Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[Strongkored]

Damac FC seemed to have lost their balance after one of their players received a red card, forcing them to play with an incomplete formation with only ten players and Al Shabab was able to make good use of this opportunity by creating opportunities to lead them to victory. Yes, maybe if Damac had created a chance first before playing with 10 players, the match could have been a draw, but unfortunately, none of Damac's shots turned into goals. Al Shabab is very happy with this narrow victory as they continue to improve their position.

There is nothing so surprising if the team that gets a red card ends up losing because of course that will affect the balance of their game and a team no matter how strong can experience defeat if they play with less than eleven players because their opponents will have more freedom to control the game and even if they change they will be more defend but the attacks that continue to be received are very likely to make the team that gets a red card end up making a mistake.
However, Damac, when playing with 10 players, still tried to guard his goal, but the only goal from Al Shabab was difficult for Damac to respond to.
And looking at several matches that were starting, it seemed like the favorite team was having some difficulty winning because Al Ahli lost to teams outside the top 10, in fact they were only able to score 1 goal because 1 more goal was caused by a mistake by Al Okhdood players.

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[rendravolt]

What happened to Al-Ahli. I favor them in the match against Al-AKhdoud. but they apparently experienced quite a dramatic defeat because one Al-Ahli player even had to receive a red card at the end of the match. After the break it felt like each team's performance was very different. And maybe every match will be more difficult to predict.

Today and tomorrow I hope some matches can go according to what I predicted. Namely, I will favorite Al-Nassr and Al-hilal. Al-Nassr will face Al-Fateh. and Al-hilal will face Al-Raed. It should be an easy match for Al-nassr and Al-hilal. And betting on both I don't think will disappoint.

I was so annoyed with Al-Ahlia's performance and how they could lose against Al-Akhdoud who were far from being favored to win. Moreover, if you look at the goals from Al-Ahli, which were only from penalty kicks and the opponent's own goal, it really doesn't reflect the squad of European players they currently have. The 3-2 defeat clearly made Al-Ahli very disappointed and of course quite a few bettors lost money as a result of betting on Al-Ahli's win.

I felt there was a disconnect between the Al-Ahli players which made them feel under pressure and the goal was so easy to break into. What is clear is that this defeat makes no sense, especially considering that their consecutive wins have to be tarnished by this new defeat. Well, this is football and sometimes things don't go as they should. Talking about Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal, I am quite optimistic that both of them can win, but they must at least remain alert to their opponents because the results experienced by Al-Ahli could also have an impact on them.

[beerlover]

Al Nassr does not give up to continue to put pressure on Al Hilal and continues to be close to Al Hilal even though the point difference is quite large. Al Nassr hopes that Al Hilal will lose focus and lose points in the next match so that Al Nassr can catch up with Al Hilal, but I I think Al Hilal remains focused in the match they are facing unless an injury to their player becomes an obstacle and Al Hilal experience difficulties if a key player is injured so that Al Nassr can take advantage of the situation.

Al Nassr will play with Al Fateh but Al Nassr still has to be alert. Al Fateh is not a weak club, they are ranked 7th and in the last 5 matches they have experienced 2 defeats but recently they have achieved 2 draws and 1 wins so Al Nassr must try as hard as possible to win and not embarrass yourself because this match is being held at home.

I believe that Al-Nassr can't do anything about the gap. Al Hilal would need to lose in order for Al-Nassr to get close, lets assume that they win the game between them, the point difference would still be four points, which means that Al Hilal would need to lose at least one more game and get a draw in another one of them.

So, it is clear to me that it is not going to eb possible, not because Al Hilal may not have 2 losses and 1 more draw until the end of the season, that may very well happen, but also that would mean Al-Nassr would have to have 100% win all games they have left and that part I do not believe, they will lose points. So that would mean Al Hilal needs to lose 7 more points than Al Nassr and that doesn't feel possible.

[shinratensei_]

In today's match of Damac vs Al-Shabab team, both teams could not score before halftime. After both teams tried hard to score, Al-Shabab won the match by scoring 1 goal in 82 minutes. On the other hand, S. Hawsawi of Damac team got red cards in 67 minutes.  Damac team played the match with 10 players after 67 minutes. If Damac team played better and scored 1 goal in this match, the match would have been a draw but Al-Shabab team won the match with 1 goal.

Damac FC seemed to have lost their balance after one of their players received a red card, forcing them to play with an incomplete formation with only ten players and Al Shabab was able to make good use of this opportunity by creating opportunities to lead them to victory. Yes, maybe if Damac had created a chance first before playing with 10 players, the match could have been a draw, but unfortunately, none of Damac's shots turned into goals. Al Shabab is very happy with this narrow victory as they continue to improve their position.

Any club certainly won't be able to compete with just 10 players, especially if the defender gets a red card, the defense will certainly be easier for the opponent to break down and in Damac's case it's possible they might not concede if they can focus on holding the opponent's attack to a draw and try to get 1 point at the end of the match but look Damac was still trying to chase victory so he lost focus and ended up conceding.
I would say that Al Shabab's victory was just luck when they were able to take advantage of Damac's condition, which only appeared with 10 players.

That's what i have seen damac vs al shabab. Damac was performing better during the first half but the key factor that was helping shabab to beat it was the red card. It was also making the team lose its confidence to control the game. Shabab was able to taking over the gameplay after its opponent was also getting bad result.
The red card was really costing the club a lot but it's not yet going down since damac is still having good gap toward the competitor below it. Im feeling so damn bad with the ersult. I thought that damac would be winning the game but a mistake from a player has destroyed the gameplay of damac.
Shabab gets three points which was also helping the club to climb up even a little bit. Shabab's performance was still really inconsistence. Im thinking that this club may be also getting another bad result again.
Damac is not yet showing confidence with its performance. It's likely this club gonna get another bad result. So, damac needs to make its comeback to stay at the top 10 till the end of season.

[Leviathan.007]

In today's match of Damac vs Al-Shabab team, both teams could not score before halftime. After both teams tried hard to score, Al-Shabab won the match by scoring 1 goal in 82 minutes. On the other hand, S. Hawsawi of Damac team got red cards in 67 minutes.  Damac team played the match with 10 players after 67 minutes. If Damac team played better and scored 1 goal in this match, the match would have been a draw but Al-Shabab team won the match with 1 goal.

Ivan Rakitić the player of Al Shabab was amazing in this match against Al Shabab and he had an epic start in the Saudi League.
The former player of Barcelona, Ivan Rakitić scored a goal 20 minutes after the start of this game and he had a good performance in this match.
The interesting thing is he scored the first goal with his first-ever shot in Al Shabab is an amazing record for this player.

[len01]

Of course, it is a must to win the next matches. Al Nassr won't give up, they will keep the competition for the title although the point gap is quite large. Al Nassr expects to have good luck, they want Al Hilal to miss points in the next matches. The injury can be a problem that we are unpredictable. If this happens, Al Hilal may lose points in some matches.

Al Nassr will play against Al Fateh. Ronaldo and friends must play all out, Al Fateh is a weak team. Meanwhile Al Hilal, it is likely an easy match to play against Al Raed. This is a small team that almost goes to the relegation zone.

difference in large points will give challenge for Al Nassr to try to continue to pursue the difference in points even though it looks impossible but in the history of Al Hilal journey always get defeat at least 2 times in every season and that the result of the smallest defeat ever got Al Hilal and If indeed Al Nassr wants to pursue the difference in the point at least Al Nassr must be consistent in continuing to win and wait for Al Hilal to get defeat but does not guarantee that will be able to get a defeat because it used to occur Al experts did not get defeat in one season and this could have happened Al Hilal.

Al Nassr should indeed be easier to steal 3 points from Al Fateh because this team seems to be experiencing bad problems in the decline in the performance of the players and Al Nassr must use this match well because Al Hilal will certainly also get 3 points from Al Raed.
Al Nassr formation data has been published and clearly seen if Ronaldo, Talisca and Mane will compete full time to be able to get big score even though Al Fateh has never defeated Al Nasr but could have held draw like before.

[Jody.Drummer]

In a few moments, the match between Al Nassr vs Al Fateh will take place. Al Nassr appear as the host in this match and prepare to host Al Fateh and they will not allow AL Fateh to be able to freely steal points from their own headquarters. Al Fateh themselves come in a bad condition, they get unsatisfactory results in the last 5 matches with only 1 victory. On the other hand, Al Nassr they only got 1 defeat which they got against Al Hilal.
Al Nassr's chances of winning the match are very large, they will also play at full strength. But they must prepare their defense in this match, because so far the defense is a weak point that can be exploited by the opponent. And it's possible that Al Fateh can take advantage of that, so they must be careful.

[yudi09]

In a few moments, the match between Al Nassr vs Al Fateh will take place. Al Nassr appear as the host in this match and prepare to host Al Fateh and they will not allow AL Fateh to be able to freely steal points from their own headquarters. Al Fateh themselves come in a bad condition, they get unsatisfactory results in the last 5 matches with only 1 victory. On the other hand, Al Nassr they only got 1 defeat which they got against Al Hilal..

It's finished and Al Nassr emerged victorious. Ronaldo was again the player who played a role in Al Nassr's victory in round 20.
Ronaldo opened Al Nassr's win before Al Fateh FC made it 1-1. After the score was equal, Al Nassr continued without stopping trying to get the winning goal until finally Otavio became the player who gave Al Nassr the win.

[borovichok]

Ivan Rakitić the player of Al Shabab was amazing in this match against Al Shabab and he had an epic start in the Saudi League.
The former player of Barcelona, Ivan Rakitić scored a goal 20 minutes after the start of this game and he had a good performance in this match.
The interesting thing is he scored the first goal with his first-ever shot in Al Shabab is an amazing record for this player.

Al Shabab is achieving the objectives that are required to achieve the season's objectives, and they are winning tough matches. Former Barcelona star is performing admirably in matches, contributing significantly to his career's success. Fortunately, he still has a long way to go in the SPL. Ivan Rakitic is writing a new chapter for himself, outlining significant accomplishments. Ivan Rakitic is a crucial player for his new team, not holding back but putting up enormous effort for major wins, netting his first goal for the team becomes huge excellent starting for the Croatia international.

[nurilham]

It's finished and Al Nassr emerged victorious. Ronaldo was again the player who played a role in Al Nassr's victory in round 20.
Ronaldo opened Al Nassr's win before Al Fateh FC made it 1-1. After the score was equal, Al Nassr continued without stopping trying to get the winning goal until finally Otavio became the player who gave Al Nassr the win.

Al Nassr won a crucial match today. They need 3 points to keep their hope for the title of Saudi Pro League this season. I know the point gap is quite large, that's why they must keep winning to shorten the point gap at least. Well, Ronaldo played as expected, he scored a single goal. And Otavio also scored another goal to make Al Nassr succeed to win the match.

It is surprising that we didn't see the contribution of Talisca and Mane. Usually, these players must score a single goal at least. or they contributed by giving assists for the goals. Maybe today they were difficult to develop their game, so they are hard to contribute anything.

[TelolettOm]

Ivan Rakitić the player of Al Shabab was amazing in this match against Al Shabab and he had an epic start in the Saudi League.
The former player of Barcelona, Ivan Rakitić scored a goal 20 minutes after the start of this game and he had a good performance in this match.
The interesting thing is he scored the first goal with his first-ever shot in Al Shabab is an amazing record for this player.

True. Ivan Rakitić showed people that he is still one of the best midfielders in the world. He becomes a very effective player in the midfield line of Al Shabab. Today, he even could score a single goal to make Al Shabab winning the match. Ivan Rakitić scored in minute 82', he got a chance to score in the second half of the match.

Ivan Rakitić played very effective, he didn't miss the chance when he has an opportunity in scoring a goal. It indicated that Ivan Rakitić is a perfect midfielder, he has a good accuracy in delivering assists. And he also has an accuracy in shooting or making goals. As an experience midfielder, I can understand if Ivan Rakitić has complete skills/ability.

[SUPERSAIAN]

In a few moments, the match between Al Nassr vs Al Fateh will take place. Al Nassr appear as the host in this match and prepare to host Al Fateh and they will not allow AL Fateh to be able to freely steal points from their own headquarters. Al Fateh themselves come in a bad condition, they get unsatisfactory results in the last 5 matches with only 1 victory. On the other hand, Al Nassr they only got 1 defeat which they got against Al Hilal.
Al Nassr's chances of winning the match are very large, they will also play at full strength. But they must prepare their defense in this match, because so far the defense is a weak point that can be exploited by the opponent. And it's possible that Al Fateh can take advantage of that, so they must be careful.

Al Nassr played with their full strength and managed to win this match. Cristiano Ronaldo cannot stop, he cannot stop without scoring a goal. Ronaldo was on the stage again in an important match. It's shooting and it looks like it will continue to beat it. It was a very important match for Al Nassr FC, which was following Al Hilal closely.

There was a very careful and eager team to win the match, and Cristinao Ronaldo's opening goal made the Al-Nassr side's game even better.

[marcous]

~ Snip ~

Al Nassr won a crucial match today. They need 3 points to keep their hope for the title of Saudi Pro League this season. I know the point gap is quite large, that's why they must keep winning to shorten the point gap at least. Well, Ronaldo played as expected, he scored a single goal. And Otavio also scored another goal to make Al Nassr succeed to win the match.

It is surprising that we didn't see the contribution of Talisca and Mane. Usually, these players must score a single goal at least. or they contributed by giving assists for the goals. Maybe today they were difficult to develop their game, so they are hard to contribute anything.

Al Hilal may be able to create an unbeaten record throughout the season, and it is possible that they will stumble, giving Al Nassr as their close rival the opportunity to reduce the points gap. So far Al Hilal is still in stable performance, and will most likely secure full points when facing Al Raed today. On paper, it is clear that Al Hilal is far superior, because Al Raed is only a bottom club that occupies 14th position in the standings.

Of course Al Nassr will continue to try their best to get point after point, and when Al Hilal makes a mistake they can automatically continue to get closer to each other. If you look at Al Hilal match schedule, they will face a tough match in Week 22, where Al Hilal will face Al Ittihad, who were the defending SPL champions last season. In my opinion, that is the best opportunity for Al Nassr, if Al Hilal stumbles then the scenario will be according to plan, as we understand that only happens if Al Nassr continues to be consistent.

[Gallar]

Ivan Rakitić the player of Al Shabab was amazing in this match against Al Shabab and he had an epic start in the Saudi League.
The former player of Barcelona, Ivan Rakitić scored a goal 20 minutes after the start of this game and he had a good performance in this match.
The interesting thing is he scored the first goal with his first-ever shot in Al Shabab is an amazing record for this player.

Yes, it cannot be denied that Ivan Rakitic is still performing quite well at the moment. Even though he is quite old, this does not seem to dampen the abilities he has trained so far. But basically the victory over Damac should be a very strong motivation for Ivan Rakitic and his teammates. Because, it is quite a proud achievement to be able to beat a club that is ranked above it in the standings. So after this the Al Shabab players must be even more prepared.
Because the real challenge they will face in the coming week. The reason is that in the next week Al Shabab is scheduled to compete with Al Nasr. So, against Al Nasr the toughest test that Ivan Rakitic and his teammates will definitely face will arrive. The reason is that Al Nasr is currently the second strongest club in the SPL after Al Hilal. Apart from that, another interesting thing is that Ivan Rakitic will compete again with Ronaldo, who was once a Real Madrid player or also his former club rival (Barcelona).

So the point is, hopefully Ivan Rakitic can quickly adapt to the football atmosphere in Saudi Arabia. Because Saudi Arabia is definitely 90 degrees different from Europe. So Ivan Rakitic must be able to adapt well. Apart from adapting to the place, Ivan Rakitic also has to be able to adapt quickly to his teammates. Because, don't be like other European players who join Saudi Arabian clubs, but in the middle of the season they leave Saudi Arabia. Even though that is basically their right, it would be nice if Ivan Rakitic didn't end up like that. Because I'm sure that in the SPL Ivan Rakitic can shine again. Therefore, Ivan Rakitic must not waste this opportunity.

[Arenga pinnata]

In today's match of Damac vs Al-Shabab team, both teams could not score before halftime. After both teams tried hard to score, Al-Shabab won the match by scoring 1 goal in 82 minutes. On the other hand, S. Hawsawi of Damac team got red cards in 67 minutes.  Damac team played the match with 10 players after 67 minutes. If Damac team played better and scored 1 goal in this match, the match would have been a draw but Al-Shabab team won the match with 1 goal.

Damac FC seemed to have lost their balance after one of their players received a red card, forcing them to play with an incomplete formation with only ten players and Al Shabab was able to make good use of this opportunity by creating opportunities to lead them to victory. Yes, maybe if Damac had created a chance first before playing with 10 players, the match could have been a draw, but unfortunately, none of Damac's shots turned into goals. Al Shabab is very happy with this narrow victory as they continue to improve their position.

If Damac had not lost 1 player in the match, perhaps the match would have ended in a draw. But the red card really broke the balance of Damac's game and allowed Al-Shabab to play more comfortably and score 1 goal. Thanks to this victory, Al-Shabab managed to return to the top 10 and that is a pretty good result for them.

Meanwhile, for Damac, the defeat they suffered really hurt them because Damac couldn't move up to a higher rank. Luckily Al-Fateh did not catch up with Damac because Al-Fateh also suffered defeat by Al-Nassr.

[OcTradism]

Ivan Rakitić the player of Al Shabab was amazing in this match against Al Shabab and he had an epic start in the Saudi League.
The former player of Barcelona, Ivan Rakitić scored a goal 20 minutes after the start of this game and he had a good performance in this match.
The interesting thing is he scored the first goal with his first-ever shot in Al Shabab is an amazing record for this player.

Ivan Rakitić is a very talented and experienced player with so many matches at highest level with Barcelona, Sevilla and Croatia. He is surely a helpful midfielder for Al Shabab even now he is old and can not run too much.

Early successful debut of Ivan Rakitić in Saudi Professional League might play important role to attract Luka Modric to join this league. That player is from a same generation of Ivan Rakitić and it's amazing if they reunite in Saudi Arabia.

I believe that Al-Nassr can't do anything about the gap. Al Hilal would need to lose in order for Al-Nassr to get close, lets assume that they win the game between them, the point difference would still be four points, which means that Al Hilal would need to lose at least one more game and get a draw in another one of them.

So, it is clear to me that it is not going to eb possible, not because Al Hilal may not have 2 losses and 1 more draw until the end of the season, that may very well happen, but also that would mean Al-Nassr would have to have 100% win all games they have left and that part I do not believe, they will lose points. So that would mean Al Hilal needs to lose 7 more points than Al Nassr and that doesn't feel possible.

If they give up, the title will belong to Al Hilal from now and the league will become almost completed and boring even months before a final season match day.

However, Al Nassr don't give up and are trying their best, first to win their matches, and second with hope that they will have opportunities to catch Al Hilal. They don't sit down and wait for opportunities but they are working hard to create chances by themselves.

Their efforts also help to make Saudi Professional League more exciting and worth to watch. The league is continuing to be exciting because ambitious and laborious fighting from Al Nassr.

[tusandii]

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That's what i have seen damac vs al shabab. Damac was performing better during the first half but the key factor that was helping shabab to beat it was the red card. It was also making the team lose its confidence to control the game. Shabab was able to taking over the gameplay after its opponent was also getting bad result.
The red card was really costing the club a lot but it's not yet going down since damac is still having good gap toward the competitor below it. Im feeling so damn bad with the ersult. I thought that damac would be winning the game but a mistake from a player has destroyed the gameplay of damac.
Shabab gets three points which was also helping the club to climb up even a little bit. Shabab's performance was still really inconsistence. Im thinking that this club may be also getting another bad result again.
Damac is not yet showing confidence with its performance. It's likely this club gonna get another bad result. So, damac needs to make its comeback to stay at the top 10 till the end of season.

Of course, if Damac doesn't make mistakes, he can definitely get 3 points in the match and it was very clear that in the second half, Damac performance became less focused mentally, he became less confident in trying to catch up with the score, but actually it all depends on the coach because I think Damac can do it got draw by means of defenders remaining in each line and central midfielders providing assistance to the defense line and the attack line trying to continue to put pressure on Al Shabab and would definitely find a gap to score but Damac was actually ambitious to try to attack but ignored the problem is that the defense not strong enough and maybe the coach did not provide the right strategy in the match.

Damac defeat will not be a big problem and after this Damac hopes to be able to fix this problem and I understand that mistake after the time lag like having to adapt again on the field.

[klidex]

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I believe that Al-Nassr can't do anything about the gap. Al Hilal would need to lose in order for Al-Nassr to get close, lets assume that they win the game between them, the point difference would still be four points, which means that Al Hilal would need to lose at least one more game and get a draw in another one of them.

So, it is clear to me that it is not going to eb possible, not because Al Hilal may not have 2 losses and 1 more draw until the end of the season, that may very well happen, but also that would mean Al-Nassr would have to have 100% win all games they have left and that part I do not believe, they will lose points. So that would mean Al Hilal needs to lose 7 more points than Al Nassr and that doesn't feel possible.

Overcoming the quite large points gap is not an easy task because Al Hilal has been trying hard to widen the gap with Al Nassr all this time and they are doing it well and continue to try to win the match so that the gap with Al Nassr becomes wider. Indeed, as you said, Al Hilal will not let them experience defeat unless a draw can still happen and they only get 1 point so Al Nassr must continue to win in the future if they want to continues to get closer to Al Hilal.

This could happen if Al Hilal loses focus in the Saudi League match. Expecting Al Hilal to lose so that Al Nassr can wins the title is not a good hope because as football fans we must be able to enjoying match after match which is full of surprises. Al Nassr has to fight hard if they want something big that they want to achieve, but Al Hilal definitely doesn't want to give space to their arch rival Al Nassr.

[QueenVera]

In fact, in this match Al Ahli controlled the game better than Al Okhdood. However, the weakness is that Al Ahli players are not good at maximizing existing opportunities. Because, from the first minute until the second half whistle sounded, Al Ahli never stopped creating very good opportunities. However, unfortunately none of these opportunities resulted in additional goals for Al Ahli. In fact, the two goals scored by Al Ahli were all caused by fatal mistakes made by player Al Okhdood. The reason is that the first goal achieved by Al Ahli was caused by a cross given by Al Ahli's winger that hit the body of an Al Ahli player, making it difficult for goalkeeper Al Okhdood to block because the direction of the ball changed. And the second goal achieved by Al Ahli was a penalty kick. So basically in this match Al Ahli had a dull attack line and a less than slick defense line (especially the right side). I see that Al Ahli's central midfielder is still very good. Because it was proven that in this match the flow of attacks launched by Al Ahli was very good.

Meanwhile, Al Okhdood played quite well in this match even though they were often attacked by Al Ahli players. So when Al Okhdood players launched a counterattack, it was always done carefully and directed towards Al Ahli's defense area. And the result was that 3 goals were created from the feet of the Al Okhdood players and as a result Al Okhdood managed to bring home the full 3 points.

And for the match that will be played by Al Hilal and Al Nasr, I will not hesitate to choose these two clubs. Because it is true, the opponents that Al Hilal and Al Nasr will face will not be too difficult. So I would also hold Al Hilal and Al Nasr very optimistically.

Al-Nassr is one big team in the SPL that when fixed for a game, they've got some quantuble high chance of being victorious. I'd say for all teams in that league, it's kind of like Al‐Hilal being the only team that may give Al-Nassr a tough time. The others, yes, may be good in one little way or the other but Al-Nassr just seems better off. Even though they've played and gained an extra 3points in their last game, they've still got a difference in the table standings with just a few points.

 There's still this confidence that they'd still be able to meet up and win the trophy this season. Although Al-Hilal is not a team that should be joked with, they're a good side too as Al-Nassr. Al-Nassr shouldn't trade their chances and loose again as their toughest counterpart will seize such flaw as a tool to stay solid in the toppest position and it'll be difficult to correct the errors when it's late.

[8rch7]

So the point is, hopefully Ivan Rakitic can quickly adapt to the football atmosphere in Saudi Arabia. Because Saudi Arabia is definitely 90 degrees different from Europe. So Ivan Rakitic must be able to adapt well. Apart from adapting to the place, Ivan Rakitic also has to be able to adapt quickly to his teammates. Because, don't be like other European players who join Saudi Arabian clubs, but in the middle of the season they leave Saudi Arabia. Even though that is basically their right, it would be nice if Ivan Rakitic didn't end up like that. Because I'm sure that in the SPL Ivan Rakitic can shine again. Therefore, Ivan Rakitic must not waste this opportunity.

Good debut for Ivan Rakitic with Al Shabab when he scored one goal and give his team three points against Damac, seems Ivan Rakitic can adapt well with Saudi Pro League competition and first appearance give contribution with one goals. Currently, Damac has better higher standings position on 6th placed than Al Shabab on 10th position standing but its not problem with Al Shabat secured three points.
Actually Ivan Rakitic have much experienced by playing with many top European team, he had higher level performed and not difficult for adapting well with his new club, I don't think he get problem with weather, culture and atmosphere games play with Al Shabab by giving good contribution on his first match.

Other Saudi Pro League matches result, Al Nassr success got three points and Cristiano Ronaldo scored one goal, its good started after breaking out almost one month and Al Nassr opening their first match with three points keep make close with Al Hilal on the top standings behind 4 points left. Next match, Al Hilal vs Al Raed and its their opportunity to make seven points left from Al Nassr and keep close their position become the SPL winner for this season.