Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[Leviathan.007]

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.

There is an interesting thing about the game between Al Fateh and Al Nassr which was about the goal Ronaldo scored in this match.
Ronaldo is still in the race with Messi and regardless of the result Al Nassr got against Inter Miami which made Ronaldo very happy but the goal he scored against Al Fateh was the 714th of Ronaldo and now he scored one goal then Messi if we don't count the penalties.

[rendravolt]

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.

There is an interesting thing about the game between Al Fateh and Al Nassr which was about the goal Ronaldo scored in this match.
Ronaldo is still in the race with Messi and regardless of the result Al Nassr got against Inter Miami which made Ronaldo very happy but the goal he scored against Al Fateh was the 714th of Ronaldo and now he scored one goal then Messi if we don't count the penalties.

Well, finally Ronaldo was able to beat Messi's number of goals even though the difference was only 1 goal. It seems like these two players are still experiencing hot competition even though they are no longer in Europe. Both Ronaldo and Messi will continue to add to their goal collections in the respective teams they currently play for and perhaps Ronaldo is still ahead with Al-Nassr because he can always score goals.

This is healthy competition and I hope both of them can still set an example for the next generation. Despite all that, Ronaldo still proves that he is not finished and as long as he can play football at a young age, he will not stop scoring goals. Even if this season he still fails to bring a title to Al-Nassr, he will still be chasing the Saudi League golden boot before this season ends.

[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..

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.

They can end this match with a victory that is quite difficult, because Al Fateh can provide meaningful resistance to them. But Al Nassr's efforts throughout the match produced something good for them by being able to get full points in this match. Cristiano Ronaldo was the first goal scorer for Al Nassr, before AL Fateh finally equalized in the 29th minute. The match was tight and Al Fateh was able to successfully resist every attack made by Al Nassr in the last 15 of the first half.
Entering the second half, Al Nassr again tried to try to regain the lead and that they could get in the 72nd minute. Yes, this match was quite tiring for Al Nassr because they got quite an interesting resistance shown by their guests, Al Fateh.
This win allows them to keep their distance from Al Hilal, but still the distance between them is quite difficult to catch up.

[slapper]

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.

When they got to 10 soldiers, I felt for Damac. It's like the universe believes you need additional challenge when you're already struggling. Playing with a guy down is challenging, and it ultimately favored Al Shabab. Damac might have held on to a draw if they retained all their players on the pitch. It can transform a game, and unfortunately for Damac, it did. Al Shabab, however, took advantage. Regaining the top 10 is difficult, but they've shown they can win when it counts. Let's not be too hard on Damac; the season isn't finished, and football is about comebacks. I want to observe how they recover

[IvugeoEvolutionCoin]

The match of Al-Hilal vs Al-Raed team is now half-time. Now Al-Hilal team is leading by 2 goals. Al-Hilal team player A. Mitrović has started a great performance. A.  Mitrović scored two goals. Al-Raed team has not scored any goals yet. I don't think Al-Raed team can score any goals in today's match because Al-Raed team started the bad performance from the beginning of the game. Al-Hilal team is in the 1st position of the points table. 

[len01]

He will have to start with his diet together with many physical exercises to reduce his weight as it's clearly that he is overweight after months of injury and without control on his eating habit.

Neymar is smart and has great skills so it's not problems for him to return to training and playing at not top-notch level. His main barrier is lack of self-control on his eating habit and over party participation that cause some issues on hit fitness. It will affect his performances on field and potentially cause him injuries. Neymar knows that he is not allowed to stay in Brazil, enjoy parties while Al Hilal are paying him very high salary. They need Neymar on field, in matches, not in parties and if things won't improve, they will terminate the contract and find another star player.

Neymar has been given a lot of time and given many of the facilities he wants, even with a large salary given by Al Hilal as a form of respect for star players, but the fact that Neymar taking it for granted, or in other words, Neymar neglecting his team too much at the moment, even though he has been given a lot of what he wants he wants and this time Neymar opportunity to prove to Al Hilal that he can also value his team in every way to make a contribution on the pitch.
regarding weight gain, I think it could happen and before he returns to the field he will definitely do training and with this training, Neymar will lose weight so he can be physically stronger.

but the question, has the injury really healed?
I'm just worried that in the near future Neymar will return to the field to make a contribution to Al Hilal, he will experience injury problems again and if that really happens, I'm sure Neymar chance will have run out and Hilal will do the same thing as Ittihad, who loaned his star players to other teams.

[X-ray]

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.

I saw on some social media that Neymar was back with Al Hilal. He seemed to have joined the team and participated in the training session. He seems to have adapted well and is making adjustments to regrow mentally and de-traumatize. I'm waiting for the come-back moment and this day looks like Al Hilal vs Al Raed. I didn't get any official news on whether he was able to play. But I think playing the match later is too risky, I think he will appear once he is fit and ready.

Source: https://www.telecomasia.net/news/football/neymar-returns-to-al-hilal-after-injury/

He's back but with the different form. I saw that in the latest clip shows if he is getting fat. he was not able controlling his fitness properly. neymar needs more time to get back his fitness again. I think that this is the main mistake made by him. He has been changed a lot.
He was lucky enough caused by al hilal was still willing to accept him back as the player and received a lot of money as his salary. It's not even a year but there are many things changed from neymar.

I hope he can put more respect on his team coz this team was helping him to have a job rather than being a jobless guy after he left from PSG. Neymar can at least show some respects and he can also make reconsiliation to the other players to build the chemistry again.
Neymar is good but i must admit that sometimes he has no respect toward his club. He needs to be even wiser than before.f Neymar is still useful for the club.

It will another disgrace for him if he repeats the same mistake that makes him excluded from the squad. Neymar needs to regarin his true form again. A few months have passed for him and many changes happened to him.

[Leviathan.007]

The interesting thing about Al Ittihad and Benzema in this season is about the performance of Al Ittihad during the time when Benzema was absent in the team.
In the ten recent games when Al Al Ittihad was playing without Benzema, they had better performance than before and god better results than before.
However, Karim Benzema has returned to the team and he is training with Al Al Ittihad but I think this won't be spring if they don't use him in the next games.

[QueenVera]

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.

Rakitic was very lucky on his debut to has scored a goal, he's added another record to his footballing career which is very good, Rakitic is a very skilled player with a lot of experience right from his time at Barcelona to Sevilla so adapting to his new club won't be an issue for him, that's why he was able to score on his debut and help his team secure the 3 points against Damac who are above them in the standings, Al Shabab would definitely enjoy Rakitic's presence in their team.

 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. 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 are still standing really out in the league and then the likes of Al-Hilal and the other teams.  The league is still running and race for the trophy is on too. The final table standing is awaited.
 

[jaberwock]

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.

When you look like you barely won, that is usually by people who did not watch the game. Al-Nassr missed a lot of chances, they were unlucky and that is normal that happens sometimes. I think we should probably consider the fact that they are not doing all that crazy because they mainly had unlucky results here and there. Ronaldo scored again, which is amazing for his fans and for the team as well because people watch the games mainly for him, and him scoring increases the viewership as well.

Talisca played well too but just had trouble at the last touches. All in all a great win, they have nothing else but to keep winning and expecting Al Hilal to lose games. They are doing their part, and that is what counts until the season is over.

[Docnaster]

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.

There is an interesting thing about the game between Al Fateh and Al Nassr which was about the goal Ronaldo scored in this match.
Ronaldo is still in the race with Messi and regardless of the result Al Nassr got against Inter Miami which made Ronaldo very happy but the goal he scored against Al Fateh was the 714th of Ronaldo and now he scored one goal then Messi if we don't count the penalties.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have dominated football for over the last two decades so I think it's absolutely expected for the
rivalry of the two players to continue till when they'll finally quit football. Those two players were scoring many goals in their prime and despite their current age, Cristiano Ronaldo was still able to finish last year with the highest number of goals by a professional footballer in the whole world.
There are football lovers who has decided to always pick one of them ahead of the other but for me who's been able to watch them since their rise to stardom, I've always maintained my admiration to the two football superstars even when I kinda love one of them more than the other. Football I think will never experience such rivalry again.

[LUCKMCFLY]

The interesting thing about Al Ittihad and Benzema in this season is about the performance of Al Ittihad during the time when Benzema was absent in the team.
In the ten recent games when Al Al Ittihad was playing without Benzema, they had better performance than before and god better results than before.
However, Karim Benzema has returned to the team and he is training with Al Al Ittihad but I think this won't be spring if they don't use him in the next games.

Well, I'll say something, if they have a Star like this and they don't use him, I don't know why they bothered to spend so many millions on him , plus he's an EU player or he's out of shape, I know that Benzema has had some problems recently. It's something normal, I don't know if it's because of adaptation or something like that, but it's something that he has to overcome or that I think he's overcome, but I really want to see this player shine like he did in Madrid, I don't know what It's just that he lacks it, but if he is training with the team it means that it is Already Something that is seen with a very Good omen.

The "cat Benzema" has Always been a player who has a lot to Give, for me he is the player who has the best lineup, everyone Says that the best Ferencé is Mbappé and that he is Supposedly Above everyone, but for me it is not Thus, for me, Benzema has Much more Quality than him, however I would like Benzema to be able to score the goals that we are used to, and thus be able to get out more in action.

In fact, everyone in the world talks about Benzema as that Promise who Went to Saudi Football to shine but things still haven't gone as they are, I think he needs a little more motivation, he has a good friend who is CR7, And I'm sure that any advice from that Country will Ask him...

He believed that for now he must adapt to his team that takes his confidence and that can make him different from the others, he cannot put himself in an orbit of low energy vibration again, he has to raise his spirits and I think that if he is gone then It did him good, if so, then we need to see the goals of a Gatic who is always willing to do things with all the love of the world for football and that is something that we hope for, I think it is time for him to show himself. Let's see if Deschamps puts him in for the French National team because he is a guard of experience and great skill.

[rahmad2nd]

Al Fateh is a pretty good team so after a long break Al Nassr was able to immediately win, which is a good thing, meaning the long break did not affect the cooperation of the players who had not competed and trained together for quite a long time.

Al Hilal are very favored in the match against Al Read later, Al Hilal's odds are around @1.18 and the away team is around @10.00, it could be that this will be a one-sided match and Al Hilal will win the match again by scoring more than 2 goals, although surprises are still wide open for this happened because after a long break they needed to make adjustments so that Al Nassr had a big chance of becoming Al Hilal's competitor for the title because the point difference decreases.
However, I predict this will still be an easy win for Al Hilal and Mitrovic is very likely to score goals again for his team, especially in H2H Al Read has never won once against Al Hilal and their best result is just a draw every time they face the best team of this season in the Saudi Pro League.

In the continuation of the Saudi Pro League, Al Hilal once again proved their potential to start their second season. After a long break, Al Hilal played their match against Al Raed. Referring to the comparison between these two teams, it is clear that there is a quite obvious gap. that's why, Al Hilal has very low odds. and it was proven, Mitrovic scored another goal in the 3rd minute and in the 27th minute via the penalty point, another goal was created by Koulibaly. With this result, Al Hilal's position in this competition remains in the safe zone. Even though Al Nassr also won their match against Al Riyadh, Al Hilal's position remains undisturbed at the top of the standings.

Referring to the course of the match, overall the course of this match was dominated by the home team. well, it seems the probability that Al Hilal is getting stronger on the path to winning the Saudi Pro League trophy. in fact, the competition for top scorers is quite serious. Mitrovic with his 19 goals. while Ronaldo, with 21 goals he created. so, there is only a difference of two goals. however, what is clear is that Al Hilal is much more productive in terms of scoring goals. also, the team that has conceded the fewest goals. however, this competition still has enough matches left. in football, anything can happen. If Al Hilal slips in some of its matches, Al Nassr can step on the gas to overtake Al Hilal's ranking. or what happened the other way around, Al Nassr slipped in several of the matches they played. well, let's just enjoy it

[temple]

The interesting thing about Al Ittihad and Benzema in this season is about the performance of Al Ittihad during the time when Benzema was

Well, I'll say something, if they have a Star like this and they don't use him, I don't know why they bothered to spend so many millions on him , plus he's an EU player or he's out of shape, I know that Benzema has had some problems recently. It's something normal, I don't know if it's because of adaptation or something like that, but it's something that he has to overcome or that I think he's overcome, but I really want to see this player shine like he did in Madrid, I don't know what It's just that he lacks it, but if he is training with the team it means that it is Already Something that is seen with a very Good omen.

The "cat Benzema" has Always been a player who has a lot to Give, for me he is the player who has the best lineup, everyone Says that the best Ferencé is Mbappé and that he is Supposedly Above everyone, but for me it is not Thus, for me, Benzema has Much more Quality than him, however I would like Benzema to be able to score the goals that we are used to, and thus be able to get out more in action.

In fact, everyone in the world talks about Benzema as that Promise who Went to Saudi Football to shine but things still haven't gone as they are, I think he needs a little more motivation, he has a good friend who is CR7, And I'm sure that any advice from that Country will Ask him...

He believed that for now he must adapt to his team that takes his confidence and that can make him different from the others, he cannot put himself in an orbit of low energy vibration again, he has to raise his spirits and I think that if he is gone then It did him good, if so, then we need to see the goals of a Gatic who is always willing to do things with all the love of the world for football and that is something that we hope for, I think it is time for him to show himself. Let's see if Deschamps puts him in for the French National team because he is a guard of experience and great skill.

This has probably been one of the luckiest signings any sport as seen from the perspective of the player. He has been impressive during that one year when they won the Champions League and he literally scored every single game and it was unbelievable at some point. I agree that he deserved to win the Ballon d'Or in 2022, but apart from that season he was two levels below his best. Don't get me wrong here, but I can't remember one reason in which he reached the level he reached in 2021/22 and I acknowledge this as it was outrageous. If he didn't play a season like that, I doubt he would have ever been in a position to sign this insane contract. He was still good and he scored his goals, but it wasn't like the year before. You could see how he was less thrilled and the body language changed and if I remember correctly, he got injured.

[TelolettOm]

The interesting thing about Al Ittihad and Benzema in this season is about the performance of Al Ittihad during the time when Benzema was absent in the team.
In the ten recent games when Al Al Ittihad was playing without Benzema, they had better performance than before and god better results than before.
However, Karim Benzema has returned to the team and he is training with Al Al Ittihad but I think this won't be spring if they don't use him in the next games.

Al Ittihad doesn't depend on Benzema, they still could get positive results although Benzema was absent. I think it is a positive thing for Al Ittihad, they are still a strong team without Benzema. And Al Ittihad also shouldn't depend on Benzema because Benzema isn't in his good form this season. Benzema also often got injured, so Benzema will get many obstacles to perform with his best.

I thought it was just a coincidence, they didn't get positive results because of the absence of Benzema. When Benzema played, theoretically Al Ittihad will be stronger because they have an experienced striker in their attacking line.

[Arenga pinnata]

The interesting thing about Al Ittihad and Benzema in this season is about the performance of Al Ittihad during the time when Benzema was absent in the team.
In the ten recent games when Al Al Ittihad was playing without Benzema, they had better performance than before and god better results than before.
However, Karim Benzema has returned to the team and he is training with Al Al Ittihad but I think this won't be spring if they don't use him in the next games.

Al Ittihad doesn't depend on Benzema, they still could get positive results although Benzema was absent. I think it is a positive thing for Al Ittihad, they are still a strong team without Benzema. And Al Ittihad also shouldn't depend on Benzema because Benzema isn't in his good form this season. Benzema also often got injured, so Benzema will get many obstacles to perform with his best.

I thought it was just a coincidence, they didn't get positive results because of the absence of Benzema. When Benzema played, theoretically Al Ittihad will be stronger because they have an experienced striker in their attacking line.

Al-ittihad has indeed been a strong team since last season when Benzema had not yet arrived. But that doesn't mean Al-ittihad weakened when Benzema came to the club. It's just that all clubs in the SPL have improved their performance this season after being encouraged by the large number of top European players joining SPL clubs. And actually small teams also make European player transfers, only they don't take famous players but ordinary but still quality players. And that's why the competition in the SPL has become more difficult this season. To be honest, I still hope that Benzema will always play for the rest of this season. Because seeing Benzema play is still an exciting sensation to watch.

[rendravolt]

The presence of Benzema in the starting line up in the Al-Ittihad vs Al-Riyadh match did not change anything and luckily the brace scored by Hamdallah secured an additional 3 points at home. It seems like Benzema is still having a hard time adapting to his teammates for the rest of the season and I think he has experienced a decline in quality at this age. If that's the case then it will be difficult for Benzema to make a contribution to the team and currently Al-Ittihad have returned from the bad results they had some time ago. Now Al-Ittihad still sits in 5th position in the standings with 34 points and is only 1 point different from Al-Taowoun which has collected 35 points. The competition will increase in intensity for each team and to be honest Al-Ittihad can still finish in 3rd place if they continue to be consistent.

[Gallar]

The interesting thing about Al Ittihad and Benzema in this season is about the performance of Al Ittihad during the time when Benzema was absent in the team.
In the ten recent games when Al Al Ittihad was playing without Benzema, they had better performance than before and god better results than before.
However, Karim Benzema has returned to the team and he is training with Al Al Ittihad but I think this won't be spring if they don't use him in the next games.

Whether coincidental or not, in essence in this context Benzema cannot be completely blamed. Because lacking one player will not change a team significantly. Whether it's bad or good, because football is a team. So, for example, in football someone blames one of the players because his team lost, in my opinion that is very unwise. On the other hand, if for example a team wins a match and only praises one player, I think that is also not wise. Because in football, whatever final result is achieved cannot be done by just one person. But of course with the 11 players on the team. That's why regarding Al Ittihad's performance which improved slightly when Benzema didn't play, I don't think Benzema needs to be involved. Because it is possible that Al Ittihad players have experienced better development since Benzema did not play so that the final results that Al Ittihad always achieves will be better.

Because basically Al Ittihad is also a very strong team in the SPL. Because last season, if I'm not mistaken, it was Al Ittihad who won the SPL. So it is possible that the poor performance at the start of the season was absolutely because all the players from Al Ittihad were experiencing a decline in performance and not because it was caused by Benzema coming to Al Ittihad. Because even though Benzema is a bit old now, he is still a very great footballer. Apart from that, he also has a lot of experience, whether at the club or in the national team. For this reason, it would be very wise if Benzema is not always blamed when Al Ittihad loses in every match.

[Strongkored]

The presence of Benzema in the starting line up in the Al-Ittihad vs Al-Riyadh match did not change anything and luckily the brace scored by Hamdallah secured an additional 3 points at home. It seems like Benzema is still having a hard time adapting to his teammates for the rest of the season and I think he has experienced a decline in quality at this age. If that's the case then it will be difficult for Benzema to make a contribution to the team and currently Al-Ittihad have returned from the bad results they had some time ago. Now Al-Ittihad still sits in 5th position in the standings with 34 points and is only 1 point different from Al-Taowoun which has collected 35 points. The competition will increase in intensity for each team and to be honest Al-Ittihad can still finish in 3rd place if they continue to be consistent.

We can see that Ittihad FC slightly changed their playing formation by placing Benzema parallel to Hamdallah because usually Benzema would be a pure striker and this change in strategy was successful in bringing Ittihad to win three points even though Al-Riyadh was actually not a balanced opponent for them because both of them had differences in term of the strength is quite far, at least seen from the ranking of the two teams in the current standings.
Karim Benzema may still need time and it is not easy for strikers to always score goals, it's just that his number of goals is not very impressive at all because he is still inferior to Hamdallah who was Ittihad's mainstay striker several seasons before Benzema arrived at this club.

In the middle of the week, Ittihad FC will compete in the Asian Champions League, they have a chance to win.

[Hirose UK]

~snip~

Al Ittihad doesn't depend on Benzema, they still could get positive results although Benzema was absent. I think it is a positive thing for Al Ittihad, they are still a strong team without Benzema. And Al Ittihad also shouldn't depend on Benzema because Benzema isn't in his good form this season. Benzema also often got injured, so Benzema will get many obstacles to perform with his best.

I thought it was just a coincidence, they didn't get positive results because of the absence of Benzema. When Benzema played, theoretically Al Ittihad will be stronger because they have an experienced striker in their attacking line.

I agree if we say that without Benzema, Al Ittihad can still have good results and be able to play well in every match, but on the other hand, there is something that we cannot take for granted, namely that Benzema is an important part of Al Ittihad.
Benzema this season for the Club World Cup competition which was won by Manchester City has also managed to make big contribution to Al Ittihad, for the SPL in 16 matches Benzema also performed quite well by providing 9 goals and 5 assists.
No one is saying that Al Ittihad success will depend on Benzema, but we can say that Benzema has helped Al Ittihad enough to achieve victory and produce better achievements.
Last season Al Ittihad indeed won the SPL and this season experienced decline, but this does not mean that Benzema had bad performance and made Al Ittihad slump, but because several SPL team have developed more rapidly with the presence of various star players.

If only all Al Ittihad players could provide good support for Benzema then we would see how Benzema could play by creating more goals.
Real problem is not on Benzema part as player but due to the lack of good cohesiveness between fellow players and creating stronger quality of play.