Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[Uruhara]

Al Hillal has become the team that has won the most SPL at the moment with 18 trophies, so it shows that they are the rulers of the SPL all this time, last season was the most impressive season for Al Hillal although they couldn't  to played their main star player(Neymar) last season, however they are able to compete with Al Nassr and Al Ahli which are strengthened by many star players, even last season Al Hillal were able to win the SPL by going undefeated in one season and of course that is difficult for other teams in the SPL to do.

Next season we will see a more exciting competition than last season, because so far the rivals have started to strengthen their current teams by bringing in several new players from Europe, as well as Al Hillal who has recruited and tried to bring in several new players to be able to defend the their tittle champions next season, Al Ahli and Al Nassr will be strong challengers for Al Hillal but it seems that for next season we also cannot underestimate the team that has just been promoted (Al Qadasiya) which is also starting to recruit many European star players at this time.

Newly promoted clubs should not be underestimated because teams like Al-Qadisiyah also seem to be very active in the hunt for players in the current transfer market to bring in European players. Last season, the newly promoted Al-ahli was able to immediately show maximum results and was able to finish in a good ranking, namely 3rd place. And it is not impossible that Al-Qadisiyah will be able to do the same thing as what Al-ahli did in the season Yesterday.

Al-ittihad should also be a favorite again this season. Because I'm sure Benzema and his friends in the Al-ittihad squad will play better this season. Because they have a coach who seems to suit their team. Even in pre-season matches, I still see that this team is not optimal. But when the season actually starts I think we will be able to see the real performance. Because they are also quite active in hunting for star players from Europe at the moment.

[Blitzboy]

~snip~

Btw yesterday Al Hilal played against one of the newly promoted clubs in Serie A but Al Hilal was able to beat them, this is good news for SPL clubs that they are not only strong against clubs in their own league, I think SPL will soon become a competitive league.

SPL is listed to be among the top leagues in the top leagues outside the European leagues. The main SPL clubs have fought excessively for the signing of most talents and these players are from Europe. Al Hilal have nothing to worry about because winning is secured for them following the impressive form of the club. Playing friendly games, it becomes easy for them and winning major titles becomes very important and necessary.

There's no doubt the Saudi Pro League is getting serious, like some of the big leagues in Europe. Al Hilal. Last season they had an amazing run; thats not easy, people. They were undefeated. Furthermore, their consistent pre-season game performance - even with younger guys mixed in - showcases their strong bench and clever strategy.

Like all games, football is one of surprises. On paper, Al Hilal looks fantastic; Al Nassr might catch up quite quickly. They need to solve some upfront issues. For others, though, it might also be a wake-up call. Perhaps it drives them to attempt different activities and adjust their game. And should that occur, this season might bring a spectacular spectacle. Al Hilal is indeed strong, but never undervalue the underdog, people.

[rendravolt]

~snip~

Next season we will see a more exciting competition than last season, because so far the rivals have started to strengthen their current teams by bringing in several new players from Europe, as well as Al Hillal who has recruited and tried to bring in several new players to be able to defend the their tittle champions next season, Al Ahli and Al Nassr will be strong challengers for Al Hillal but it seems that for next season we also cannot underestimate the team that has just been promoted (Al Qadasiya) which is also starting to recruit many European star players at this time.

I think Al-Hilal will definitely increase their number of trophies next season and seeing their consistency until now makes me sure that the improvements made by their competitors will not change any results. More precisely, they will only be a stepping stone for Al-Hilal and here other teams will not be able to catch up with their points again and I think last season's achievements will be repeated.

However, from the names of the winners of the Saudi pro league, there is one team that surprised me where it turned out that Al-Fateh, which had only been a mid-table team, had also won the Saudi pro league title. That happened about 11 years ago or more precisely in 2013 and at that time we still did not know the Saudi pro league but for now if it were not for the transfer of former European star players who did not come here we would never have known this league.

[Fuso.hp]

A professional team will never depend on just one player because football is not a one man game. But by strengthening every position of a team, if someone like Neymar is placed in the attacking position, then it goes without saying that the performance of that team increases much more than before. Knowing that Neymar could get injured, Al Hilal signed Neymar to their club, but as always, Neymar was sidelined for the entire season due to injuries. Saudi club Al Hilal paid exorbitant salary to get Neymar for the whole season. If this club wanted, they could have released Neymar this season but they didn't do that, they have faith in Neymar again and they are waiting for Neymar to come

The vulnerability of Neymar Jr to injuries is stationed high and there'd everything to worry about him. He was once in his prime and have played for elite clubs, Santos, Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain. Moving to SPL was a good choice for him although him been sidelined is just coincidence on injuries sustained on the pitch. Neymar Jr is potential talent, more reason why Al Hilal signed him was because of his extreme influence on social media and also his spectacular stats.

With or without Neymar, Al Hilal are not affected, their possible strength relies on the coach and the availability of players. The team stand out to be competitive and strong enough to withstand pressuring momentum from oppositions. Al Hilal will dive into actions in the new season, no relenting efforts but collective football style is obtained.

When Neymar first arrived at Barcelona, we could only guess that the Brazilian superstar would single-handedly break all the records of all previous players. He was injury free during his time at Barcelona and had a brilliant career but when he left Barcelona to join PSG for money, his career began to suffer. If he had focused on his career instead of giving priority to money at that time, he might have had many achievements to his name today. Won only one Champions League trophy that too while at Barcelona. PSG bought him from Barcelona for a record transfer fee, but he never played a full season there as he suffered serious injuries early or midway through each season and was sidelined for the entire season.  .
Although PSG accepted him for a long time, after Luis Enrique took charge of PSG, he did not accept Neymar at all and sold Neymar to Saudi club Al Hilal. Al Hilal are suffering from the same problem of signing Neymar to their club i.e. there is also Neymar's injury.

[MAAManda]

As usual SPL clubs lose more in these friendly matches as we saw before some popular clubs in SPL also have previous losses so I will not bet on Al-Ettifaq.
I am not saying SPL clubs are bad but this issue is about betting to get a win because pre-season matches are not serious matches and we can take a chance to get profit.
From my analysis the possibility of the match can end 2-1 and 1 score for Al-Ettifaq.

The SPL is indeed a big league these days, but that's not a strong enough interpretation if they compete against teams from Europe, in Europe they're still in the same class as middle or lower teams.

BTW, your guess is almost correct for the score, Real Ovideo won this match with a score of Real Oviedo 3 - 2 Al-Ettifaq. Al-Ettifaq dominated the match for a while, but the final result didn't match that dominance, Real Oviedo +0.25 is easy money, is that your bet slip?

[Cryptmuster]

When Neymar first arrived at Barcelona, we could only guess that the Brazilian superstar would single-handedly break all the records of all previous players. He was injury free during his time at Barcelona and had a brilliant career but when he left Barcelona to join PSG for money, his career began to suffer. If he had focused on his career instead of giving priority to money at that time, he might have had many achievements to his name today. Won only one Champions League trophy that too while at Barcelona. PSG bought him from Barcelona for a record transfer fee, but he never played a full season there as he suffered serious injuries early or midway through each season and was sidelined for the entire season.  .
Although PSG accepted him for a long time, after Luis Enrique took charge of PSG, he did not accept Neymar at all and sold Neymar to Saudi club Al Hilal. Al Hilal are suffering from the same problem of signing Neymar to their club i.e. there is also Neymar's injury.

Neymar is a good player, and his problem at PSG was only that he had a very large salary and for PSG over time this became a problem that they wanted to get rid of. There were also some moments with discipline, there were no big conflicts, but PSG wanted to get rid of Neymar, and Al Hilal helped them with this.

The fact that he received such a serious injury is not his fault, I think everyone understands this, and his contract expires soon, they doubt that it will be extended. Neymar said that in 2025, when his contract ends, he will return to Santos, probably there he plans to finish his career.

[Palakka]

As usual SPL clubs lose more in these friendly matches as we saw before some popular clubs in SPL also have previous losses so I will not bet on Al-Ettifaq.
I am not saying SPL clubs are bad but this issue is about betting to get a win because pre-season matches are not serious matches and we can take a chance to get profit.
From my analysis the possibility of the match can end 2-1 and 1 score for Al-Ettifaq.

The SPL is indeed a big league these days, but that's not a strong enough interpretation if they compete against teams from Europe, in Europe they're still in the same class as middle or lower teams.

BTW, your guess is almost correct for the score, Real Ovideo won this match with a score of Real Oviedo 3 - 2 Al-Ettifaq. Al-Ettifaq dominated the match for a while, but the final result didn't match that dominance, Real Oviedo +0.25 is easy money, is that your bet slip?

Apart from Al Hillal who were able to win their friendly match, Al Nassr, Al Ittihad, several other Arab clubs actually got negative results in friendly matches, like European clubs, Arab clubs are also now starting to try to test the mentality and depth of their squad by facing european teams which to be stronger than them, what the Arab clubs are doing now is a good step before they face the league which will start soon, I applaud with you because dare to bet on friendly matches which actually have quite a big risk for us to lose money, because in my opinion a friendly match is very difficult for us to predict the final result of the match because the two teams will not field their main squad in the match, besides that the two teams usually will not play hard in order to protect and prevent their players from getting injured later.
I think currently the Arab league is not a big league so we should not to compare it with the current top European league, because there is still a big gap between European and Arab clubs at the moment.

[tygeade]

Saudi Pro League is having good history but in last few years now they are taking this league on another level with available sources are unlimited, and they are giving their best to have top quality players and coaches because having things like these surely bring good challenging atmosphere, and they will be able to have good improvement in quality. Even going at the top level in leagues has never been easy, but they are doing their best for having unique things and world talk about them all things are working good, and they are jumping good numbers for having competitive clubs for facing world best clubs.

Al Hilal record-breaking performance bring good intention about this league around the soccer world, and now they are having win against new promoted Serie A club Como looks like things are going good for their future and having good consistency for defending title.

The amount of money they are spending to make this league work is commendable, they are really putting it all out there and that I believe is very important, they are making things a lot better for themselves. I know that it is going to take a while for them to grow to a level where it's liked, because even in Saudi Arabia not a lot of people are going to the games. It was awesome at first, like a lot of people got hyped but now that we are looking at it, it's not viewed on the stadiums as much as we assumed. Look at the games, most of them are played at 70% and some are even lower if it's a lower team.

When you are this rich and you are spending this much money on something then you are hoping that you would be getting a lot of people on the stands as well. I am suggesting that they drop the ticket prices, so much so that if it means they have to make it free then they should make it free, as long as the stadiums are 100% filled. This look is terrible, they are spending over a billion every year on this league, and yet they can't even get people to fill the stadiums, that will not be an acceptable situation for them at all, they need to make something a little better and get greater results.

[entertheabyss]

As usual SPL clubs lose more in these friendly matches as we saw before some popular clubs in SPL also have previous losses so I will not bet on Al-Ettifaq.
I am not saying SPL clubs are bad but this issue is about betting to get a win because pre-season matches are not serious matches and we can take a chance to get profit.
From my analysis the possibility of the match can end 2-1 and 1 score for Al-Ettifaq.

We have profits at our ends, we just have to control them towards our dimensions, though it's never easy. SPL clubs have strengthening forces, they will always come out with full hope towards winning. Pre-season matches are probably not important, the odds are not even interesting to start with. SPL clubs are probably tough to deal with. Al-Ettifaq are elite team but it doesn't bring the necessary odds.

[Volgastallion]

I have been very AFk in this past weeks but i need to catch up with the news in about major leagues around the world even this one who always bring some mayors transfers and shock to the market.

So i have to task right now, read part of the thread an recent post + go into transfermarkt and check what is going on.

[TelolettOm]

The Saudi league is not a very big league and Al Nassr is not such a big team that it needs a super coach.

Even Saudi league isn't a big league, the clubs in Saudi have the power to attract the super coach because they have the money. If you are following Saudi league news, you must already know Al Ittihad successfully hire Laurent Blanc. I am really sure Al Nassr also can do it, they also can have the chance to sign a better coach who have the same level as Laurent Blanc.

To give you an idea of ​​what I'm talking about, before Luís Castro became the coach of Al Nassr, he was the coach of Botafogo, which is a team in the first division of the Brazilian league. The Brazilian league is much better in terms of quality when compared to the Saudi professional league. While Luís Castro was the coach of Botafogo, I saw Botafogo playing very well, to the point that they were at the top of the league and looked like a team that could compete for the title.

Before you commented to my post, have read my post carefully?
You don't need to tell me about this, I know this very well. You must be aware that I enclosed the career history of Luís Castro. It is very clear in what teams/clubs he ever managed. In transfermarkt, it is easily to know what trophies he ever won as well: https://www.transfermarkt.com/luis-castro/erfolge/trainer/2063.

Dude, I don't compare between Brazilian league with SPL. I also don't want to compare Qatar league with SPL. I think you know well my point, I want to say if Al Nassr can get the coaches who have the success experiences in top league such as EPL, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, or Eredivisie. Well, I know you will argue about the quality of Luís Castro but you can see he couldn't improve Al Nassr and get the target. So why don't to think about changing him? 

[tusandii]

As usual SPL clubs lose more in these friendly matches as we saw before some popular clubs in SPL also have previous losses so I will not bet on Al-Ettifaq.
I am not saying SPL clubs are bad but this issue is about betting to get a win because pre-season matches are not serious matches and we can take a chance to get profit.
From my analysis the possibility of the match can end 2-1 and 1 score for Al-Ettifaq.

The SPL is indeed a big league these days, but that's not a strong enough interpretation if they compete against teams from Europe, in Europe they're still in the same class as middle or lower teams.

BTW, your guess is almost correct for the score, Real Ovideo won this match with a score of Real Oviedo 3 - 2 Al-Ettifaq. Al-Ettifaq dominated the match for a while, but the final result didn't match that dominance, Real Oviedo +0.25 is easy money, is that your bet slip?

True what you said it is a fact that SPL may look big now but still not ready to face any European club unless a draw is a good result.
But that does not mean we are underestimating SPL, it's just that we are saying something about the fact that whatever happens SPL clubs still need a lot of time to be ready to face European clubs who have a bigger mentality.



Yes that's right, that was my bet and now I get my win from the result +0.25
Actually I need at least 3 or 5 matches to use multi bet and get higher odds but unfortunately some matches still have to wait for several days.

[Gallar]

Even Saudi league isn't a big league, the clubs in Saudi have the power to attract the super coach because they have the money. If you are following Saudi league news, you must already know Al Ittihad successfully hire Laurent Blanc. I am really sure Al Nassr also can do it, they also can have the chance to sign a better coach who have the same level as Laurent Blanc.

Yes, the Saudi Arabian League is not a big league judging from its popularity. However, since Ronaldo joined Al Nasr, the Saudi Arabian League has developed quite well in terms of popularity and quality. So currently the Saudi Arabian League can be said to be developing into a big and popular league. Because as you said, the Saudi Arabian League or its clubs have a lot of money to be able to make all that happen. So it is possible that in the next few seasons the Saudi Arabian League will be even more advanced. The reason is that currently Saudi Arabian League clubs have started recruiting new players or coaches. For example, the new coach who came to the Saudi Arabian League club, as we know, Laurent Blanc has now officially joined Al Ittihad. Then there are great players who have now joined clubs in Saudi Arabia

• Bento from Atletico who joined Al Nasr.
• Mousa Diaby from Aston Villa who joined Al Ittihad
• Houssem Aouar from AS Roma who joined Al Ittihad

Maybe after this there will be many other great players who have the opportunity to be brought in by Saudi Arabian League clubs. Then regarding coach Al Nasr, maybe this season Al Nasr still trusts Luis Castro as coach. Because I personally have not heard the news that Al Nasr will replace Luis Castro from the coaching chair this season. This makes sense, because Luis Castro has only been with Al Nasr for one season, so it is only natural that he will still be given the opportunity to continue coaching Al Nasr.

[AirtelBuzz]

A professional team will never depend on just one player because football is not a one man game. But by strengthening every position of a team, if someone like Neymar is placed in the attacking position, then it goes without saying that the performance of that team increases much more than before. Knowing that Neymar could get injured, Al Hilal signed Neymar to their club, but as always, Neymar was sidelined for the entire season due to injuries. Saudi club Al Hilal paid exorbitant salary to get Neymar for the whole season. If this club wanted, they could have released Neymar this season but they didn't do that, they have faith in Neymar again and they are waiting for Neymar to come

The vulnerability of Neymar Jr to injuries is stationed high and there'd everything to worry about him. He was once in his prime and have played for elite clubs, Santos, Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain. Moving to SPL was a good choice for him although him been sidelined is just coincidence on injuries sustained on the pitch. Neymar Jr is potential talent, more reason why Al Hilal signed him was because of his extreme influence on social media and also his spectacular stats.

With or without Neymar, Al Hilal are not affected, their possible strength relies on the coach and the availability of players. The team stand out to be competitive and strong enough to withstand pressuring momentum from oppositions. Al Hilal will dive into actions in the new season, no relenting efforts but collective football style is obtained.

When Neymar first arrived at Barcelona, we could only guess that the Brazilian superstar would single-handedly break all the records of all previous players. He was injury free during his time at Barcelona and had a brilliant career but when he left Barcelona to join PSG for money, his career began to suffer. If he had focused on his career instead of giving priority to money at that time, he might have had many achievements to his name today. Won only one Champions League trophy that too while at Barcelona. PSG bought him from Barcelona for a record transfer fee, but he never played a full season there as he suffered serious injuries early or midway through each season and was sidelined for the entire season.  .
Although PSG accepted him for a long time, after Luis Enrique took charge of PSG, he did not accept Neymar at all and sold Neymar to Saudi club Al Hilal. Al Hilal are suffering from the same problem of signing Neymar to their club i.e. there is also Neymar's injury.

If I'm not mistaken, Neymar is probably the only player who has suffered the most injuries. At club level we never saw him fully fit in any season and even he was irregular for the national team mainly due to injuries. He is a great player but he has failed to showcase his strengths properly in the world of football as he has not been able to play most of the matches due to injuries. You are right when he was playing for Barcelona club he was absolutely and constantly participating in every match of the club even performing brilliantly. I think Neymar has missed a lot in his career due to injury problems.

If Neymar could have kept up his performances like he did while at Barcelona he might have won a Ballon d'Or by now. But that was not possible for him as he was erratic almost every season. Currently he is attached to the Saudi professional club, it does not seem that he will be able to improve his career with good performance from there.

[klidex]

The fact that he received such a serious injury is not his fault, I think everyone understands this, and his contract expires soon, they doubt that it will be extended. Neymar said that in 2025, when his contract ends, he will return to Santos, probably there he plans to finish his career.

Having a serious injury is not something that he did on purpose and he also did not want to experience something like this which should have contributed to Al Hilal, he instead rested more for a full season, Al Hilal should also have realized before recruiting this player from PSG that he was no longer young and he was also prone to injury but Al Hilal still insisted on buying him and even gave him a fairly high salary so this is also not Neymar's fault the club is pushing themselves too hard, but after his contract ends next season I think Al Hilal will not extend his contract because Al Hilal certainly does not want to feel a greater loss the club has also felt popularity since Neymar became an SPL player moreover no club is willing to buy Neymar at a higher price so it's time for the player to take a break football.

[nullama]

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Having a serious injury is not something that he did on purpose and he also did not want to experience something like this which should have contributed to Al Hilal, he instead rested more for a full season, Al Hilal should also have realized before recruiting this player from PSG that he was no longer young and he was also prone to injury but Al Hilal still insisted on buying him and even gave him a fairly high salary so this is also not Neymar's fault the club is pushing themselves too hard, but after his contract ends next season I think Al Hilal will not extend his contract because Al Hilal certainly does not want to feel a greater loss the club has also felt popularity since Neymar became an SPL player moreover no club is willing to buy Neymar at a higher price so it's time for the player to take a break football.

Of course, serious injuries are basically accidents, and clubs or players are usually insured for those kind of events.

I mean, if you are a football player that means your body is the way you make money, so you might as well insure it.

I think Jennifer Lopez insured her ass

[Arenga pinnata]

The SPL is indeed a big league these days, but that's not a strong enough interpretation if they compete against teams from Europe, in Europe they're still in the same class as middle or lower teams.

The SPL has indeed become a big league that is currently getting a lot of attention from football fans around the world. And it all started when Al-nassr brought in Cristiano Ronaldo. In the first season when Cristiano Ronaldo came to the SPL, I still saw that the playing style of the SPL clubs was quite mediocre. But last season when more European players came to SPL clubs, I immediately saw a drastic improvement in the way they played. And I even think the clubs in the SPL are getting stronger. And the competition is becoming fiercer because almost all teams are also competing to bring in star players from Europe. but yes, if we look at the overall level, teams from the SPL will probably still have difficulty competing with teams at the top such as in the Premier League, Serie A, Bundesliga and Laliga. But with other leagues such as the Portuguese League and the French League. I feel like the SPL is getting closer to it.

[Nheer]

The SPL is indeed a big league these days, but that's not a strong enough interpretation if they compete against teams from Europe, in Europe they're still in the same class as middle or lower teams.

SPL cannot still be compared with European leagues even though they have shown massive development in a few years they are still not up to that standards, they still need to keep improving for a few more years to level up. They now have a lot of European players but most of those player are too old to compete actively and that must be the reason why they lose to European teams.

I am not saying SPL clubs are bad but this issue is about betting to get a win because pre-season matches are not serious matches and we can take a chance to get profit.
From my analysis the possibility of the match can end 2-1 and 1 score for Al-Ettifaq.

You have a point, pre season matches are not matches to be taken seriously and it must be the reason why they end up losing as we have seen top European teams lose to smaller teams in this pre season games. When betting in pre season games you should always expect any outcome because of the approach teams take in this preseason games and that’s why i don’t bother to bet until the season starts.

[MAAManda]

The SPL is indeed a big league these days, but that's not a strong enough interpretation if they compete against teams from Europe, in Europe they're still in the same class as middle or lower teams.

BTW, your guess is almost correct for the score, Real Ovideo won this match with a score of Real Oviedo 3 - 2 Al-Ettifaq. Al-Ettifaq dominated the match for a while, but the final result didn't match that dominance, Real Oviedo +0.25 is easy money, is that your bet slip?

True what you said it is a fact that SPL may look big now but still not ready to face any European club unless a draw is a good result.
But that does not mean we are underestimating SPL, it's just that we are saying something about the fact that whatever happens SPL clubs still need a lot of time to be ready to face European clubs who have a bigger mentality.



Yes that's right, that was my bet and now I get my win from the result +0.25
Actually I need at least 3 or 5 matches to use multi bet and get higher odds but unfortunately some matches still have to wait for several days.

The current wave in the SPL is the same as the wave that occurred in the CSL several years ago, at that time many great players in major European leagues joined there just to get an unexpected salary. However, in the end the wave disappeared along with the weakening of clubs in the league, for example Guangzhou F.C. I don't expect the SPL to suffer the same fate, but that's what I'm thinking now.

About the bet slip, I don't think it was yours before, congrats on your win, @1.45 not bad odds for easy money. Let me know if there are more matches like this .

[rendravolt]

Al-Ittihad still has not won in their pre-season match and they just suffered another 3-1 defeat when facing a Portuguese team, Farense. I think Saudi league teams that play pre-season matches and face Portuguese teams always encounter difficulties and last time Al-Nassr felt the same thing after being beaten badly by Porto with 4 goals without reply.

With this, we can see that the quality of the top Saudi league teams is not better when facing teams from Europe and I think maybe only Al-Hilal can be proud of so far. Even though each team has improved by adding new recruits, for some reason they find it very difficult to win and if it is like this, it is not impossible that Al-Hilal will roam freely and unstoppable. Al-Ittihad must realize this and they will be quite embarrassed if they cannot compete again later.