Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[MusaMohamed]

Al-Nassr won their second consecutive win after beating Al-Ettifaq at home with a score of 3-1. This victory was very important because Al-Nassr was very far behind Al-Hilal and with the addition of 3 points, the gap between the two became 10 points. But Al-Nassr has fewer matches so basically the gap is 7 points with Al-Hilal.

Al Nassr are returning to their good performances after a loss directly to Al Hilal. They also have one less match than Al Hilal and if they win it, the difference between two clubs will become 7 points again. It is actually a big difference but Al Nassr must focus on each match and expand their good streak then wait for one or two bad matches from Al Hilal to reduce point difference. It won't be easy come to Al Nassr but they have to focus on themselves first.

To conclude Al-Nassr's goal, Ronaldo did a good job from the penalty spot which put Al-Nassr 3 goals ahead and even though Al-Ettifaq had time to shorten the lead with one goal they scored, it couldn't change the result. With the addition of one goal in this match, Ronaldo returned to the top of the list of top scorers in the Saudi League and replaced Aleksandar Mitrovic, who had occupied his position in the race for the golden boot this season.

He actually is doing his great job at his age and he just scored a 870th goal in his career. It's unbelievable in modern football and with only 130 goals to hit 1000th goal, he seems to be able to hit that milestone.

Only 130 more goals, that is funny enough to write this, because if the player is not Cristiano Ronaldo, scoring 130 goals in a whole career is even not easy. If Cristiano can play like 4 more seasons, he can get it.

[Hirose UK]

Al Hilal and Al Nassr have huge difference in points, namely 10 points, but this happened because Al Nassr had one match canceled and it will take place on Wednesday next week against Ittihad FC.
If Al Nassr wins in this match, the point difference will be little closer, and Al Nassr victory yesterday 3 - 1 over Al-Ettifaq was quite helpful because they were able to save the full 3 points in the match.
Hopefully Al Nassr will win the match against Ittihad FC and they will be more enthusiastic in their hunt for the title this season.

~snip~

I am not sure whether this is going to be successful. The amount of money offered by Al Hilal is not that big. We are talking about €60 million spread across two years. Also, he is currently playing for AS Roma and they don't have any intention to release him. But if somehow Al Hilal is successful, then without any doubt they will become unbeatable in the Saudi Professional League. Already they are 12 points ahead of the second placed Al Nassr. And yesterday they destroyed Abha by a margin of 7-0 and that included a hat-trick from Sergej Milinković-Savić.

Success? I sure Al Hilal will succeed because they need it, Al Hilal needs sticker figure who can help Mitrovic win every match to make it easier.
I will say that in the future if there is always only Mitrovic who is always at the top and there are no other players who can match Mitrovic game then the quality of his game will also decrease.
Do you remember Mbappe? he did the same thing as Mitrovic, only Mbappe is with PSG, which is clear in Ligue 1, there is no team that is superior to PSG at the moment.

The difference between the two is currently 10 points and if Al Nassr wins next week match then the difference will be 7 points. This is an important thing that Al Hilal must always remember that Al Nassr can at any time provide an unexpected surprise.

[asriloni]

The scorer leaderboard are mainly for the players that keeps consistent scoring in every matches they feature in and I must say it's really a difficult run for these players to hook, not without the support from their teammates. Mitrovic and Cristiano Ronaldo are promising and always avaliable to deliver their club when it's crucial moments for them. Al Hilal have boosts their performance and remain undefeated this season. Al Hilal boss, Jorge Fernando Pinheiro de Jesus is doing a great job to ensure his team is unbeaten run this season. The only club that we would have boost of winning Al Hilal, but ended up losing 3-0 to the club ranking first.

There are three players who are very closely on the scorer leaderboard, Cristiano Ronaldo, Mitrovic and N'Koudou with 16, 15 and 14 goals. Ronaldo and Mitrovic look to have better chance to win this league scorer award because they are playing for two clubs on top of table, Al Hilal and Al Nassr. It is big advantage for those players than N'Koudou in this personal award race.

Mitrovic is behind Ronaldo now but with Al Hilal form and his personal form, he can beat Ronaldo in this race even Cristiano is playing so well and just got another goal in his latest match for Al Nassr.

I will not even count koudou as a strong competitor for ronaldo. Mitrovic is the strongest competitor for ronaldo again this time with very small gap and mitrovic potentially to leaves ronaldo behind caused by he is consistently scoring a lot of goals.
I remember when ronaldo has been touching two digits while mitrovic was still less than 10 goals and mitrovic is almost surpassing ronaldo right now. Mitrovic is amazing striker and he can do everything to help the club to leave from difficult situation.
Mitrovic is really an underrated striker right now and his performance is always amazing to see. No doubt that if mitrovic is only having 1 goal tap toward ronaldo. I don't know why the big clubs were not putting him as target.
It sounds crazy to see that mitrovic is starting to cook right now after ronaldo was leading the stop scorer. Believe me or nor mitrovic will cook soon. He will able to leave ronaldo behind.
Ronaldo needs to put more hardwork to defend his position as top scorer this season.

[Getmon]

Every day, more and more individuals are becoming fans of the Saudi Pro League. I am beginning to follow the news and watch highlights. This league taking the best athletes on the planet is not halting any time soon. Neymar, Ronaldo, Benzema, Mane, and there are discussions of bringing Mbappe and Salah on the news.

Furthermore, it is amazing Al Hilal has no loss even without Neymar. And there is more, I am seeing comments on social media of Ronaldo not performing as a star but they were wrong, the Portuguese is the leading scorer.

[QueenVera]

Yes, very lucky in the Al Nassr match against Al-ettefaq Cristiano Ronaldo scored a goal even though it was only from a penalty kick and luckily P. Victor couldn't catch the ball from Cristiano Ronaldo's kick and in the end the goal and Cristiano Ronaldo scored 1 goal, but the difference between Mitrovic and Cristiano's goals. Ronaldo is of course not much different because currently Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 17 goals and of course this is an advantage for him because if he doesn't score it will certainly make it easier for Mitrovic to beat Cristiano Ronaldo. However, Mitrovic was lucky when he scored a goal against Abha, but unfortunately Mitrovic only got 1 goal. If Mitrovic scored 3 goals, I think Mitrovic would get 18 goals and would be ranked 1st in the top scorers in the Saudi Arabian league.

Yes, of course Mitrovic and Cristiano Ronaldo have great potential to win the golden boot this season because they are both currently in strong teams (Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal). Yes, of course Jorge Jesus and Luis Castro will definitely compete in technique, formation and so on in order to make their team champions this season.

N'koudou, who has currently scored 14 goals, certainly cannot be underestimated because I think Damac is currently performing well so N'koudou could be a serious threat to Mitrovic and Cristiano Ronaldo.

  Both Cristiano and Mitrovic are trailing themselves for the Golden boot and in yesterday’s match they both got lucky to get a goal added to their different tallies and despite the fact that Cristiano Ronaldo is just a goal ahead of Al-Hilal striker Mitrovic, I believe he's got more chances of winning the golden boot than Mitrovic.

Yes for who have the better chance on getting the boot, I think both are favorites not minding the other players trailing them but I think Cristìano Ronaldo and Mitrovic would battle it out as they’re the 2 top teams of the league and with their experiences in Europe, I think Ronaldo will win this boot though at least even if he won’t be able to get the title. But he needs the support of his team mates.

[rendravolt]

Al-Nassr won their second consecutive win after beating Al-Ettifaq at home with a score of 3-1. This victory was very important because Al-Nassr was very far behind Al-Hilal and with the addition of 3 points, the gap between the two became 10 points. But Al-Nassr has fewer matches so basically the gap is 7 points with Al-Hilal.

Al Nassr are returning to their good performances after a loss directly to Al Hilal. They also have one less match than Al Hilal and if they win it, the difference between two clubs will become 7 points again. It is actually a big difference but Al Nassr must focus on each match and expand their good streak then wait for one or two bad matches from Al Hilal to reduce point difference. It won't be easy come to Al Nassr but they have to focus on themselves first.

To conclude Al-Nassr's goal, Ronaldo did a good job from the penalty spot which put Al-Nassr 3 goals ahead and even though Al-Ettifaq had time to shorten the lead with one goal they scored, it couldn't change the result. With the addition of one goal in this match, Ronaldo returned to the top of the list of top scorers in the Saudi League and replaced Aleksandar Mitrovic, who had occupied his position in the race for the golden boot this season.

He actually is doing his great job at his age and he just scored a 870th goal in his career. It's unbelievable in modern football and with only 130 goals to hit 1000th goal, he seems to be able to hit that milestone.

Only 130 more goals, that is funny enough to write this, because if the player is not Cristiano Ronaldo, scoring 130 goals in a whole career is even not easy. If Cristiano can play like 4 more seasons, he can get it.

The two bad matches that Al-Hilal gets in the future will definitely make their competition with Al-Nassr even hotter and I think some people definitely want that to happen. If the competition was only dominated by one club with a huge difference in points, it would be much more boring and this has happened in other leagues such as the Italian Serie A last season which was completely dominated by Napoli. But I quite hope that won't happen here.




Talking about Ronaldo, he is always a player who wants more and always breaks existing records. It is true that he only needs 130 more goals to complete his 1000 goals throughout his professional career and now he has scored 51 goals throughout 2023 and is alongside other great players such as Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe. But, anyway, Ronaldo still has 2 matches left with Al-Nassr and we can see that he will surpass the number of goals scored by Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe, especially since these two players have also finished for the 2023 match.

[onecall123]

Al Hilal and Al Nassr have huge difference in points, namely 10 points, but this happened because Al Nassr had one match canceled and it will take place on Wednesday next week against Ittihad FC.
If Al Nassr wins in this match, the point difference will be little closer, and Al Nassr victory yesterday 3 - 1 over Al-Ettifaq was quite helpful because they were able to save the full 3 points in the match.
Hopefully Al Nassr will win the match against Ittihad FC and they will be more enthusiastic in their hunt for the title this season.
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Al Nassr sealed a solid 3-1 win against Al Ettifaq. However, they are still 10 points behind the league leaders, Al Hilal.
Although Al Nassr is currently in good form, their slow start earlier in the season has put them at a disadvantage. Al Hilal is dominating the league, and catching up won't be easy for Al Nassr. Despite their current good form, the competition is far from over.

[shinratensei_]

Every day, more and more individuals are becoming fans of the Saudi Pro League. I am beginning to follow the news and watch highlights. This league taking the best athletes on the planet is not halting any time soon. Neymar, Ronaldo, Benzema, Mane, and there are discussions of bringing Mbappe and Salah on the news.

Furthermore, it is amazing Al Hilal has no loss even without Neymar. And there is more, I am seeing comments on social media of Ronaldo not performing as a star but they were wrong, the Portuguese is the leading scorer.

Recuiting neymar has become the biggest mistake by al hilal. There's no need to recuit him as neymar has very bad habit. This is why al hilal has kicked him out of the club. Neymar is a flop and the club shall not try to put him in the squad.
Having mitrovic and savic are enough for al hilal. Hilal has less european players compared to the al ahli or ittihad but it's able to get the perfect result in the saudi pro league. I would be good if it's not savic but mitrovic who was making hattrick in the match against abha. It's very strange to see that i was rarely hearing his name appear in the EPL once he was still playing with fulham. I just know that mitrovic is the reason why fulham was not relegated.
It's caused by he has been helping the club to win any game that makes fulham can leave from the relegation zone. Im wondering why there was no club that put attention toward him.

At least al hilal was not getting scammed by neymar.

[tusandii]

Al-Nassr won their second consecutive win after beating Al-Ettifaq at home with a score of 3-1. This victory was very important because Al-Nassr was very far behind Al-Hilal and with the addition of 3 points, the gap between the two became 10 points. But Al-Nassr has fewer matches so basically the gap is 7 points with Al-Hilal.

Al Nassr are returning to their good performances after a loss directly to Al Hilal. They also have one less match than Al Hilal and if they win it, the difference between two clubs will become 7 points again. It is actually a big difference but Al Nassr must focus on each match and expand their good streak then wait for one or two bad matches from Al Hilal to reduce point difference. It won't be easy come to Al Nassr but they have to focus on themselves first.

Actually, I admit that Al Nassr's performance was very good and in the last match they were still able to win, but I will no longer hope that Al Nassr will be able to catch points from Al Hilal because in the upcoming match, Al Nassr will likely have to swallow a bitter pill against Ittihad, meanwhile in the history of meetings between these two clubs, Al Nassr has not been able to beat Ittihad, while in the upcoming match, Al Nassr will compete as a guest, which makes it difficult for them to win.
But I am very curious and can't wait for this upcoming match, like a reunion meeting between Ronaldo and Benzema and both of them will both try to help their respective clubs to win and what do you think about this match?


Meanwhile, it is impossible for Al Hilal to lose in the next match because they will only face a club from the bottom of the points table, such as Al-Raed, which will definitely not be able to withstand attacks from Al Hilal, so the difference in points between Al Hilal and Al Nassr will be even further and it is very impossible for Al Nassr to catch up. These points are because it is unreasonable to expect Al Hilal to lose several matches while Al Hilal can always get 3 points in every match.

[hahay]

Every day, more and more individuals are becoming fans of the Saudi Pro League. I am beginning to follow the news and watch highlights. This league taking the best athletes on the planet is not halting any time soon. Neymar, Ronaldo, Benzema, Mane, and there are discussions of bringing Mbappe and Salah on the news.

Furthermore, it is amazing Al Hilal has no loss even without Neymar. And there is more, I am seeing comments on social media of Ronaldo not performing as a star but they were wrong, the Portuguese is the leading scorer.

Not sure about Mbappe but about Salah, at least there is still a chance for Salah to play in the Saudi Pro League maybe in the next two seasons or longer. Because ya, anyway, at least Salah will also enter retirement age in few next season and ya, it would be better for Salah to accept an offer from a rich club in the Saudi Pro League in the future.

But even so, I'm not sure Salah will be playing in the Saudi Pro League anytime soon because after all, basically the ages of 32 and 33 still allow Salah to keep playing in big European clubs. Therefore, although there is already a link about Salah will play in the Saudi Pro League, but I believe the transfer for Salah is still happening in the long term and will not happen at this moment too.

[poodle63]

Al Hilal and Al Nassr have huge difference in points, namely 10 points, but this happened because Al Nassr had one match canceled and it will take place on Wednesday next week against Ittihad FC.
If Al Nassr wins in this match, the point difference will be little closer, and Al Nassr victory yesterday 3 - 1 over Al-Ettifaq was quite helpful because they were able to save the full 3 points in the match.
Hopefully Al Nassr will win the match against Ittihad FC and they will be more enthusiastic in their hunt for the title this season.
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Al Nassr sealed a solid 3-1 win against Al Ettifaq. However, they are still 10 points behind the league leaders, Al Hilal.
Although Al Nassr is currently in good form, their slow start earlier in the season has put them at a disadvantage. Al Hilal is dominating the league, and catching up won't be easy for Al Nassr. Despite their current good form, the competition is far from over.

It seemed to me al nassr has no chance to win the SPL if al hilal will keep win the next match. Ettifaq is performing so poorly under gerrard. Im wondering why the management of ettifaq is still defending him right now. It's very unacceptable result for the club to get some losses in a row. Al ettifaq needs to sack gerrard to be replaced with a better club who can transform the club to be even better than before. I must be honest that if gerrard was a talented football player but he has no passion to become a good coach. Gerrad failed in all of his previous clubs. It means that if gerrard is  very bad coach. I was against with the decision by ettifaq to recruit him as a new coach.

Al ettifaq was doing blunder that was costing the club a lot. Gerrard needs to be sacked if al ettifaq aims to enter into the title race. It is widely acknowledged that there are many coaches who surpass him in skill, so it begs the question as to why Gerrard is always the choice.
The outcome of the game for al Nassr was positive, thanks in part to Ronaldo, who made a significant impact by scoring a goal through a penalty. Ronaldo can keep its position as the top scorer of saudi pro league.
Mitrovic is just below ronaldo at this moment.

[Volgastallion]

Yeah i think the same as the guy above me, i dont know how in the hell Gerrard remains in charge, he is doing pretty bad in that team. And for worst he has a really good team in player terms, so i dont know what to think.

About Cristiano record in the year is amazing to still see him wanting to chase more and more.

[snipie]

Yeah i think the same as the guy above me, i dont know how in the hell Gerrard remains in charge, he is doing pretty bad in that team. And for worst he has a really good team in player terms, so i dont know what to think.

Al-Ettifaq started the season pretty well then in their latest games their results were chaotic. Their presence in the 8th position is due to their victories in the beginning. I don't know what Al-Ettifaq objectives this season but Saudis don't tend to accept successive defeats and might sack him if bad results continue.

About Cristiano record in the year is amazing to still see him wanting to chase more and more.

Cristiano Ronaldo refused to see Mitrovic tying with him and he got the lead again with 17 goals after he scored a penalty against Al-Ettifaq

[shogun47]

Every day, more and more individuals are becoming fans of the Saudi Pro League. I am beginning to follow the news and watch highlights. This league taking the best athletes on the planet is not halting any time soon. Neymar, Ronaldo, Benzema, Mane, and there are discussions of bringing Mbappe and Salah on the news.

Furthermore, it is amazing Al Hilal has no loss even without Neymar. And there is more, I am seeing comments on social media of Ronaldo not performing as a star but they were wrong, the Portuguese is the leading scorer.

Not sure about Mbappe but about Salah, at least there is still a chance for Salah to play in the Saudi Pro League maybe in the next two seasons or longer. Because ya, anyway, at least Salah will also enter retirement age in few next season and ya, it would be better for Salah to accept an offer from a rich club in the Saudi Pro League in the future.

But even so, I'm not sure Salah will be playing in the Saudi Pro League anytime soon because after all, basically the ages of 32 and 33 still allow Salah to keep playing in big European clubs. Therefore, although there is already a link about Salah will play in the Saudi Pro League, but I believe the transfer for Salah is still happening in the long term and will not happen at this moment too.

One thing that keeps me being nervous about Mbappe destroying his career in the Saudi Professional League is the unpredictability of their sheikhs and their desire to flex their finance muscles. Under almost all circumstances I think we will see Mbappe play in  Europe next season and most likely for Real Madrid, but what is he going to do if this absolutely out of this world offer is presented to him by his management that would make him a multi billionaire? I am not 100% sure he would decline the offer then and I don't know who would at all. If there are suddenly 10 figures to be made, that would change a lot of minds.

[ingiltere]

Al Ittihad-Jeddah were down to 10 players early in the must-win match. When Alolayan brought down the last man, he received a red card and the card was correct. The position looked like a penalty, but a free kick was awarded and Al Raed couldn't take advantage of it. Now Al Ittihad-Jeddah is in big trouble. They will have to play with 10 players for a very long time. If they can't get 3 points, Al Ittihad-Jeddah will be far behind in the championship race. Al Hilal Riyadh has already broken away from other teams, but their chances in the race to finish in the top 3 and go to the AFC Champions League will be greatly reduced.

[Jody.Drummer]

Every day, more and more individuals are becoming fans of the Saudi Pro League. I am beginning to follow the news and watch highlights. This league taking the best athletes on the planet is not halting any time soon. Neymar, Ronaldo, Benzema, Mane, and there are discussions of bringing Mbappe and Salah on the news.

Furthermore, it is amazing Al Hilal has no loss even without Neymar. And there is more, I am seeing comments on social media of Ronaldo not performing as a star but they were wrong, the Portuguese is the leading scorer.

When you say that, it proves that the SPL's buzz in the transfer market has been very successful and it has brought in new fans who in turn follow the SPL's progress. Cristiano Ronaldo seemed to open the door for other players to follow in his footsteps. I think they were clever in this regard, first they signed a player who has tremendous charm in football, then they approached other players who soon agreed to play in Arabia.
Oh yes about Cristiano Ronaldo, at the end of his career he can still play like he is young of course in terms of scoring goals. In fact he is now the current top scorer with 17 goals. At his age it's definitely not easy to maintain that sharpness and he's managed to do just that.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

Al Ittihad-Jeddah were down to 10 players early in the must-win match. When Alolayan brought down the last man, he received a red card and the card was correct. The position looked like a penalty, but a free kick was awarded and Al Raed couldn't take advantage of it. Now Al Ittihad-Jeddah is in big trouble. They will have to play with 10 players for a very long time. If they can't get 3 points, Al Ittihad-Jeddah will be far behind in the championship race. Al Hilal Riyadh has already broken away from other teams, but their chances in the race to finish in the top 3 and go to the AFC Champions League will be greatly reduced.

Really bad situation Al-Ittihad played with 10 players from the 12th minute luckily they were able to equalize the score even though it was the only shot on target. For this season there is nothing we can expect from Al-Ittihad they were already more than 20 points behind so it was impossible to catch up. Basically, this season Al-Ittihad is playing without ambition/target because the Saudi Pro League only provides 2 tickets for the Asian Champions League and we can be sure that Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr have secured it. so Al-Ittihad just waits until this season ends and every future match has no impact this means we have to be more careful when placing bets on Al-Ittihad that would be more risky.

By the way in the next 3 days Al-Ittihad will face Al-Nassr I'm not sure this is an interesting match because Al-Ittihad is not in its best performance on the other hand, Al-Nassr continues to try to win every match to collect points from each match so we predict Al-Nassr will dominate the match. Today the Saudi Pro League also has one match Al-Wehda vs Al-Riyadh yeah this isn't an interesting match but Al-Wehda as the home team + a better position might be able to win easily, Al-Riyadh is one of the worst teams in the Saudi Pro League which is in the relegation zone.

[Rengga Jati]

Not sure about Mbappe but about Salah, at least there is still a chance for Salah to play in the Saudi Pro League maybe in the next two seasons or longer. Because ya, anyway, at least Salah will also enter retirement age in few next season and ya, it would be better for Salah to accept an offer from a rich club in the Saudi Pro League in the future.

But even so, I'm not sure Salah will be playing in the Saudi Pro League anytime soon because after all, basically the ages of 32 and 33 still allow Salah to keep playing in big European clubs. Therefore, although there is already a link about Salah will play in the Saudi Pro League, but I believe the transfer for Salah is still happening in the long term and will not happen at this moment too.

Both Salah and Mbapee are possible to play in Saudi League but it mustn't be in the near future. As long as they are still capable to play in the Europe leagues, no doubt they will stay there. They will consider to move to Saudi League when they are no longer in the prime age as a footballer. Ronaldo is the example, he left Europe when he is already above 35 years old. So, if Salah and Mbappe are under 35 years old, they won't consider any offer from Saudi clubs.

There will be always news linked top European players like them to any team from Saudi. Since having them in the club will be a big advantage, Saudi clubs will try to sign them as quick as possible. However, Saudi can't offer the competition as well as in Europe. There is no UCL and top leagues like in Europe countries.

[temple]

Not sure about Mbappe but about Salah, at least there is still a chance for Salah to play in the Saudi Pro League maybe in the next two seasons or longer. Because ya, anyway, at least Salah will also enter retirement age in few next season and ya, it would be better for Salah to accept an offer from a rich club in the Saudi Pro League in the future.

But even so, I'm not sure Salah will be playing in the Saudi Pro League anytime soon because after all, basically the ages of 32 and 33 still allow Salah to keep playing in big European clubs. Therefore, although there is already a link about Salah will play in the Saudi Pro League, but I believe the transfer for Salah is still happening in the long term and will not happen at this moment too.

Both Salah and Mbapee are possible to play in Saudi League but it mustn't be in the near future. As long as they are still capable to play in the Europe leagues, no doubt they will stay there. They will consider to move to Saudi League when they are no longer in the prime age as a footballer. Ronaldo is the example, he left Europe when he is already above 35 years old. So, if Salah and Mbappe are under 35 years old, they won't consider any offer from Saudi clubs.

There will be always news linked top European players like them to any team from Saudi. Since having them in the club will be a big advantage, Saudi clubs will try to sign them as quick as possible. However, Saudi can't offer the competition as well as in Europe. There is no UCL and top leagues like in Europe countries.

This would be too short-sighted if you consider the possible transfers only from the perspective of age. You said it mustn't be in the near future, but one thing is for sure, which is that Salah's contract is soon about to expire and Liverpool will either want him to sign a longer term contract perhaps at the same or a lower salary or make a lot of money from selling him. The contract situation is what comes into play and it is the same for Mbappe. The players also don't know for how long this goldmine called Saudi Professional League will exist. Those are some hard decisions to be made by everyone.

[snipie]

Al Ittihad-Jeddah were down to 10 players early in the must-win match. When Alolayan brought down the last man, he received a red card and the card was correct. The position looked like a penalty, but a free kick was awarded and Al Raed couldn't take advantage of it. Now Al Ittihad-Jeddah is in big trouble. They will have to play with 10 players for a very long time. If they can't get 3 points, Al Ittihad-Jeddah will be far behind in the championship race. Al Hilal Riyadh has already broken away from other teams, but their chances in the race to finish in the top 3 and go to the AFC Champions League will be greatly reduced.

Really bad situation Al-Ittihad played with 10 players from the 12th minute luckily they were able to equalize the score even though it was the only shot on target. For this season there is nothing we can expect from Al-Ittihad they were already more than 20 points behind so it was impossible to catch up. Basically, this season Al-Ittihad is playing without ambition/target because the Saudi Pro League only provides 2 tickets for the Asian Champions League and we can be sure that Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr have secured it. so Al-Ittihad just waits until this season ends and every future match has no impact this means we have to be more careful when placing bets on Al-Ittihad that would be more risky.

Al-Ittihad is performing bad this season and I agree with you that they can say farewell to the title since there is 22 points between them and Al-Hilal. The second spot isn't obvious too with 12 points away from Al-Nassr.
Getting an early red card made the team more destabilised than previously. To make things even better, they will have a game against Al-Nassr in the upcoming days so another defeat coming most probably