Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[MusaMohamed]

Al-Shabab's match against Al-Nassr was very exciting and I didn't expect Al-Shabab's defense to be very strong and their performance was very good and the exchange of goals made the match even more exciting and the players of both teams celebrated very well when the goal occurred, even though the match was won at the end. by Al-nassr with a score of 2-3 but I am very satisfied with the result of this match because the performance of both teams was very entertaining.

Al-Shabab challenged Al-Nassr a lot and they nearly get one point from Al-Nassr before Talisca scored a late winning goal. They deserve to receive applause and recognition for their good match against a second strongest team in Saudi Professional League this season.

Cristiano of course scored the first goal in this match via a penalty kick and I saw that Luis Castro was very happy to see Cristiano Ronaldo score. However, in this match, Talisca's performance in defending Al-Nassr was very good and in the Al-Nassr match against Al-Shabab, it was he who scored the most goals.

By stats, it is a 18th successful penalty of Cristiano Ronaldo since a missed one he did in Manchester United. It is an impressive stats that shows his accuracy on penalty spots as well as his confidence and strong mentality.

Now Al-Nassr still sits in 2nd place in the standings and in the next match Al-Hazm will be the opponent. against Al-hazm I think Al-nassr will have the potential to win. and I think Luis Castro has to make Al-nassr's attackers even better because I see that in terms of utilizing opportunities, Al-nassr is still not good.

Temporarily, this winning helps them to have 4 points less than Al-Hilal and it is better than 7 points. It is temporarily but at least they completed what they need to do and now they can wait for result from Al-Hilal.

It's good for Al-Nassr that they can win a match when Cristiano Ronaldo did not play well. Talisca shown that he is still an important attacking player for Al-Nassr.

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[QueenVera]

Indeed, currently Al Ettifaq has not performed well on the field, perhaps technically during training, Al Ettifaq's caretaker, Gerrard, has not been able to understand each individual character of Al Ettifaq's players.
and this can also affect performance in every match that will take place, and in fact under Geffard's guidance, the al Ettifaq team still has a very good chance of weakening with its lagging position in the standings, namely 15th position.
Coach Geffard is still maintaining his energy in supporting the development of Al Ettifaq players in the future so that they become material for correction which really needs to be improved.
In the future, coach Geffard must be able to convince Al Ettifaq fans that his team will play even better than before.
And with Al Ettifaq's frequent defeats so far, this is of course a problem that Geffard must immediately fix while the contract is still in effect.

Yes, I agree with you, Al Hilal is getting stronger and its performance is better than before.
By proving capable of winning 18 times in their last 20 matches and Al Hilal being able to beat Al Nassr's staff, which consists of the world's top players, of course this is a surprising success for Al Hilal fans.
Not only that, Al Hilal has also collected a lot of points and is at the top of the standings, it is really very strong and second to none.
And of course in the upcoming Al Hilal and Al Ettifaq match, many people are betting and predicting that victory will again go to Al Hilal because previously the two clubs had met in five matches and as a result Al Hilal won in a row. .

Funny how we still go about the topic of great footballers not being able to attain success level while as Coach of teams. This is a very big topic and one that requires greAt discussion because we’ve got a long list of those great ex players underperforming as coach. Now in the SPL, we’ve got one great English Llayer who was at a point considered to be Jurgen’s replacement at Liverpool and we’ve seen this same man performing poorly. He’s now suffering in the SPL after a long and dreadful spell at Aston Villa. Currently the man is under great pressure even though he started the campaign really well but I don’t know and can’t say what went wrong for him. He started this campaign really well and things going south for him after the huge money spent in the transfer season which is more than any spent by an other team in the league.

 Gerrard is under serious pressure and I don’t see him being able to hold unto his game for longer time because of poorly he’s performing with this club, it’s nothing to write home about. Well looking at the Aston Villa side he managed and how greatly they’ve improved to challenging for a UCL spot in less than a year if him departing is always one thing to strike out his good dedds in his coaching career. I can remember when these team had a great start to the season and many people thought they’ll be a team to contest for the SPL title now it’s seeming like the goals have all dried up as they haven’t had any win in the last 9 matches. Well we putting the blame on injury to an extent is like trying to save a name for Gerrard. Looking at this scenario, we can see how poorly Gerrard has been and I think him getting sent out by the club and the club hiring a better coach will do them more harm than good as most great ex late aren’t all to make a great coach.

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THe gap is very big and it's too good to be true for al nassr will be surpassing al hilal if it keeps get another win, al hilal is now the most consistent club in all of asian competitions. The club was not only performing good in SPL but it does have great performance in all of competitions.
Im losing my hope to see nassr to get SPL trophy this season caused by al hilal was literally dominate the competitions. Things are going even harder than before for al nassr caused by all hilal has been also qualifed in the AFC chamoion club as well.
So it needs a miracle for al nassr to beat al hilal. We did see how al nassr was consistently beating al hilal. This is also making the situation even more difficult compared to the last season. AL hilal keeps leading the competition and this is very good for the performance of club.

Losing hope with Al Nassr opportunity for winning domestic league? its seems too early losing hope regarding gap 4 points and I don't sure tonight easily for Al Hilal defeat Al Ettifaq. Don't be pessimistic because because Al Nassr keep fighting until at the last matchday for winning domestic league exactly for Cristiano Ronaldo want to get domestic trophy with Al Nassr.
In AFC Champion League, Al Nassr still has chance become the winner, success qualify to quarter final and will face AL Ain to make easily lead to semifinal round, its good achievement for Cristiano Ronaldo if can win domestic league and AFC Champion League for this season exactly he was two season without domestic league trophy.

[Solokan]

Of course, soon we will see the long-awaited match, namely Jorge Jesus' troops will face Steven Gerrard's troops. Of course, in this match, many predict that Al-Hilal will have great potential to win this match. and I also predict that Mitrovic and his friends will win against Al-ettifaq easily. because so far I have seen that Al-hilal's performance is really good and even teams like Al-nassr can be beaten, such as in the Friendlies match, Al-hilal managed to beat them with a score of 2-0 and in that match Cristiano Ronaldo couldn't even score a goal. So I'm sure that in the next match Al-Hilal will score more than 2 goals.

However, Steven Gerrard will also definitely make a good strategy against Jorge Jesus' troops and will definitely make his team confident against Al-Hilal.

It looks like many people will be betting on Al-Hilal's victory in this match and I want to see Mitrovic's performance, which is always good.

[makishart]

Al Hilal will fight at Al Ettifaq home ground today and at the beginning of season Al Ettifaq was hire Steven Gerrard because Al Ettifaq owner thought Gerrard can able to lifted the performance of this team but apparently Al Ettifaq under Gerrard was failed to fulfill the owner expectation because until now Al Ettifaq still struggle to improved their position on league standings and from 20 matches Al Ettifaq only gets 7 wins but surprisingly Al Ettifaq owner has decide to give contract extension for Gerrard which mean according to his contract Gerrard will handle this team until 2027

For Al Hilal without doubt this team has been change became so strong this season 18 wins from 20 matches is proven Al Hillal was unstoppable even their strong contender Al Nassr have to lost twice from them this season and Al Hilal has fantastic records from Al Ettifaq because from 18 meetings total between them Al Hilal can able to gets 13 wins but Al Ettifaq only able to get 1 win from those matches so without doubt today i am sure Al Hilal will be able to extended their fantastic records from Al Ettifaq and win this match but the bookmakers provide low odds for Al Hilal @1.41 but my predictions is Al Hilal will be able to win this match with huge scores

It's gonna be a pretty hard match for al hilal. this is considering the fact that if al ettifaq is not performing so well this time. It gives al hilal a chance to win against it. Im missing the performance from mitrovic and savic. Ettifaq must be careful caused by these players are still very productive at this time.
It was also making the situation even worse than before. Al hial's odds is pretty good tough. I think that if it's clear that i will bet on al hilal considering the fact that if al hilal is still leading the competition right now. The consistency of al hilal is just becoming an insurance for me.

This is also making the situation even better for me. Im sure that this is going to be another ez win for al hilal. Al hilal will be fully maintaining its performance against ettifaq. Since ettifaq was never improving a lot under gerrard and i think thaqt this is the chance to get three points from al ettifaq.
Going all in to the al hilal is the best decision for now. Hilal needs to keep its record and ettifaq will not be a tough opponent for al hilal. Im sure about this too. let's wait and see what's will be happening to the club soon.

Im sure hilal will be winning the game with good scores against ettifaq.

[Josefjix]

Steven Gerrard actually made Al-Ettifaq play very well at the start of the season. Al-Ettifaq even competed for a long time in the top 4 at the start of the season. But towards the middle of the season, Al-Ettifaq's performance dropped drastically. And yes, this makes Al-Ettifaq even further away from the top 4 rankings. And currently Al-Ettifaq is still ranked 8th. And yes, this is not a good sight considering that Al-Ettifaq is also a team that brings in many top European players. Although one of them has gone to AJAX.

For the match against Al-hilal, I think everything will be even more difficult for AL-ettifaq and yes, I also think that Al-hilal will win this match without any problems. So betting on Al-hilal seems to remain the best choice.

The former Aston Villa coach was appointed by Al Ettifaq board because they believe him to execute a good project for the club, StevenGerrardhad vision for the club but we don't see that happening. For now, Steven Gerrard is trying his best to hook up results with the club, we know how difficult it is for an European player quickly adapt to the system of SPL football. Al-Ettifaq is ranked 8th position because the players failed to put in the hardwork as they did in the beginning of the season. Al-Ettifaq facing Al-Hilal next, they don't have any good odds to beat the formidable team ranking first on the table.

[slapper]

Al Hilal will fight at Al Ettifaq home ground today and at the beginning of season Al Ettifaq was hire Steven Gerrard because Al Ettifaq owner thought Gerrard can able to lifted the performance of this team but apparently Al Ettifaq under Gerrard was failed to fulfill the owner expectation because until now Al Ettifaq still struggle to improved their position on league standings and from 20 matches Al Ettifaq only gets 7 wins but surprisingly Al Ettifaq owner has decide to give contract extension for Gerrard which mean according to his contract Gerrard will handle this team until 2027

For Al Hilal without doubt this team has been change became so strong this season 18 wins from 20 matches is proven Al Hillal was unstoppable even their strong contender Al Nassr have to lost twice from them this season and Al Hilal has fantastic records from Al Ettifaq because from 18 meetings total between them Al Hilal can able to gets 13 wins but Al Ettifaq only able to get 1 win from those matches so without doubt today i am sure Al Hilal will be able to extended their fantastic records from Al Ettifaq and win this match but the bookmakers provide low odds for Al Hilal @1.41 but my predictions is Al Hilal will be able to win this match with huge scores

Their 18–20 season record is exceptional. Against Al Ettifaq, their steadiness makes them the team to bet on. Despite the owner's faith in extending his contract, Al Ettifaq's difficulties under Gerrard's guidance make them a little threat. To my eye, Al Hilal's Mitrovic and Savic are in excellent shape and produce unrivaled on the field. I'm expecting Al Hilal to win again easily and continue their great record
Although Al Hilal's chances of 1.41 seem low, they reflect their dominance and anticipation of victory. Al Hilal strikes bettors as the obvious choice. These results versus Al Ettifaq speak for themselves. Wins aren't enough; they've had to convincingly beat teams this season. I think betting on Al Hilal to win big today is wise, not optimistic

[OcTradism]

Losing hope with Al Nassr opportunity for winning domestic league? its seems too early losing hope regarding gap 4 points and I don't sure tonight easily for Al Hilal defeat Al Ettifaq. Don't be pessimistic because because Al Nassr keep fighting until at the last matchday for winning domestic league exactly for Cristiano Ronaldo want to get domestic trophy with Al Nassr.

In Saudi Professional League, they will not lose hope if they keep winning because when they complete their task, winning their matches, they simply wait for bad results from Al Hilal. Their hope only will become smaller if they have a draw or defeat and know that they will not be able to reduce gap with Al Hilal and even will face risk of having bigger gap if Al Hilal wins.

In AFC Champion League, Al Nassr still has chance become the winner, success qualify to quarter final and will face AL Ain to make easily lead to semifinal round, its good achievement for Cristiano Ronaldo if can win domestic league and AFC Champion League for this season exactly he was two season without domestic league trophy.

In AFC Champions League, they are going to a quarter final round and are continuing their fight to go to a final match and win it. Cristiano Ronaldo will be very happy if he wins AFC Champions League after winning some UEFA Champions League with Manchester United and Real Madrid. He will be a first player can do that in history and it suits with his motivation, chasing records.

[onecall123]

I was seeing the line up of Al Shabab and man, what a good team they have, with the last reinforcement they make a very good squad for this league.

Names like Carrasco, Rakitic, Saiss and Habib Diallo makes them a good team and a hard one to beat. But they are out of range for this season top positions.

Really.. thera re some very good players in the team, just when i read Rakitic or Yannick Carrasco, wow. But Al-Nassr won it, even if it was close, a 3:2 is enough for 3 points. Talisca scored 2 goals today and he got the win and they are now 4 points behind Al-Hilal in the league, but I dont think they can catch them this season, they had the chance but they lost the game. Cristiano Ronaldo also scored a goal today, never mind it was a penalty. Good entertaining game with 5 goals and a red card.

With a composition of players like this, Al-Shabab will be a strong team next season or at least be able to compete for the SPL title, and they just need a better goalkeeper to make their squad even more perfect.

The match against Al Nassr was quite entertaining and Al-Shabab gave their best in this match, but luck was not on their side. Overall Al-Shabab played well and even appeared dominant in this match but was less effective in completing the opportunities that existed. For al Nassr, this victory is important in order to maintain hopes of being able to compete with al Hilal in first place.

Ronaldo scored a penalty to put Al-Nassr ahead 1-0. Despite two quick counterattacks by Al-Shabab, Talisca scored twice to secure the win. A late goal from Talisca sealed the victory against a strong Al Shabab. Although Al-Shabab were almost came close to victory, yet so far. They'll likely gain more confidence and strength in the upcoming matches.
Al-Nassr secured an important away win, but they need more clean sheets as they chase the league leaders and aim to compete with Al Hilal for the top spot.

[Gallar]

Al Hilal will fight at Al Ettifaq home ground today and at the beginning of season Al Ettifaq was hire Steven Gerrard because Al Ettifaq owner thought Gerrard can able to lifted the performance of this team but apparently Al Ettifaq under Gerrard was failed to fulfill the owner expectation because until now Al Ettifaq still struggle to improved their position on league standings and from 20 matches Al Ettifaq only gets 7 wins but surprisingly Al Ettifaq owner has decide to give contract extension for Gerrard which mean according to his contract Gerrard will handle this team until 2027

For Al Hilal without doubt this team has been change became so strong this season 18 wins from 20 matches is proven Al Hillal was unstoppable even their strong contender Al Nassr have to lost twice from them this season

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In this match, Al Hilal will certainly be in the spotlight to win the match against Al Ettifaq. Because if you look at the footsteps of Al Hilal players this season, it is clear that Al Hilal is indeed superior to Al Etiffaq. And I just watched Al Hilal's match against Al Ettifaq, and Al Hilal was able to score a goal against Al Etiffaq through Milincovic. So temporarily in the first half, Al Hilal was one goal ahead of Al Etiffaq. Maybe in the second half it is likely that Al Hilal can add additional goals. Because if you look at ball control, Al Hilal is far superior to Al Etiffaq. Therefore, the possibility of Al Hilal getting additional goals will be very large.

And talking about Gerrard who received a contract extension from Al Ettifaq. I think this action is quite appropriate. Although currently Al Etiffaq's performance is not good. However, we must remember that for a coach to be able to apply his football playing philosophy to the players on his team, it takes a long time. Therefore, if Gerard is contracted longer by Al Ettifaq, perhaps there will be positive changes in the next few seasons. And in my opinion that is the main aim of Al Ettifaq to extend Gerard's contract in the coaching chair.

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HT, Al Ettifaq 0 vs 2 Al Hilal

Seems still not any teams can defeat Al Hilal for the first time in this season after leading two goals in the first half match and if the scored not change until the end match has good position for Al Hilal get remaining 7 points from Al Nassr. Al Hilal started very well in the first minutes and controlling ball possession until many shots on target then the host team Al Ettifaq. Sergej Milinković-Savić scored the first goal for Al Hilal on 39th mintes and another one goals scoring by Salem Aldawsari on the the first half additional time.
Second half I don't sure Al Ettifaq can make come back and scoring the goals for make the match draw or get winning result exactly playing on home has extra motivation.

[TastyChillySauce00]

I was seeing the line up of Al Shabab and man, what a good team they have, with the last reinforcement they make a very good squad for this league.

Names like Carrasco, Rakitic, Saiss and Habib Diallo makes them a good team and a hard one to beat. But they are out of range for this season top positions.

That squad was not good enough to beat al nassr. Tallisca is performing even better and i think that this guy trains so hard to be as good as ronaldo. He was consistently scoring and tallisca was slowly climbing up. This guy can be as good as ronaldo for sure. Im surely that if tallisca will able to enter as one of top player in the saudi pro leagu.
Shabab gives a hard game for al nassr but it keeps lose. The bad thing is shabab will be missing one of its important player after radif got a red card during the injury time. Al nassr is still staying very strong at the second place. Al hilal is the only strongest competitor for al nassr.

Ronaldo and nassr can only consistently winning the game and waiting for al hilal to miss the points.

[IvugeoEvolutionCoin]

In the match of Al-Ettifaq vs Al-Hilal team, Al-Hilal team scored 2 goals. Al-Ettifaq team did not score any goal. Al-Ettifaq team performed poorly from the beginning to the end of the game. However, Al-Hilal team is in the 1st position of the points table.  Al-Hilal team did a great performance in today's match.S.  Milinković-Savić scored the 1st goal at 39 minutes and S. Al-Dawsari scored the 2nd goal at 45+5 minutes. These two goals were scored before halftime and Al-Hilal team could not score any more goals after halftime.

[Volgastallion]

What a close call for Al nassr yesterday man, it was a very clsoe one, and they cant dorp points anymore, because Al Hilal seems like they are not gonna lose a single point until the end.

About Gerard team.... i dont know what to think how he remain in charge of the team is ridiculous, he have one of the best teams in the league but in term of results they are shit.

[rahmad2nd]

In the match of Al-Ettifaq vs Al-Hilal team, Al-Hilal team scored 2 goals. Al-Ettifaq team did not score any goal. Al-Ettifaq team performed poorly from the beginning to the end of the game. However, Al-Hilal team is in the 1st position of the points table.  Al-Hilal team did a great performance in today's match.S.  Milinković-Savić scored the 1st goal at 39 minutes and S. Al-Dawsari scored the 2nd goal at 45+5 minutes. These two goals were scored before halftime and Al-Hilal team could not score any more goals after halftime.

Al Hilal was able to continue its positive trend without defeat at the Prince Mohamed Bin Fahd Stadium, Al-Ettifaq's headquarters. regardless of playing away, Jorge Jesus' squad is progressing with its positive trend. referring to the course of the match, in the 39th minute Milinković-Savić was able to take advantage of a corner kick kicked by Ruben Neves.nMilinković-Savić, drove free and headed it into the goal against Al-Ettifaq. in the last minute of the first half, a mistake by Steven Gerrard's squad was exploited by Salem Al-Dawsari, he dribbled past several players and scored a goal for his team. as a result, Al Hilal won full points at its headquarters, Al-Ettifaq. statistically, Al Hilal has more control over ball possession. however, based on technical matters, the two teams are almost equal even though Al Hilal is slightly better.nLikewise with the team coached by Jorge Jesus, overall their team played very well. in this way, Al Hilal added to their coffers of points to launch their mission to win the Saudi Pro League trophy this season.

On the other hand, Steven Gerrard's team did not play very well, even though according to the statistics the chances they got were not much different from Al Hilal. the difference is, Al-Ettifaq was unable to score a single goal in this match plus, almost all of Al-Ettifaq's players underperformed. well, in the end Steven Gerrard had to be satisfied that his team was in 8th place. unfortunately, in this match Mitrovic was unable to score a goal to increase his coffers in the competition for top scorer. however, there are still enough matches and Mitrovic has the opportunity to add goal after goal in each match with Al Hilal in the next match.

[beerlover]

THe gap is very big and it's too good to be true for al nassr will be surpassing al hilal if it keeps get another win, al hilal is now the most consistent club in all of asian competitions. The club was not only performing good in SPL but it does have great performance in all of competitions.
Im losing my hope to see nassr to get SPL trophy this season caused by al hilal was literally dominate the competitions. Things are going even harder than before for al nassr caused by all hilal has been also qualifed in the AFC chamoion club as well.
So it needs a miracle for al nassr to beat al hilal. We did see how al nassr was consistently beating al hilal. This is also making the situation even more difficult compared to the last season. AL hilal keeps leading the competition and this is very good for the performance of club.

I do agree with that, the gap is too wide and the league is basically over at this point if you ask me. I think it is not going to happen and we are going to end up seeing it be normal for sure. I think it is quite clear that we are going to see things change one way or another, but that doesn't mean that we are going to end up with a much better result just that easily.

Al-Nassr could still give it a try and they could try to do a lot more, I agree that Al Hilal is better but that doesn't mean that we are going to end up with an easy solution. We should try to consider them to do a lot better one way or another. I believe that we are not going to see them change positions, but we will see both teams trying hard all season long.

[Belarge]

What a close call for Al nassr yesterday man, it was a very clsoe one, and they cant dorp points anymore, because Al Hilal seems like they are not gonna lose a single point until the end.

About Gerard team.... i dont know what to think how he remain in charge of the team is ridiculous, he have one of the best teams in the league but in term of results they are shit.

The SPL is competitive and only the elite teams that have strong stats can survived in the long race. I missed out on the tough game between Al-Ettifaq vs Al-Hilal. However I've settled for the highlights, Al-Hilal thrashed the home team 2 nil with dominance. This is a club we should trust because they continue to prove themselves. Al Nassr was believed to the only team to stop Al Hila this season but they couldn't meet up the important criteria to win when they meet. We should understand how competitive and formidable Al Hilal have grown to become.

[kawetsriyanto]

In the match of Al-Ettifaq vs Al-Hilal team, Al-Hilal team scored 2 goals. Al-Ettifaq team did not score any goal. Al-Ettifaq team performed poorly from the beginning to the end of the game. However, Al-Hilal team is in the 1st position of the points table.  Al-Hilal team did a great performance in today's match.S.  Milinković-Savić scored the 1st goal at 39 minutes and S. Al-Dawsari scored the 2nd goal at 45+5 minutes. These two goals were scored before halftime and Al-Hilal team could not score any more goals after halftime.

Yes, again Al Hilal won the match, they always got a perfect result.
In this match, Al-Ettifaq actually could play quite well, they can keep up with the game of Al Hilal. Unfortunately, Al-Ettifaq failed to score a single goal, they have bad accuracy in shooting. Meanwhile Al Hilal, they showed that they have quality players in their squad, they could score 2 goals from 5 shots on target. I think it is about the quality of skills and the mentality of the players.

In this match, Milinković-Savić scored the first goal and Al-Dawsari scored the second goal. All the goals were made in the first half of the match. In the second half of the match, there was no more goals. Al Hilal played more carefully, they seemed not really trying to score many goals. Well, 2 goals was enough to get 3 points from the match.

By the way, Al Hilal already won 19 matches, 2 draws, and 0 lose. It is a very amazing performance. 

[Leviathan.007]

Riyad Mahrez, the favorite player of Pep Guardiola who had a key performance when he was playing for this coach has had an amazing performance in Saudi Arabia since he joined there and he proved he was worth all the money he spent on this player.
He played in the game between Al Tai and Al Ahli and he scored one goal for his team. So far in this season, he has scored nine goals for his team and eight assists which is amazing for this player who left Manchester City after five years of playing there.

[Sithara007]

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Riyad Mahrez has reasons to be happy on the professional front, ever since he moved to Al Ahli in Saudi Professional League. But at the same time it has taken a toll on his personal life. According to media reports, he and his wife (Taylor Ward) have almost finalized their divorce as Ward doesn't want to move from Cheshire to Jeddah. This is not an isolated incident. If you remember, sometime back Lionel Messi chose Major League Soccer over Saudi Professional League, as his wife (Antonela Roccuzzo) was opposed to moving to Saudi Arabia.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/riyad-mahrez-wife-ward-relationship-32202440