of the season.

[tusandii]

Today there were several matches that I missed and forgot to place bets and for Al Hilal against Al Wahda at the time I wrote this the temporary score in the 20th minute was still a draw at 0-0 but I was still confident that Al Hilal would win because Al Wahda is not a strong club for Al Hilal and it will be very easy to get 3 points from this match.
Next, Al Fateh fought Al Shabab with a score of 1-0 and looking at Al Fateh's playing style, they were very confident so they were able to score 1 score in the 15th minute and with this performance, Al Fateh had a bigger winning advantage than Al Shabab.
Al-Raed is playing against Damac even though Al-Raed is the host but Damac seems to be very aggressive and the chance of winning is greater. Damac and this club have often been able to hold popular clubs in the Saudi pro league to a draw several times and to beat Al-Raed it seems like it will only be very easy task.

[makishart]

Al Ahli has now placed themselves at the 3rd place in points table, and they have a better goal difference when compared to the 4th placed Al Taawoun. But at the same time, they are well behind the table-toppers (Al Hilal and Al Nassr). Anyway, their next few matches are against really weak teams like Al Hazm, Al Khaleej and Al Akhdoud. In fact their next 5 matches are against weak teams. Challenging matches will start only on 14th March 2024, when they will take on Al Taawoun and then they will face Al Nassr on 28th March.

Winning over 4-0 from Al-Feiha made Al Ahli keep close their points with Al Nassr and success return to third standings awhile, currently Al Ahli performance still inconsistent and got three draw result of five matches. For pressuring Al Hilal position is not enough before returning to winning performance and Al Ahli have 10 points left with Al Hilal have still one match more. Al Ahli statistic games not really impressive yet from 17 games with 10 winning matches, 4 draw and they have losses 3 matches, although with Saudi Pro League have many matches left if can't consistent performance difficult keep in tittle race with Al Nassr and Al Hilal.

Only one Saudi Pro League team Al Hilal not loss yet until playing 16 matches, next match will face Al Wehda with current standings on 9th position will not really difficult opponent for Al Hilal continue their unbeaten record and keep away points from Al Nassr pressure.

It will be another easy win for al hilal. Al hilal has been destroying all of big clubs and why shall we feel doubt about that? i meant if al hilal has perfect ran. It was starting since al hilal was always winning the game against the big clubs.
It makes al hilal feel better and the club has more self confidence to win any upcoming matches. Just pick al hilal and you will get an easy win. Wehda is not that strong compared to the al hilal.

I remind you that al hilal has mitrovic and it was a goal machine for the club. Im sure hilal will get three points very soon. No doubt that caused by al hilal is the best club in SPL right now. It was the most perfect club.
Al hilal will get easy win against it.

[beerlover]

Al Feiha 0-4 Al Ahli, Al Ahli got a big score and make sure they winning on matchday 17.
Now with these three points Al Ahli get 34 points in the standings, and they can still be closer to Al Nassr. But to get a ticket the LCA group stage, seems like Al Nassr also can still got three points on their next match, so Al Ahli possibility of getting that ticket won't be easy either.
But also there are still many matches waiting to be played, and Al Ahli still have a chance to catch them, so Al Nassr must always be ready to stay away from their competitors.

An easy win for Al Ahli in this match, they didn't get any significant resistance to make it difficult for them to get full points. They were able to settle into their game after scoring a quick goal before the first 15 minutes.
To get a ticket, they still have to fight hard, but they also have to expect Al Nassr to have a bad performance to not get any extra points from the match they played. But that is a difficult thing, now Al Nassr is also playing well, although they have experienced some instability but they can quickly press the brakes and get back on track.
Al Ahli should not think about Al Nassr, they should focus on themselves.

I feel like there are teams that matter and there are teams that just fill a spot. Al Ahli played against one of those teams, it was easy and they just do not have to worry about it. 10th in the league will not create any trouble for Al Ahli at all, it should not be all that much of a trouble.

Al-Nassr must play as well as they can, it is a must for them because if they do end up losing, not only they are getting away the title run which the yare already so far away from, but the yare also getting to a point where they may not even finish second in the league as well. This is why it's quite important that they do what they must, and should be something to care about on the long run as well. I believe that we are going to end up with something much bigger.

[Phoenix Anka]

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Al Ahli is only 3 points different from Al Nassr if they want second place they have to appear consistent but it looks like Al Nassr will not slip up easily as long as they still have a strong attack line and Al Nassr only needs to improve the performance of their back line to defend well and if that has been resolved by the coach I am sure Al Nassr will still be in the top position with Al Hilal.

This statement is slightly misleading. At this point, the difference between Al Nassr and Al Ahli is just 3 points, but then Al Nassr has played one match less when compared to Al Ahli. For Al Nassr, the next match is against the weak Al Ettifaq and if they win that one, then they will end up with 40 points, compared to 34 for Al Ahli. Same goes for Al Hilal as well. They have 44 points from just 16 matches and they have also played one match less when compared to Al Ahli. We can say that Al Hilal and Al Nassr are safe at the top of the table. 

Al Hilal are undefeated in the league in 17 matches. They assembled a great team. Although most people know Al Nassr because of Cristiano Ronaldo, Al Hilal is a team with a better quality squad. Al Nassr is missing one match and there is currently a 10 point difference between them. The championship is now a difficult possibility for Al Nassr. Still, having competition makes the league better.

[kawetsriyanto]

Al Hilal are undefeated in the league in 17 matches. They assembled a great team. Although most people know Al Nassr because of Cristiano Ronaldo, Al Hilal is a team with a better quality squad. Al Nassr is missing one match and there is currently a 10 point difference between them. The championship is now a difficult possibility for Al Nassr. Still, having competition makes the league better.

You're right. Al Hilal is unbeatable until now. It is already 17 matches, Al Hilal won 15 matches and got 2 draws only. People know Al Nassr due to Ronaldo becomes the star players there. Now, people know Al Hilal because Mitrovic contributed a lot for this team to keep winning every match. Well, the point gap between Al Hilal and Al Nassr is quite large. 10 point difference will make Al Nassr players to have no chance to overtake Al Hilal. If Al Hilal keeps their consistency in playing, Al Nassr surely will be very difficult to beat Al Hilal in the race of the title. So, although the end of the season is still quite far from now, Al Hilal looks very convincingly to be the champion this season.

[borovichok]

Al Hilal are undefeated in the league in 17 matches. They assembled a great team. Although most people know Al Nassr because of Cristiano Ronaldo, Al Hilal is a team with a better quality squad. Al Nassr is missing one match and there is currently a 10 point difference between them. The championship is now a difficult possibility for Al Nassr. Still, having competition makes the league better.

Competitive run can be interesting when your favorite club is inform. The Saudi Pro League is for any potential clubs that can chart their own course to triumph. The points difference is small because the Knights of Najd can quickly regain momentum and win matches, I believed they can survived in the long run. Al Nassr and Al Hilal are the top two clubs in the SPL. In fact, they are the key clubs I am keeping an eye on to see if they can win matches. The SPL is for the most competitive clubs, and anything less is considered poor. Al Hilal are coming to win it all.

[nurilham]

Well, the point gap between Al Hilal and Al Nassr is quite large. 10 point difference will make Al Nassr players to have no chance to overtake Al Hilal.

Indeed. The point gap is quite large because Al Nassr still has 1 unplayed match and they also missed points in the match against Al Hilal previously. Al Nassr failed to reduce the point difference because they were defeated by Al Hilal with 3 goals. If they won the match, the point gap should be smaller now. It is very unfortunate that Al Nassr couldn't fulfil people's expectation.

If Al Hilal keeps their consistency in playing, Al Nassr surely will be very difficult to beat Al Hilal in the race of the title. So, although the end of the season is still quite far from now, Al Hilal looks very convincingly to be the champion this season.

Al Hilal is on fire, they probably will have no problem to win all the remaining matches. I am very sure that Al Hilal is the most favorite team to win SPL trophy this season. They always played well and win almost all the matches. So, we can assume they will keep it until the end of the season.

[QueenVera]

Al Ahli has been performing well recently, not losing in the last 5 matches but experiencing 3 draws, indeed the draw results made Al Ahli lose a lot of points but at least they didn't lose all of them, in today's match when they visit Al Feiha headquarters, Al Ahli can won the match with an extraordinary landslide score even though Al Feiha is not a weak club, but lately Al Feiha has not been in good condition so Al Ahli took advantage of that momentum to get the full 3 points.

Al Feiha must have felt embarrassed in this match because Al Ahli really didn't give him a chance to score. Al Ahli kept the defense tight so as not to concede a goal from the home team.

Al Ahli is only 3 points different from Al Nassr if they want second place they have to appear consistent but it looks like Al Nassr will not slip up easily as long as they still have a strong attack line and Al Nassr only needs to improve the performance of their back line to defend well and if that has been resolved by the coach I am sure Al Nassr will still be in the top position with Al Hilal.

The SPL is a growing league with teams doing very well at what they do. We can mention a few of the teams as not just Al Nassr being the only ones doing well. The various team performances are beneficial to the leagues growth and expansion, adding to the promptness to be a part of the UEFA race. It's a good push to the best that a team can portray.

 Al Nassr are still standing really out in the league and then the likes of Al Hilal and the other teams. The combination of local and foreign players in the league promoted unity and bond with nations too, even increases fans favouritism. It's just beautiful to watch how football in the Asian side has become so beautiful, shifting down the attention of other nations to see the wonders that the SPL are doing. The league is still running and race for the trophy is on too. The final table standing is awaited.

[GxSTxV]

Benzima missed the opportunity to draw the match on Club World  Cup with a penalty against Al Ahly SC, even that he scored in last minutes but for nothing since they received 3 goals. The level between both teams was so obvious and tells us that even with all the money spent on players, some other Leagues are better than SPL and proves that football academies are the grail for a better future in Saudi football leagues.
Most expensive players Saudi brought to their tems, and honestly Ronaldo was the first and best player that provided much to his team and playing better, regardless to his age, he could be the best scorer and created many goals and chances as well.

[Leviathan.007]

Again it seems the superstar player of Barcelona Lewandowski got another offer from Saudis and it is time they offered a 150 million offer to this Polish player of Barcelona but Lewandowski rejectted the offer to stay in Barcelona for a longer time, which means Lewandowski is still not interested in leaving his team to saudi arabia even a huge amount of money.
However, I think even Barcelona is still trying to keep Lewandowski and they are not interested in losing him any time soon.

 

https://barcauniversal.com/barcelona-superstar-rejected-e150-million-bumper-offer-from-saudi-wants-to-see-out-contract-at-club/

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Benzima missed the opportunity to draw the match on Club World  Cup with a penalty against Al Ahly SC, even that he scored in last minutes but for nothing since they received 3 goals. The level between both teams was so obvious and tells us that even with all the money spent on players, some other Leagues are better than SPL and proves that football academies are the grail for a better future in Saudi football leagues.
Most expensive players Saudi brought to their tems, and honestly Ronaldo was the first and best player that provided much to his team and playing better, regardless to his age, he could be the best scorer and created many goals and chances as well.

The game would have been more difficult and they might have had a chance to win or at least dominate the game more if Benzema had leveled the score with that penalty. However, it has happened that they lose 3-1 against a team in the Egyptian Premier League that is somewhat inferior to Al Hilal because of the caliber of its players. That's football, though, so anything can happen, and that's what happened in this match. Since Benzema scored one goal before to the finish of the game, hopefully they won't hold him responsible for not scoring the penalty.

[rahmad2nd]

Al Hilal are undefeated in the league in 17 matches. They assembled a great team. Although most people know Al Nassr because of Cristiano Ronaldo, Al Hilal is a team with a better quality squad. Al Nassr is missing one match and there is currently a 10 point difference between them. The championship is now a difficult possibility for Al Nassr. Still, having competition makes the league better.

Al Hilal successfully defeated their opposing team in the 17th match of the Saudi Pro League, playing at home was an easy match for Jorge Jesus' squad. we can refer to the statistics of the match, Al Hilal doesn't seem to have given Al Wehda many opportunities to control the ball. Not many goals were scored in this match, but that was more than enough for Al Hilal to continue its positive trend. Al Hilal controlled 71% ball possession, 18 total shots, 7 shots on target, 5 big chances and 2 chances converted into goals. Likewise, based on technical matters, Al Hilal is much better than the opposing team. In this match, Mitrovic was again able to show his abilities, this player is a specialist in heading to score goals. He has scored many goals, thanks to his headers. Meanwhile, Al Wehda did not offer much resistance apart from holding back attacks from the Al Hilal squad. they only had 2 shots on target, and 1 big chance. As a result, Al Hilal widened the points gap from the teams below them. Well, now the goal difference between Motivic and Ronaldo is only one goal. which means, Mitrovic has the potential to surpass Ronaldo as the Saudi Pro League goal scorer. If Al Hilal remains on a positive track, Mitrovic's potential is large enough to add to his goal collection.

As for Al Nassr, they still have a break when they host Al Etiffaq. because previously, Al Nassr played an away match against Al Shabab and they beat the Al Shabab team with a score of 2-5. So, we will watch the Al Nassr vs Etiffaq match on the 22nd. In other words, next week's match and Ronaldo will have to score a lot of goals to keep his distance from Mitrovic. but on the same day, Al Hilal also played their match against Ahba. However, Al Nassr has one match postponed. Unfortunately, this will not have an effect if Al Hilal always continues with a positive trend. Now, the two teams are 10 points apart.

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It was a good result but the difference with Al-Hilal was still very large. I had doubts about Al-Ahli because with the large squad of European players they have, sometimes they fail to win and the landslide result against Al-Feiha is proof that this team is starting to find its game again. Even though this still wasn't enough, at least they didn't experience a prolonged draw.

I think it is still quite far to put Al-Ahli in title competition with Al-Hilal and at least being able to finish in the top 4 is their best achievement this season. The only team that is able to compete with Al-Hilal is Al-Nassr and even though the difference in points is quite large, at least they are still the closest competitors compared to other teams. Talking about the Al-Hilal vs Al-Wehda match, it is certain that Al-Hilal will win and with a squad of European players now everything will be easier.

The difference in points between Al Ahli and Al Hilal is 13 points because Al Hilal also won today's match. Of course, Al Ahli needs lots of wins in the upcoming matches if they want to reduce their lag behind Al Hilal. By the way, Al Hilal was able to maintain the winning trend because they managed to get 3 points in the 17th match of this season. I see this match as one-sided or a half-field game because Al Hilal did not provide space for Al Wahda to threaten their goal. Al Hilal has never lost and that is a pretty good performance that they can maintain until the league has run 17 matches.

Al Nassr, who is in 2nd place, is also 10 points behind Al Hilal, who leads the standings. So this gap in points will certainly make Al Hilal sit comfortably at the top of the standings. I think this season Al Hilal can lock up the title early because they are so consistent in winning every match. Mitrovic also played a part in scoring goals in today's match and he is one of the players who is quite productive in scoring goals this season, he is only behind Ronaldo.

[Belarge]

Again it seems the superstar player of Barcelona Lewandowski got another offer from Saudis and it is time they offered a 150 million offer to this Polish player of Barcelona but Lewandowski rejectted the offer to stay in Barcelona for a longer time, which means Lewandowski is still not interested in leaving his team to saudi arabia even a huge amount of money.
However, I think even Barcelona is still trying to keep Lewandowski and they are not interested in losing him any time soon.

 

https://barcauniversal.com/barcelona-superstar-rejected-e150-million-bumper-offer-from-saudi-wants-to-see-out-contract-at-club/

There's no amount to loosing one of your best favorite life.
LnBarcelona will not dare to sell one of their best player this summer, we know how cruel and confident Robert Lewandowski can do on pitch and the fans have hope in him to deliver in any game, he's the only player capable of winning and boosting goal scoring of Barcelona. Robert Lewandowski is old and he can't meet up the the high demands from the coach, the fans and also the club. He have to adjust, besides he's a top striker but his position comes with enough responsibilities to take care of.