Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[Fuso.hp]

We have come to the end of the season and now the transfer window is open again. Last season we saw Saudi Arabia buy top players from Europe's top clubs. Will the Saudi clubs spend huge sums of money on players last season? Of course, we still have questions about whether they will sign any new players from Europe this season. Ever since Cristiano Ronaldo went to Saudi Arabia, it has become a common occurrence for European players to visit Saudi Arabia. There are other clubs including Real Madrid that will release several players this season, what are the chances of those players who will be free agent members coming to Saudi Arabia this season? What is your opinion about Luka Modric in particular?

[Popkon6]

So far Al-Ittihad still haven't won and last night they were again held to a draw by Al-Khaleej with the same score of 1-1. I think Al-Ittihad's bad period this season is still not over and they also couldn't do a good job towards the end of the season. As of the last 4 matches, Al-Ittihad still haven't tasted victory again and that will make it even more difficult for them to get a place in the Asian Champions League.

I think Al-Ittihad's attack level is decreasing and unlike last season when they performed extraordinary in crushing their opponents, especially against weak teams, it should be a realistic win for them. Well, maybe the transition process from Al-Ittihad still takes quite a long time and that is why they rarely win.

Al Khaleej performed best last time, this game is full of competition. Al Ittihad scored a goal in the extra minute of half-time but had no further chances after that, despite attacking widely. Currently Al Ittihad team is fifth in the points table, they are not performing well this season. The two teams were very close in attack with Al Khaleej team hitting the goal post with a total of 8 kicks and 14 by Al Ittihad team. But the game was drawn between the two teams as their performances were evenly matched.

[Zlantann]

So far Al-Ittihad still haven't won and last night they were again held to a draw by Al-Khaleej with the same score of 1-1. I think Al-Ittihad's bad period this season is still not over and they also couldn't do a good job towards the end of the season. As of the last 4 matches, Al-Ittihad still haven't tasted victory again and that will make it even more difficult for them to get a place in the Asian Champions League.

I think Al-Ittihad's attack level is decreasing and unlike last season when they performed extraordinary in crushing their opponents, especially against weak teams, it should be a realistic win for them. Well, maybe the transition process from Al-Ittihad still takes quite a long time and that is why they rarely win.

Al Khaleej performed best last time, this game is full of competition. Al Ittihad scored a goal in the extra minute of half-time but had no further chances after that, despite attacking widely. Currently Al Ittihad team is fifth in the points table, they are not performing well this season. The two teams were very close in attack with Al Khaleej team hitting the goal post with a total of 8 kicks and 14 by Al Ittihad team. But the game was drawn between the two teams as their performances were evenly matched.

Based on this season's performance Al-Ittihad is far better than Al-Khaleej who is occupying the 11th position in the Saudi Professional League. It is common to predict that Al-Ittihad will easily win the game but it ended in a draw. Comparing Al-Ittihad's last season's performance with this present one is painful since they were the reigning champions. In five matches they have just won one game and this shows that they don't deserve a continental competition. Both teams played commendable attacking football that produced many shots on goal but few were on target. Maybe both teams will do better next season if they get the money and the right management.

[poodle63]

Less than 40 minutes, the big match for this season is happening once again. Al hilal will face al nassr. I strongly believe al hilal will once again teach al nassr how to play better. It's likely that if betting on al nassr is quite risky even though the gap from the odds betweens these teams are not so big.

I prefer to pick al hilal rather than nassr. The match probably end with 2-1 as the final score.



Official line up has alreayd published. Im feeling good mitrovic and savic will be playing soon. Ronaldo may be facing another lose against al hilal.

[Leviathan.007]

Neymar's contribution to Al Hilal in the past season was zero, so it is very natural that the owner of Al Hilal should sell Neymar, he is useless imo.

The news is getting stronger and stronger that Moh Salah is going to Al Nassr, I'm really looking forward to whether this will come true because if Moh Slah goes to Al Nassr, he will meet and return to play with his former teammates (Mane).

This is not Neymar’s fault, he received a very serious injury, the treatment of which takes a very long time. According to preliminary forecasts, he will be able to return to the game in mid-2024, but there are no exact data yet.

The contract with Al-Hilal expires in the summer of 2025 and after that Neymar has already announced that he is returning to his native Santos where he intends to end his career. So the transfer of Neymar for Al-Hilal turned out to be ineffective, but who could have known that everything would turn out this way, injuries in sports are an unpredictable thing.

It's not up to Neymar but that's all because of his playing style. He is a player with good performance and he can help his team with high dripping skills but this can make him injured more than the other players. Not just for Neymar, but this happened to many other players with this playing style. In fact, Al Hilal knew you were buying a player who could get injured more often and they could understand it when Neymar was playing for PSG. Neymar was even injured when he joined Al Hilal.

 

[fullhdpixel]

Hiring star players is a first brick of Saudi Professional League to advertise their league to more people globally especially European citizens. Because most of star players signed by Saudi Arabian clubs are from Europe or played in biggest European leagues for a long time.

It is a smart marketing strategy and in fact, the league succeeded with this strategy, begins with Cristiano Ronaldo, rumor with Messi, contracts with Benzema and Neymar, then some smaller star players. Generally their league gains success in marketing so far but how long will this strategy last because it will require massive budget for player transfer costs and player salary.

However the bigger challenge is will this expensive strategy help to improve quality of the league and domestic players then their national team generally in coming years?

Most of the Saudi Shaikh's are having good links and influence in UEFA with they are having many clubs under their control which are doing good job so they are now having good opportunity for their own country to organize a good league even this all is not easy job but as they are having money and sources they can do things as they wanted in first season they are able to bring few good names with Cristiano Ronaldo was their big achievement which having good influence as well which helps them for having more good names and most chances in this transfer window we are going to have few more in pipeline which could be good for them even few things are going against them but still this could be another big year, and they are having long term strategy which is going to help them for having good quality and competitiveness in this league for the future.

But still they need to work on their domestic system with having academies and system which help players for grooming their talent could be better for them in long run if they are able to have brought these things into their system then surely this could be big success for them.

[entertheabyss]

Neymar's contribution to Al Hilal in the past season was zero, so it is very natural that the owner of Al Hilal should sell Neymar, he is useless imo.

The news is getting stronger and stronger that Moh Salah is going to Al Nassr, I'm really looking forward to whether this will come true because if Moh Slah goes to Al Nassr, he will meet and return to play with his former teammates (Mane).

Al Hilal have proven to be promising club without the involvement of Neymar Jr in the starting XI. They're probably the best team in the Saudi Pro League this season with a whole lot to finally gets hands on. Everything will run smoothly and become a superb one for Al Hilal. The manager and the players have worked really hard to make it up to this current top level. From day one, it was obvious because Neymar Jr didn't contribute the estimated progress of the team but he joined in the celebration of winning titles.

[Uruhara]

Al-nassr is currently competing against Al-hilal at the Al-Awwal stadium. And I didn't expect Al-nassr to immediately score a goal in the first minute of the match thanks to a goal from Otavio who received a very good pass from C. Ronaldo. If Al-nassr can maintain this advantage then won't Al-nassr be the first team to beat Al-hilal in the SPL?

the match was very fierce. And of course Al-hilal tried hard to reply to the goal. But fortunately this time Al-nassr's defense was quite good. I hope Al-Nassr can add goals again. because if not, Al-Hilal will equalize again. Because we know Al-Hilal is a strong team that will not weaken just because it is 1 goal behind.

[Palakka]

Al Hilal have proven to be promising club without the involvement of Neymar Jr in the starting XI. They're probably the best team in the Saudi Pro League this season with a whole lot to finally gets hands on. Everything will run smoothly and become a superb one for Al Hilal. The manager and the players have worked really hard to make it up to this current top level. From day one, it was obvious because Neymar Jr didn't contribute the estimated progress of the team but he joined in the celebration of winning titles.

Al Hillal was able to win the league this season without being defeated and that was a very extraordinary thing when they only relied on players, the majority of whom came from Saudi Arabia at this time, neat play and also good cooperation were the main assets of Al Hillal being able to win the league this season Even though they have to compete with teams full of European players, currently Al Hillal no longer has pressure in the league, so I think they can relax a little in playing and focus on their next target to win the King of Saudi Arabia trophy, talking about Neymar, of course Currently, he is enjoying his life at Al Hillal, even without contributing, but Al Hillal is still obliged to pay his salary because his contract has not yet ended, so it is perhaps not surprising that he is also celebrating the championship celebrations.

Currently the match between Al Nassr and Al Hillal is in progress, both teams have played quite impressively so far, especially Al Nassr who is playing at home, of course immediately took the initiative to attack and without waiting a long time Al Nassr was able to score a quick goal in the 1st minute, I  think today match will probably be Al Hillal first defeat this season, because so far,  I  see, Al hilll  cannot created any dangerous opportunities to equalize the score so the match has entered the 29th minute.

[redsun114]

I checked the schedule match of Al Nassr upcoming several matches later and not find the final of Kings Cup between Al Hilal vs Al Nassr but have interested news with Cristiano Ronaldo underwent a doping test ahead of facing Al Hilal in the final match. The Kings Cup final match is very important for Al Nassr after losing in domestic league and this final match only one opportunity left for winning tittle in this season after getting failure in AFC Champion League or domestic league.

Before the final kings cup match, both team will face each other on Saudi Pro League match indeed Al Hilal have won domestic league its not get huge pressure indeed won or loss they have lead many points in domestic league.

Now we are having few hours left into this game with Al Hilal is already declared champions of the Saudi League season 2023-24, and they are having good record of 31 undefeated games in this season which is record for the league with things are clearly indicating we are going to have another win for the Al Hilal which is already having 7 wins 2 draws and 1 lost against Al Nassr in last few years which is completely one-sided affair for them after this game we are having 2 more rounds left in this season which is having huge disappointment for the Al Nassr as they are going to end this season without any trophy after arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo.

After this game we are having another Chance for the Al Nassr to have fight against Al Hilal into Kings Cup which is going to play on 1st June at the King Abdullah Sports City Jeddah which could be another opportunity for the Al Nassr to have something for themselves against mighty Al Hilal which is ruling in this season.

[Uruhara]

Currently the match between Al Nassr and Al Hillal is in progress, both teams have played quite impressively so far, especially Al Nassr who is playing at home, of course immediately took the initiative to attack and without waiting a long time Al Nassr was able to score a quick goal in the 1st minute, I  think today match will probably be Al Hillal first defeat this season, because so far,  I  see, Al hilll  cannot created any dangerous opportunities to equalize the score so the match has entered the 29th minute.

It's true that this match could be Al-Hilal's first defeat this season in the SPL. but the match only entered the 40th minute of the first half. So there is still a lot of time left if it is accumulated by the second half. So currently everything is still difficult to predict. Unless Al-nassr scores another goal then maybe Al-nassr can be calmer when playing in the second half. But Al-Nassr must not be careless because we all know Al-Hilal is not a weak team. they are the strongest this season with proof of being at the top of the rankings this season. but it would be very beautiful for Al-nassr if Al-nassr managed to beat Al-hilal in this match.

[Arenga pinnata]

Al-nassr is currently competing against Al-hilal at the Al-Awwal stadium. And I didn't expect Al-nassr to immediately score a goal in the first minute of the match thanks to a goal from Otavio who received a very good pass from C. Ronaldo. If Al-nassr can maintain this advantage then won't Al-nassr be the first team to beat Al-hilal in the SPL?

the match was very fierce. And of course Al-hilal tried hard to reply to the goal. But fortunately this time Al-nassr's defense was quite good. I hope Al-Nassr can add goals again. because if not, Al-Hilal will equalize again. Because we know Al-Hilal is a strong team that will not weaken just because it is 1 goal behind.

Al-hilal even almost equalized the score in the second half of added time. but fortunately the Al-hilal player missed his kick. and now the first half ends with the score 1-0 in favor of the home team, namely Al-nassr. The enthusiasm for this match is focused on whether Al-nassr will be able to become the first team to beat Al-hilal this season in the Saudi Pro league or not. If not then Al-hilal will really set a good record in the Saudi Pro league this season. but it seems that many people hope that Al-nassr will win and end Al-hilal's unbeaten record.

I think the second half will be a more exciting match than the first half. And maybe some goals will be scored in the second half. I might be optimistic that Al-Nassr will score another goal in the second half.

[Ayers]

Currently the match between Al Nassr and Al Hillal is in progress, both teams have played quite impressively so far, especially Al Nassr who is playing at home, of course immediately took the initiative to attack and without waiting a long time Al Nassr was able to score a quick goal in the 1st minute, I  think today match will probably be Al Hillal first defeat this season, because so far,  I  see, Al hilll  cannot created any dangerous opportunities to equalize the score so the match has entered the 29th minute.

It's true that this match could be Al-Hilal's first defeat this season in the SPL. but the match only entered the 40th minute of the first half. So there is still a lot of time left if it is accumulated by the second half. So currently everything is still difficult to predict. Unless Al-nassr scores another goal then maybe Al-nassr can be calmer when playing in the second half. But Al-Nassr must not be careless because we all know Al-Hilal is not a weak team. they are the strongest this season with proof of being at the top of the rankings this season. but it would be very beautiful for Al-nassr if Al-nassr managed to beat Al-hilal in this match.

I don't know if Al Hilal will lose today's match, but we didn't see good performance from Al Hilal players in the first half. I expected a better performance from Al Hilal. Al Hilal players need to perform better against strong opponents like Al Nassr. Al Hilal will not be able to win this match if they perform like this.

Al Hilal conceded a goal in the first minute of the match. Otavio scored from Ronaldo's pass. And even after scoring, Al Nassr kept their defense tight. So Al Hilal's players could not score any goals despite some strong attacks.

[FanEagle]

Neymar's contribution to the club may have been for a very short time as a commercial gain, other than that he did not contribute anything in terms of play, it would be best if they sold him and used that money for another transfer. For some reason, I feel like the Mohammed Salah transfer will happen. It would be really nice to see Mane and him together again and considering Cristaona Ronaldo, Al-Nassr may have no rivals in the Saudi Pro Legue with its attack. As a team, they don't have many options to compete with.

I agree. Neymar did not directly contribute to titles and victories. But on the commercial and marketing side, for sure. Because it was through him that the team became known to many more people, in a way he deserves all the money he received/receives because of what he brought. But in terms of playing ball, I really agree that there was nothing.

I do not think even that is true, because he wasn't there for too long and he didn't really get to promote the team at all. If he was still there and not back at his home, then I would say that he had a chance, but this dude promoted poker websites more than he promoted the team.

The team got more famous because they are the winners, and Saudi league is getting more famous, ever since Ronaldo went there we are seeing more attention to that league, and this team is the league winner so they are of course getting some attention too, and that has nothing to do with Neymar. Next season if he gets better and starts playing, then we may consider but this dude was constantly injured at PSG as well, so I do not expect much from him.

[Hyphen(-)]

Al-nassr is currently competing against Al-hilal at the Al-Awwal stadium. And I didn't expect Al-nassr to immediately score a goal in the first minute of the match thanks to a goal from Otavio who received a very good pass from C. Ronaldo. If Al-nassr can maintain this advantage then won't Al-nassr be the first team to beat Al-hilal in the SPL?

the match was very fierce. And of course Al-hilal tried hard to reply to the goal. But fortunately this time Al-nassr's defense was quite good. I hope Al-Nassr can add goals again. because if not, Al-Hilal will equalize again. Because we know Al-Hilal is a strong team that will not weaken just because it is 1 goal behind.

According to the match stats, Al-Hilal is currently dominating the match, they have highest ball possession, attempts, and attacks more than Al Nassr; I think the early goal is a good advantage to Al-Nassr to brake Al-Hilal’s unbeaten record of the season which I think will be impossible.
If Al Nassr win this match, it will indeed be a very lucky win for them because Al-Hilal have a very good defensive line and are very good in finishing that is why they maintain their winning streak and they drew just two matches this season. Ronaldo should put more effort to help his team to score another goal to serve as a security goal for AlNassr, else it might end in a draw.

[Odohu]

Al-nassr is currently competing against Al-hilal at the Al-Awwal stadium. And I didn't expect Al-nassr to immediately score a goal in the first minute of the match thanks to a goal from Otavio who received a very good pass from C. Ronaldo. If Al-nassr can maintain this advantage then won't Al-nassr be the first team to beat Al-hilal in the SPL?

the match was very fierce. And of course Al-hilal tried hard to reply to the goal. But fortunately this time Al-nassr's defense was quite good. I hope Al-Nassr can add goals again. because if not, Al-Hilal will equalize again. Because we know Al-Hilal is a strong team that will not weaken just because it is 1 goal behind.

According to the match stats, Al-Hilal is currently dominating the match, they have highest ball possession, attempts, and attacks more than Al Nassr; I think the early goal is a good advantage to Al-Nassr to brake Al-Hilal’s unbeaten record of the season which I think will be impossible.
If Al Nassr win this match, it will indeed be a very lucky win for them because Al-Hilal have a very good defensive line and are very good in finishing that is why they maintain their winning streak and they drew just two matches this season. Ronaldo should put more effort to help his team to score another goal to serve as a security goal for AlNassr, else it might end in a draw.

Al Hilaal actually played so well even too well to deserve a loss tonight but since it is football, no matter what you played, if you did not score and instead concede, you will lose the match. Al Nassr is so lucky to have gotten that 1 minute goal from Otavio, which they are able to defend till the 90th minute. They deserve to win the match honestly and I hope they are able to withstand the last minutes pressure from Al Hilaal. This match have spoilt the clean record Al Hilaal is keeping in their league this season and I'm sure Al Nassr will celebrate tonight's win as though they won the trophy. It was indeed a nice pound of flesh they took from their oppressor.

Edit: Al Hilaal scored on penalty at the 90 +10 minutes and that changes everything for Al Nassr and ensured that their unbeaten record lingers.

[nurilham]

According to the match stats, Al-Hilal is currently dominating the match, they have highest ball possession, attempts, and attacks more than Al Nassr; I think the early goal is a good advantage to Al-Nassr to brake Al-Hilal’s unbeaten record of the season which I think will be impossible.
If Al Nassr win this match, it will indeed be a very lucky win for them because Al-Hilal have a very good defensive line and are very good in finishing that is why they maintain their winning streak and they drew just two matches this season. Ronaldo should put more effort to help his team to score another goal to serve as a security goal for AlNassr, else it might end in a draw.

Al Hilal always dominated the ball possessions, they also have more shot attempts. It indicates Al Hilal has better midfielders, Al Hilal midfielders totally destroyed Al Nassr midfielders. It is lucky Al Nassr defenders performed quite well in this match, so they only got 1 conceded goal. It is even from the penalty kick, and the goal was made when the match is almost over.

The problem of Al Nassr is in the midfield and defense. I think Al Nassr must be more serious to improve the players in these positions. If they can't improve it, Al Nassr will have no chance to win the SPL trophy in the next season. Anyway, Ronaldo made 1 assist in this match although he failed scoring a goal. He already contributed quite well as a striker and as captain of Al Nassr team.


FYI, the match ended with a draw. Al Nassr 1 vs 1 Al Hilal.

[SATWAT]

Al-nassr is currently competing against Al-hilal at the Al-Awwal stadium. And I didn't expect Al-nassr to immediately score a goal in the first minute of the match thanks to a goal from Otavio who received a very good pass from C. Ronaldo. If Al-nassr can maintain this advantage then won't Al-nassr be the first team to beat Al-hilal in the SPL?

the match was very fierce. And of course Al-hilal tried hard to reply to the goal. But fortunately this time Al-nassr's defense was quite good. I hope Al-Nassr can add goals again. because if not, Al-Hilal will equalize again. Because we know Al-Hilal is a strong team that will not weaken just because it is 1 goal behind.

According to the match stats, Al-Hilal is currently dominating the match, they have highest ball possession, attempts, and attacks more than Al Nassr; I think the early goal is a good advantage to Al-Nassr to brake Al-Hilal’s unbeaten record of the season which I think will be impossible.
If Al Nassr win this match, it will indeed be a very lucky win for them because Al-Hilal have a very good defensive line and are very good in finishing that is why they maintain their winning streak and they drew just two matches this season. Ronaldo should put more effort to help his team to score another goal to serve as a security goal for AlNassr, else it might end in a draw.

This was heartbreaking draw for the Al Nassr fans because as things were going I was sure today we are going to have first won for them with things could be turning into positive for them as well because now King Cup is also coming, and Al Nassr have chance to win this first cup of this season but 100th minute equalizer break hearts and give another draw to Al Hilal which is already confirmed champions of this season with now they are having good chance of winning the King Cup as well.

Today we have good start for the Al Nassr with 1st minute goal give them lead, and their defense was also alert which not allow Al Hilal lethal attack to have anything in 90 minute game but injury time goal give them tense end of this another game with now they are set for ending of their season without any trophy.

[Balmain]

Currently the match between Al Nassr and Al Hillal is in progress, both teams have played quite impressively so far, especially Al Nassr who is playing at home, of course immediately took the initiative to attack and without waiting a long time Al Nassr was able to score a quick goal in the 1st minute, I  think today match will probably be Al Hillal first defeat this season, because so far,  I  see, Al hilll  cannot created any dangerous opportunities to equalize the score so the match has entered the 29th minute.

It's true that this match could be Al-Hilal's first defeat this season in the SPL. but the match only entered the 40th minute of the first half. So there is still a lot of time left if it is accumulated by the second half. So currently everything is still difficult to predict. Unless Al-nassr scores another goal then maybe Al-nassr can be calmer when playing in the second half. But Al-Nassr must not be careless because we all know Al-Hilal is not a weak team. they are the strongest this season with proof of being at the top of the rankings this season. but it would be very beautiful for Al-nassr if Al-nassr managed to beat Al-hilal in this match.

I don't know if Al Hilal will lose today's match, but we didn't see good performance from Al Hilal players in the first half. I expected a better performance from Al Hilal. Al Hilal players need to perform better against strong opponents like Al Nassr. Al Hilal will not be able to win this match if they perform like this.

Al Hilal conceded a goal in the first minute of the match. Otavio scored from Ronaldo's pass. And even after scoring, Al Nassr kept their defense tight. So Al Hilal's players could not score any goals despite some strong attacks.

Al Nassr scored in their first attack after the kick-off. Otavio controlled Cristiano Ronaldo's pass well and put the ball into the net with a very clear shot. The home team started the match strongly. Even though Ronaldo made an assist today, the goals he missed officially cost Al-Nassr points in this match, they missed all the goals they could have scored. In the second half, Al-Hilal started to get into the game more and it took them very late to get results. Still, they reached that goal and were able to score it.

[temple]

At least similar results next season? You mean they will at least have 2 draws maximum at this point next season, if not 0 draws and 100% win rate? I know you are called beer lover, but having too many is never good. Al Hilal is performing right below the 100% mark and you say that next season they will be at least as good as this season. It's funny and I am not sure if you are even serious about it. Maybe you are, which would be shockingly feeble-minded, and if you are not then let the rest of the people here know that you were joking.

The even funnier part is that at first you say they will be at least as good, then you say they may have a few losses. I think you should decide on the way your argument is meant to be portrayed. My guess is that Al Hilal has performed at about their maximum and now they could perhaps maintain, but are most likely going to decline in one form or another. 

I will hereby bet that Al-Hilal will NOT play a season as good as this one in the upcoming season. Mark my words and if anyone would like to take a bet against it, I am ready to go.

Well football continues to be one of the very many unpredictable sports as it’s a game of 90 minutes and anything can happen this means that with Al-Hilal 100% performance the chances of them displaying such next season is real small. Yes they will sure drop in terms of performance level and some things can quite go wrong in the team.

 Yes players form will drop which is a very big factor that should be considered when trying to hope on a 100% performance from Al Hilal next season. I think betting on their performance is just going to be fun because for sure they will lose form next season, yes they might be good but they won’t be 100% like they were this season.

 ⁠Well just take a look at a team like Man City in the EPL, yes they’re consistently winning but the issue of 100% stat all through the season is one that’s hard to maintain. Football being one very top not h game that still remains pretty unpredictable as you can be surprised by anyteam at any point in time still gives room for them not to have a 100% performance next season. So a best bet is for them to be at least consistent but not 100% as that could be one bery hard feat to achieve next season.

I just think it is plain wrong to use words like "sure" or "definitely" or whatever for that matter when someone talks about how Al-Hilal will do next season. One thing is for sure though: repeating this season is close to impossible because they are already playing a close to perfect season. Repeating something that is closer to perfection is less likely going to happen.

Leverkusen is the same in the German Bundesliga. They played so well this season and some expert here in this forum believes that this is reason to believe they will do the same next season. I would bet 10,000 dollars against Leverkusen not losing a single game in the season 2024/2025. The same counts for Al-Hilal. They played such a remarkable season that their chance to repeat it like that is getting closer and closer to zero.