Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[fullhdpixel]

I believe that its both a bit Damac playing well but also a bit Ittihad not playing that well too. We are talking about Ittihad who spent so much money getting all the great players and then playing this badly. Ittihad should be like within 5 points of the title, and if possible should have been top of the standings as well, not where they are. So if Damac is close to Ittihad, that is because Damac played well that's true but also because Ittihad has played terribly this season so far as well.

It's not even just about getting stars, its about building a whole team, Damac did that, and even without Neymar look at his team? That's the thing about football, no matter how many stars you have, if there isn't a team that plays together, you will lose.

Al Ittihad is only the fourth most valuable club in the Saudi Professional League, they are behind Al-Hilal, Al-Nassr and Al-Ahli. It's funny how some of the clubs pay more salary to a single player than their whole squad is worth That doesn't sound to me as if it was making a lot of sense. Al-Nassr is worth around 165 million euros and Ronaldo alone earns 200 million I think? The same is going on with Al-Ittihad and Benzema. It's ridiculous in my opinion and shows how far off they are with their salaries.

Even many statics and things are wired here in this league but as we all know these are early days for them to jump from an average league to jump into one of the best leagues so they are doing things like these just for having better environment for the future and also better exposure of the game around the globe if you know then check four top clubs are owned by just one company which is also public fund as well so they are investing this all for the long run and in near future we will have too many changes, but these are not easy as we have in European markets because this is completely different place with different culture and region which is trying to change their all with huge investments and by their own influence which they have in last few decades after investing good amounts in many clubs of UEFA.

[Leviathan.007]

I think Damac's performance this season has improved a lot. Last season, Damac also finished in 8th place, which indicates that Damac's squad is one of the best in the SPL. And now Damac also has a number of points close to Al-ittihad. Because Damac is currently ranked 6th and is 1 point different from Al-ittihad which is ranked 5th. Meanwhile, Al-ta'ee is far below Damac. Namely, Al-Ta'ee is currently ranked 13th. Added to this is the position of Damac who will be the host of today's match. So I think there is no reason to hesitate in favoring Damac in this match.

I believe that its both a bit Damac playing well but also a bit Ittihad not playing that well too. We are talking about Ittihad who spent so much money getting all the great players and then playing this badly. Ittihad should be like within 5 points of the title, and if possible should have been top of the standings as well, not where they are. So if Damac is close to Ittihad, that is because Damac played well that's true but also because Ittihad has played terribly this season so far as well.

It's not even just about getting stars, its about building a whole team, Damac did that, and even without Neymar look at his team? That's the thing about football, no matter how many stars you have, if there isn't a team that plays together, you will lose.

Al Ittihad is only the fourth most valuable club in the Saudi Professional League, they are behind Al-Hilal, Al-Nassr and Al-Ahli. It's funny how some of the clubs pay more salary to a single player than their whole squad is worth That doesn't sound to me as if it was making a lot of sense. Al-Nassr is worth around 165 million euros and Ronaldo alone earns 200 million I think? The same is going on with Al-Ittihad and Benzema. It's ridiculous in my opinion and shows how far off they are with their salaries.

Al Ittihad is a rich team and they bought many expensive players like Benzema during the summer but unfortunately, they didn't know how they should spend the money, because the players Al Ittihad bought during the season didn't help the team. In fact, they bought players from top European teams while these players were mostly not useful anymore in their teams or they were far from their good form.
For example, you saw during this season Benzema was mostly injured or he was not in the good form to help the team, and spending a huge amount of money on this player was really useless.

[Strongkored]

This season, Al Hilal has managed to win 3 times by scoring more than 5 points in one match, and most recently they beat the Abha team, which is one of the weakest teams this season and is one of the candidates to be relegated.
Won by scores 7-0 but the one who managed to score a hat trick was not their mainstay striker Aleksandar Mitrović but their midfielder Sergej Milinković-Savić and Mitrović only scored 1 goal through a penalty kick, actually this match was a good opportunity for Mitrović to score lots of goals and leave Ronaldo behind in number goals if he wants to become the top scorer in the Saudi pro league, but seeing how strong Al Hilal is this season, there is still a wide opportunity for Mitrović to score more goals, especially when facing weak teams such as when they will face Al Raed in the next two matches.

[asriloni]

You are completely right about Ittihad's behavior. They've put a lot of money and time into their team, so they should be one of the favorites. But in football, as you rightly said, it's not just about the stars; it's about the team as a whole. Right now, Damac's position just shows that they work better together. In football, teamwork is like well-oiled gears: everything needs to work together. There's more than one or two players involved. Ittihad seems to have missed this message with all the money they spend. They should get together, work together, and play like the team their budget says they are

I couldn't agree more. Ittihad's investment in players and resources should indeed make them strong contenders, but the essence of football lies in teamwork. Damac's current position reflects their cohesion on the field. It's not just about individual stars; it's about how well the team functions as a unit. Ittihad may need to reevaluate its approach, focus on teamwork, and ensure that its high budget translates into effective collaboration on the pitch.

Even though ittihad has made a lot of investments but it's not yet working. I meant to look at the current position of al ittihad. It was not able to keep up with al nassr and al hilal. I could call that if all investments being made by ittihad was failed.
It's caused by the current positions have been reflecting how good the investmens being made by al ittihad. All of the money spent by the club become useless since there was a lot of problems are happening int he club.
Al ittihad is struggling with its performance and it takes a very long time to build a proer chemistry again. Even al ittihad sack its coach due tot he requested from benzema to did it.
The star player think he can control the club whatever he wanted as he has been more experienced in the football.

[8rch7]

Even though ittihad has made a lot of investments but it's not yet working. I meant to look at the current position of al ittihad. It was not able to keep up with al nassr and al hilal. I could call that if all investments being made by ittihad was failed.
It's caused by the current positions have been reflecting how good the investmens being made by al ittihad. All of the money spent by the club become useless since there was a lot of problems are happening int he club.
Al ittihad is struggling with its performance and it takes a very long time to build a proer chemistry again. Even al ittihad sack its coach due tot he requested from benzema to did it.
The star player think he can control the club whatever he wanted as he has been more experienced in the football.

Al Ittihad performance not really promising well in this season although they spent much money for signing Karim Benzema, Fabinho and N'Golo Kanté. Current standings of Al Ittihad drop drastically until 6th standings position and remaining 22 points left from Al Ahli although have two matches left. I doubt with Al Ittihad can defend their domestic league tittle in this season with many points left difficult to raise Al Ahli points and likely close opportunity for Al Ittihad win domestic league tittle in this season.
I think left Al Ahly and Al Nassr are two favorite teams will win domestic league tittle in this season and closely Al Ahly have bigger chance with their performance not defeat yet until 18 games.

[Jody.Drummer]

You are completely right about Ittihad's behavior. They've put a lot of money and time into their team, so they should be one of the favorites. But in football, as you rightly said, it's not just about the stars; it's about the team as a whole. Right now, Damac's position just shows that they work better together. In football, teamwork is like well-oiled gears: everything needs to work together. There's more than one or two players involved. Ittihad seems to have missed this message with all the money they spend. They should get together, work together, and play like the team their budget says they are

I couldn't agree more. Ittihad's investment in players and resources should indeed make them strong contenders, but the essence of football lies in teamwork. Damac's current position reflects their cohesion on the field. It's not just about individual stars; it's about how well the team functions as a unit. Ittihad may need to reevaluate its approach, focus on teamwork, and ensure that its high budget translates into effective collaboration on the pitch.

This is their first season with some good players, so I still think it's normal that they're still struggling to build a more solid team and I also agree that football is a team game not an individual game based on star players.
Maybe they can learn from other clubs like Paris Saint Germain, how they repeatedly fail while they have many star players, in this context I am talking about their work in the Champions League, because in Ligue 1 they have almost no reliable competitors.
Al Ittihad's performance is not satisfactory at all, they must be able to find the source of their problems, after that they can improve themselves even better.

[Volgastallion]

The thing is very easy for Al Hilal, and the league needs to correct this if they want to be a serious league in the world, you cant have so weak teams in the bottom of the table, if you look on the top 5 leagues of europe the bottom teams lose against the top ones but they lose by not so long margin.

[snipie]

The thing is very easy for Al Hilal, and the league needs to correct this if they want to be a serious league in the world, you cant have so weak teams in the bottom of the table, if you look on the top 5 leagues of europe the bottom teams lose against the top ones but they lose by not so long margin.

Bayern Munich is one of the teams that used to inflict much damage on their opponents psychologically in Bundesliga but sometimes also in Champions League, especially that time against Barcelona.
Al-Hilal are doing very good in Saudi Pro League and this time they literally destroyed Abha which already have a bad defence line. In fact, they received more goals than the first three teams in the standings together!
With these seven goals and the penalty scored by Mitrovic, he was able to equalize Cristiano Ronaldo in the top of best scorer record. Al-Nassr are playing right now and Cristiano Ronaldo have to score to remain the best scorer alone. Al-Nassr are pushing and dominating. No serious efforts are being done by Al-Ettifaq until now.

[rendravolt]

It feels unreal that Al-Hilal can repeat their big win this season and this time the victim is Abha. Playing at home made Al-Hilal very loose and they did not show any mercy to their opponents. They scored a total of 7 goals against Abha and that is a very large number of goals in one match. Al-Hilal recently did the same thing and Al-Hazm also experienced conceding a lot of goals last month with 9 goals against them.

I think that even for a weak team in the Saudi league, Abha or Al-Hazem should not have had similar results and so many goals have gone into their net and yes, Al-Hilal is a team containing monsters and quite a few teams have become their victims. Al-Hilal are on a different level in the Saudi league and maybe if they can win with scores like this over a long period of time, it is not impossible that they will win the Saudi league title.

[Die_empty]

The thing is very easy for Al Hilal, and the league needs to correct this if they want to be a serious league in the world, you cant have so weak teams in the bottom of the table, if you look on the top 5 leagues of europe the bottom teams lose against the top ones but they lose by not so long margin.

In every league, there will always be weak and strong teams. The strong teams will dominate the league until the weak ones fortify their teams to compete with the bigger clubs. The same thing happens in all the top leagues in the world. However, the SPL is still developing and most of these bottom-placed clubs are not well-financed because the government is currently focusing on few clubs. And these clubs that have the largest funds to sign quality players which has made them to keep winning games. Maybe by next season, the Saudi government might extend its financial grants or subvention to other clubs.

[Pesona1]

The thing is very easy for Al Hilal, and the league needs to correct this if they want to be a serious league in the world, you cant have so weak teams in the bottom of the table, if you look on the top 5 leagues of europe the bottom teams lose against the top ones but they lose by not so long margin.

In every league in the world there must be a team that really stands out compared to other teams and the same is the case with the current Saudi Arabian league which is dominated by Al Hilal, Al Nassr and also Al Ahli, I think the comparison between one team and another team is more dominant in terms of the clubs finances and also the wealth of its owners so we cannot blame the league operator if there is inequality between one team and another team,  especially now the Saudi league is now starting to move in the right direction and the league operator no longer limits clubs from recruiting any players in the world, In fact, now apart from the Chinese and American leagues, European players who really have a strong magnet for football are starting to move to the Arab league and of course this will make the Arab league eventually become a league that is on par with the European league and but this will take time according to me.

[MinoRaiola]

Al-Nassr won 3:1 against Al-Ettifaq today, almost all the goals were scored in the second half. Cristiano Ronaldo also scored one from with penalty. This puts them in 2nd place in the Sausi Professional League, 10 points behind... and have played one game less. First place still belongs to Al-Hilal, who have won 10 games in the series, including one against Al-Nassr. If they hadnt won that one, the two teams might only be 1 point apart. It looks like Al-Hilal will win this season. If you look at the last 7 years, they have won the championship 5 times and Al-Nassr once.

[len01]

Even though ittihad has made a lot of investments but it's not yet working. I meant to look at the current position of al ittihad. It was not able to keep up with al nassr and al hilal. I could call that if all investments being made by ittihad was failed.
It's caused by the current positions have been reflecting how good the investmens being made by al ittihad. All of the money spent by the club become useless since there was a lot of problems are happening int he club.
Al ittihad is struggling with its performance and it takes a very long time to build a proer chemistry again. Even al ittihad sack its coach due tot he requested from benzema to did it.
The star player think he can control the club whatever he wanted as he has been more experienced in the football.

Al Ittihad performance not really promising well in this season although they spent much money for signing Karim Benzema, Fabinho and N'Golo Kanté. Current standings of Al Ittihad drop drastically until 6th standings position and remaining 22 points left from Al Ahli although have two matches left. I doubt with Al Ittihad can defend their domestic league tittle in this season with many points left difficult to raise Al Ahli points and likely close opportunity for Al Ittihad win domestic league tittle in this season.
I think left Al Ahly and Al Nassr are two favorite teams will win domestic league tittle in this season and closely Al Ahly have bigger chance with their performance not defeat yet until 18 games.

I have said before that Ittihad actually only needs to find a partner for Benzema who can support him to score in every match and make a very good contribution and I believe that Benzema can actually still appear strong with his talent like Ronaldo, it's just that Benzema doesn't get full support from him other players such as Ronaldo are supported by Mane and Talisca.
maybe some people won't believe what I say but I say it like this for the reason that if every Ittihad match I see less solid players and I should let Benzema be a scoring machine to be able to bring Ittihad with a big enough score but in fact I often see the team did not appear solid.

and on the one hand, this is related to the coach because the coach is also a strong factor in determining the future of the team, even though the team has very good players, but if the coach does not have a lot of experience, the strategy used will certainly not be able to help the team rise to the next level.

[kawetsriyanto]

Al-Nassr won 3:1 against Al-Ettifaq today, almost all the goals were scored in the second half. Cristiano Ronaldo also scored one from with penalty. This puts them in 2nd place in the Sausi Professional League, 10 points behind... and have played one game less. First place still belongs to Al-Hilal, who have won 10 games in the series, including one against Al-Nassr. If they hadnt won that one, the two teams might only be 1 point apart. It looks like Al-Hilal will win this season. If you look at the last 7 years, they have won the championship 5 times and Al-Nassr once.

Yep. Al Nassr finished the match with 3 goals, they got 3 important points. 1 goal was in the first half, 2 goals were in the second half of the match. Once again, Ronaldo scored a goal to add his total goals in SPL this season. He is competing for the top scorer status with Mitrovic. Ronaldo scored 17 goals, Mitrovic scored 16 goals. This will be a tight competition between Ronaldo and Mitrovic.

On the other hand, Al Nassr also competes with Al Hilal for the title of SPL this season. But it is very unfortunate that the point gap is large, I doubt if Al Nassr can overtake Al Hilal in the first place. It is not about the stats, it is about the probability to overtake Al Hilal.

[tusandii]

Al-Nassr won 3:1 against Al-Ettifaq today, almost all the goals were scored in the second half. Cristiano Ronaldo also scored one from with penalty. This puts them in 2nd place in the Sausi Professional League, 10 points behind... and have played one game less. First place still belongs to Al-Hilal, who have won 10 games in the series, including one against Al-Nassr. If they hadnt won that one, the two teams might only be 1 point apart. It looks like Al-Hilal will win this season. If you look at the last 7 years, they have won the championship 5 times and Al-Nassr once.

Yep. Al Nassr finished the match with 3 goals, they got 3 important points. 1 goal was in the first half, 2 goals were in the second half of the match. Once again, Ronaldo scored a goal to add his total goals in SPL this season. He is competing for the top scorer status with Mitrovic. Ronaldo scored 17 goals, Mitrovic scored 16 goals. This will be a tight competition between Ronaldo and Mitrovic.

On the other hand, Al Nassr also competes with Al Hilal for the title of SPL this season. But it is very unfortunate that the point gap is large, I doubt if Al Nassr can overtake Al Hilal in the first place. It is not about the stats, it is about the probability to overtake Al Hilal.

Very satisfied to see Al Nassr performance in today's match and I was impressed to see that Alex Telles long range shot was very precise and the shot was so fast that the Al-Ettifaq goalkeeper was unable to parry it and even though Al Nassr won, I was a little dissatisfied with Ronaldo performance because of several This time Mane tried to give Ronaldo a chance but was never able to kick the ball on target and I thought that Ronaldo lacked focus and was too hasty when shooting the ball so he couldn't hit the target.
If we talk about the score competition between Ronaldo and Mitrovic, it seems that Ronaldo far superior because we can see that Ronaldo performance and his skills are very good, even though the difference 1 score, but the assists that Ronaldo has are also superior to Mitrovic and this indicates that Ronaldo a very good player and also think about the career of other players so as to also provide other players to score.

It looks like Al Nassr will only occupy second place in points table this season because the difference in points very large and it  impossible to expect Al Hilal to lose its consistency and lose while Al Hilal performance is very strong.

[Slow death]

Unbelievable performance from al hilal. I hear that al hilal has planned to add lukaku on its line up. Al hilal has prepared 60 millions offer for chelsea to get him. It will obviously make al hilal becomes even stronger than before.
Mitrovic was the most successful transfer from al hilal. It was not a problem if al hilal rejected many times by messi and it was also even terminate neymar from its club but al hilal got mitrovic which was able carrying the club alon.
I can't wait to see him to perform together with lukaku once al hilal will get him from chelsea.

The are the best team in the league so far, being top of the league is not the only reason i say they are the best but also performance wise they are the best. They seem to have best attacking mode and the defense also compliments it perfectly and all apartments are in good form. Despite Neymar being absent due to injury they still show that they are more than capable to win the league, they out play and win almost any team that comes their way. The approach and style of play adopted by the coach is the best i have seen so far in the league.

Adding Lukaku will make them a nightmare for the real of the teams but I believe most teams will also look to add more strength to their team. Lukaku + Mitrovic will be one of the best combinations if they are able to sign him and will be difficult for most teams to keep up.

Mitrovic is busy scoring the goals but i think the defenders and Midfielders are the ones carrying the team lowkey.

Even though the Arabs have a lot of money to buy any player, I have not yet seen any reliable source reporting that Lukaku is interested in going to play in Saudi Arabia, Lukaku is 30 years old, still very young and a great player who stands out a lot, in the past he made some mistakes when choosing teams, chelsea and inter and that caused him to fall a lot, if he had stayed at inter he would have made a better choice, but he constantly wanted to change teams. Looking at this past, I highly doubt that he hasn't learned that lesson, which is why in my opinion I doubt that he will go to the Arab League knowing that making that move will close any door for a comeback.

for some big team in Europe, he knows that and his agents know that, so the best option for Lukako will be to stay in Roma until he has a better offer from some big team in Europe, at least that would be wiser at that moment given that he is 30 years old and the Saudi clubs have signed millionaire contracts for 3 seasons only, which means that after 3 years the Arabs will renegotiate the value of the contract for a less valuable contract, the Arabs do not have infinite money to continue spending a lot of money in the long term, after ronaldo retires, I highly doubt this league will continue to be popular and get a lot of attention

the truth is that ronaldo is the main reason why many players are accepting these proposals now, because they know that when ronaldo leaves everything will also be over, the millionaire contracts will be over, all this attention that this league is currently getting will be gone finish. That's why many players are taking advantage now, but this only benefits 33-year-old players who no longer have many chances of being able to play in a big team, in the case of players like Lukako who is 30 years old and with a lot of talent, It would be very advantageous to go to the Arab League, unless the money for him was bigger than his dream and career.




 

currently the advantage that Al Hilal has over Al - Nassr is 10 points, Al - Nassr needs to win in their next game for this advantage to be reduced to 7 points, but even if it were reduced, one thing is clear for me: Al Hilal are already champions this season, I highly doubt they would lose many games to the point where Al - Nassr would be able to catch up to them. once again ronaldo will not be champion, maybe he will retire without a relevant title in this league

[bitgolden]

This season, Al Hilal has managed to win 3 times by scoring more than 5 points in one match, and most recently they beat the Abha team, which is one of the weakest teams this season and is one of the candidates to be relegated.
Won by scores 7-0 but the one who managed to score a hat trick was not their mainstay striker Aleksandar Mitrović but their midfielder Sergej Milinković-Savić and Mitrović only scored 1 goal through a penalty kick, actually this match was a good opportunity for Mitrović to score lots of goals and leave Ronaldo behind in number goals if he wants to become the top scorer in the Saudi pro league, but seeing how strong Al Hilal is this season, there is still a wide opportunity for Mitrović to score more goals, especially when facing weak teams such as when they will face Al Raed in the next two matches.

That's the thing about Al-Hilal, they are way above this leagues talent level and they are aware of it as well, that's the whole thing they got going on. I mean this league is nothing to them right now, but that's this year, lets see if they can keep this up next season as well.

This league has so much money going on, I am not sure if the teams will continue to be this good for a long time, feels like there is a possibility that it could be this good or maybe it won't be this good, it's an unknown in the end. I believe that we are going to end up with something that should change much and that's why I believe that we are going to see this summer a ton of transfers by a lot of teams again to get that title next season.

[QueenVera]

The are the best team in the league so far, being top of the league is not the only reason i say they are the best but also performance wise they are the best. They seem to have best attacking mode and the defense also compliments it perfectly and all apartments are in good form. Despite Neymar being absent due to injury they still show that they are more than capable to win the league, they out play and win almost any team that comes their way. The approach and style of play adopted by the coach is the best i have seen so far in the league.

Adding Lukaku will make them a nightmare for the real of the teams but I believe most teams will also look to add more strength to their team. Lukaku + Mitrovic will be one of the best combinations if they are able to sign him and will be difficult for most teams to keep up.

Mitrovic is busy scoring the goals but i think the defenders and Midfielders are the ones carrying the team lowkey.

Al Ittihad are still standing strong on top of the league. Getting the goals and also defending so well preventing opponents from scoring, I think they’ll be giving Al Nassr quite some headache to try and get the league or come close to top spot. One sweet thing for the fans is the addition of Lukaku to Mitrovic who’s already banging goals, Mehn this team is so going to be very strong upfront if it happens.

 Lukaku added to that team means a seal on their top spot position as he’s one prolific striker that’s sure of getting you maximum goals season in and out. The team has done well and we must now see them as ones that could be crowned Champions, based on their consistent performance since the beginning of the season, their only major treat is Al-Nassr who are hell bent on closing the gap between both teams.

[Leviathan.007]

This season, Al Hilal has managed to win 3 times by scoring more than 5 points in one match, and most recently they beat the Abha team, which is one of the weakest teams this season and is one of the candidates to be relegated.
Won by scores 7-0 but the one who managed to score a hat trick was not their mainstay striker Aleksandar Mitrović but their midfielder Sergej Milinković-Savić and Mitrović only scored 1 goal through a penalty kick, actually this match was a good opportunity for Mitrović to score lots of goals and leave Ronaldo behind in number goals if he wants to become the top scorer in the Saudi pro league, but seeing how strong Al Hilal is this season, there is still a wide opportunity for Mitrović to score more goals, especially when facing weak teams such as when they will face Al Raed in the next two matches.

Al Hilal during this season was super powerful and even after more players they got in Al Nassr but Al Hilal is having more and better results during this season.
We know Abha is not a strong team to stand against Al Hial but winning the game with a 7-0 is a lot for any team and Al Hilal did it against Abha. They won the game with a 7-0 result while their Serbian player Sergej Milinković-Savić scored three goals in this match and a perfect performance against Abha.

[hahay]

You are completely right about Ittihad's behavior. They've put a lot of money and time into their team, so they should be one of the favorites. But in football, as you rightly said, it's not just about the stars; it's about the team as a whole. Right now, Damac's position just shows that they work better together. In football, teamwork is like well-oiled gears: everything needs to work together. There's more than one or two players involved. Ittihad seems to have missed this message with all the money they spend. They should get together, work together, and play like the team their budget says they are

I couldn't agree more. Ittihad's investment in players and resources should indeed make them strong contenders, but the essence of football lies in teamwork. Damac's current position reflects their cohesion on the field. It's not just about individual stars; it's about how well the team functions as a unit. Ittihad may need to reevaluate its approach, focus on teamwork, and ensure that its high budget translates into effective collaboration on the pitch.

Actually, when Al Ittihad won the Saudi Super League trophy last season, the squad was not as luxurious as it is now. In fact, last season Al Nassr had Ronaldo but still, Al Ittihad managed to become the title winner but this season strangely, at this moment Al Ittihad experienced a decline which might be quite bad because of the luxurious squad it has at the moment.

Perhaps, due to the presence of senior and star players like Benzema and a few others, Al Ittihad is overly dependent on its star players. Thus, their performance does not work well because they only rely on a few players, and do not play as a team. In fact, at the beginning of this season Al Ittihad still looks fine, but as the season progresses the reality is that Al Ittihad has decreased performance and poor results obtained.