Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[Slow death]

The ninth round of the Saudi Professional League will be held in a few days. There will be many teams ready to compete for points to maintain their position or even improve their position in the standings. I see two matches that are easy to predict between Al Nassr vs Al Khaleej and even Al Hilal vs Al Fateh. I personally prefer to choose Al Nassr and Al Hilal to bet on as winners as they will be facing teams that are easy to defeat. So I think both of these matches will be easy to win through betting. And I'm sure they will score many goals against their opponents. But I personally prefer to do safe betting by only choosing the winner. So what do you think about my brief prediction? Do you have any other match options to bet on besides these?

Al Nassr's next opponent has only lost one of their last 5 games, they are not an opponent to be underestimated, and due to the very low odds offered by bookmakers, I preferred not to risk putting Al Nassr on my parlay. I'm hoping they win to stay on top because Al Hilal will have an easier game compared to Al Nassr. Anyway, I hope you win your bet, even if you place a parlay with Al Nassr + Al Hilal, the combined odds will still be low, something like @1.36, it's simply not worth it.

[Franctoshi]

Al-Ittihad seems to be experiencing a real decline in performance this season. This is evident from their current ranking, which is only 8th, whereas they are usually able to compete fiercely for a place in the top 4. Even Al-Ittihad, who were champions last season, should not be performing this poorly this season.
Perhaps the competition this season is indeed very different from before. Currently, we even see Al-Taawon ranked higher than Al-Hilal and Al-Ahli. Neom, a newly promoted club, also has a slightly better ranking than Al-Ittihad. It seems that this season has been full of unexpected events.

It is very surprising that Al Ittihad, with top European stars like Karim Benzema and Steven Bergwijn, is stranded in 8th place with only 11 points, far behind the league leaders Al Nassr who have 24 points, a difference of 13 points. It is very surprising because last season Al Ittihad became the champion of the Saudi Arabian league, leaving Al Hilal in 2nd place with an 8-point difference.

It a normal thing in football, they're not the first team where we've seen a team where there are many stars and they're flipping, you can never avoid a bad season totally you can manage it, even the coach and the management team can't figure out where this problem maybe from. However these players are not hot as they used to know in Madrid before like the Karim Benzema you made mention.

[Gallar]

Al Ittihad performance this season hasn't met expectations because seeing last season defending champions struggling like this isn't encouraging for their fans, but what surprised me was how they managed to eliminate Al-Nassr from the Saudi King Cup despite their poor form. But that's how football is it's full of surprises, and I feel this league will be more competitive if Al Ittihad gets back on form to compete for that top four position.

Yes, it's undeniable that Al Ittihad's performance this season hasn't been as good as in previous seasons. I'm not sure what the exact cause is, but it's clear that Al Ittihad may simply be losing ground to other teams in the Saudi Arabian League this season. As we can see, Al Ittihad is currently only able to hold onto eighth place in the Saudi Arabian League standings.

So, I think this truly indicates that Al Ittihad is truly losing ground this season. Regarding their victory against Al Nasr in the Saudi Arabian King's Cup, I also admit that Al Ittihad performed quite well in that match. Unfortunately, their good performance couldn't be maintained consistently. As a result, when they next faced other teams in the Saudi Arabian League, Al Ittihad showed a poor performance. Therefore, I don't think Al Ittihad will be able to win the Saudi Arabian League again this season.

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And besides, tomorrow, Al-Ittihad will face Al-Riyadh. I don't know who will win this match. But what's clear is that Al-Ittihad should have the upper hand.

[irhact]

What CR7 does is something unique, he is the only player for me who is very good, he has and deserves a World Cup, but football is not about merits, it is about those who score goals and those who win matches, so CR7 must make it possible, he is a striker, in his legs and feet lies the solution to take Portugal to the top, I do hope he wins, because FIFA and almost all the organizations have been against him, I would really like them to win their World Cup.

FIFA against Ronaldo? I mean first off I believe he can reach his goal of 1000 goals in like 2 seasons or so but then world cup?  Every player who has ever worked hard to play football professionally deserves world cup but like you said scoring goals and winning matches is what gets you the trophy. Ronaldo has the ability to score goals, always has actually but to win a world cup, you need to score goal and then win matches. When the focus is just goals it becomes easy to lose sight on defending which can cause the match. My point is, his strength is goals which makes achieving his 1000 record goal is easy but winning the world cup is a different conversation all together. Portuguese need more than just Ronaldo to win the world cup.

[MAAManda]

Portuguese need more than just Ronaldo to win the world cup.

Having 1, 2 or 3 great players in the national team isn't enough to win the WC title. In the last WC, Argentina won because they had squad with above-average skills & respect for each other, believing in their teammates. Unlike Portugal, I clearly remember Bruno Fernandes occasional selfish behavior in a major event like FIFA WC.

You know? Norway qualified for next year's WC, but they only have a handful of great players, Ødegaard, Haaland & Sorloth as far as I can remember. If their squad only consists of those few players, I think Norway will suffer the same fate as Portugal in the previous WC.

[Juicyhome]

FIFA against Ronaldo? I mean first off I believe he can reach his goal of 1000 goals in like 2 seasons or so but then world cup?  Every player who has ever worked hard to play football professionally deserves world cup but like you said scoring goals and winning matches is what gets you the trophy. Ronaldo has the ability to score goals, always has actually but to win a world cup, you need to score goal and then win matches. When the focus is just goals it becomes easy to lose sight on defending which can cause the match. My point is, his strength is goals which makes achieving his 1000 record goal is easy but winning the world cup is a different conversation all together. Portuguese need more than just Ronaldo to win the world cup.

By your analysis it means Portugal are ahead and favorite to win the world cup, Ronaldo is a goal machine,to win the world cup you need a good striker that won't miss as by giving opportunity in goal area, and Ronaldo is the perfect striker.  Portugal team has the most complete squad to o this world cup, ranging from their defense to strikers they are all starting 11 in their various clubs.

Portugal are favorite to win next year world cup, there is no squad there's as complete as Portugal , all I hope they do is to play as a team and not for individual award, that's the only thing that can stop Portugal from winning the world cup,but if they play as team with the help of Ronaldo victory is sure.

[8rch7]

Al Nassr's next opponent has only lost one of their last 5 games, they are not an opponent to be underestimated, and due to the very low odds offered by bookmakers, I preferred not to risk putting Al Nassr on my parlay. I'm hoping they win to stay on top because Al Hilal will have an easier game compared to Al Nassr. Anyway, I hope you win your bet, even if you place a parlay with Al Nassr + Al Hilal, the combined odds will still be low, something like @1.36, it's simply not worth it.

Al Khaleej is the next opponent teams for Al Nassr in Saudi Pro League games week 9 and that team not defeating yet in last four matches in a row, difficult match for Al Nassr because Al Khaleej have won 2 of last 4 matches and being draw 2 matches from Al Ittihad and Neom. For Al Nassr against Al Khaleej is bigger challenge will continue the unbeaten and win until all 9 matches in a row for this season?

Games week 9, the current 3rd standings position Al Hilal will face the easily team Al Fateh and likely will get three points give huge pressure for Al Nassr who comfortable leading the top standings with 24 points. Any saudi pro league teams need time getting chimerstry after break out almost two week due international break match, if Al Nassr can defend the winning achievement will make them create new record winning until 9 matches in a row.

[ITExpert]

Cristiano Ronaldo is just a little away from completing 1000 goals, but the milestone of 1000 goals will be achieved very soon. The speed with which Ronaldo, the Portuguese star, is still performing on the field really points to the youth. His powerful shot still sets records, but Cristiano Ronaldo can create a chance to win the World Cup for the Portugal team. Because the Portugal team is currently performing very well, this could be a chance for the Portugal team to win the World Cup.

Cristiano Ronaldo is on the way to his success in fact the great success he achieved and continuously on the way to achieve more. And Ronaldo is very close to embarrassing the record of first scorer in the history of football who scored 1000 goals. And I think Christano Ronaldo will achieve this soon or his only goal for now is to complete his record of one thousand goals. He is a person who is playing beyond the expectations as his age matters a lot to the position he is standing in right now. Ronaldo will Definitely convert himself into a motivational personality for the young players who really want to do something great in this field. Because a good player remains good till his records are safe in history. In this age he is playing like a young player and he is performing in a better way than the many young talented players.

[snipie]

Games week 9, the current 3rd standings position Al Hilal will face the easily team Al Fateh and likely will get three points give huge pressure for Al Nassr who comfortable leading the top standings with 24 points.

Among the top three teams, Al-Hilal is the one which has an easy game comparing to Al-Nassr and Al-Taawoun.
Al-Hilal will face Al-Fateh which isn't successful this season since they managed to win just one game. Al-Nassr and Al-Taawoun will face teams sitting in the sixth and seventh places. Obviously not an impossible task but the risk of dropping points do exist if the players performance is bugging after the break.

[Adiljutt156]

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And besides, tomorrow, Al-Ittihad will face Al-Riyadh. I don't know who will win this match. But what's clear is that Al-Ittihad should have the upper hand.

Tomorrow we will watch match of Al-Ittihad Club football team against Al-Riyadh SC football team and that is a match of Saudi Pro League as we are watching the matches of that tournament with full interest because players of these teams are doing well. Al-Ittihad Club team performance is very bad in last few matches. The reason is that team could not win any match out of 5 matches and they faced 3 loses in the last 5 matches and 2 matches were ended with draw result. The performance of Al-Riyadh SC football team was good as they won 1 match out of 5 matches and that team was successful to draw 2 matches . But Al-Ittihad Club football team is favorite for that match because their past performance against that team is good and they need to focus on their performance.

[Abdulzuruku01]

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And besides, tomorrow, Al-Ittihad will face Al-Riyadh. I don't know who will win this match. But what's clear is that Al-Ittihad should have the upper hand.

Tomorrow we will watch match of Al-Ittihad Club football team against Al-Riyadh SC football team and that is a match of Saudi Pro League as we are watching the matches of that tournament with full interest because players of these teams are doing well. Al-Ittihad Club team performance is very bad in last few matches. The reason is that team could not win any match out of 5 matches and they faced 3 loses in the last 5 matches and 2 matches were ended with draw result. The performance of Al-Riyadh SC football team was good as they won 1 match out of 5 matches and that team was successful to draw 2 matches . But Al-Ittihad Club football team is favorite for that match because their past performance against that team is good and they need to focus on their performance.

Al Ittihad is likely to win this match because despite their weak performance this season they still look stronger than Al Riyadh. And looking at Al Riyadh performance this season it's been poor. The only thing that might stop Al Ittihad from securing victory is if they play poorly, as they've done for many matches.

But in my opinion, it's high time for Sergio Conceicao improve his players and compete strongly, because for them not being in the top four doesn't fit their reputation. We all know Al Ittihad is a big name in the Saudi league, and not just that, as a league title winner of last season, they deserve better than this.

[hyudien]

Among the top three teams, Al-Hilal is the one which has an easy game comparing to Al-Nassr and Al-Taawoun.
Al-Hilal will face Al-Fateh which isn't successful this season since they managed to win just one game. Al-Nassr and Al-Taawoun will face teams sitting in the sixth and seventh places. Obviously not an impossible task but the risk of dropping points do exist if the players performance is bugging after the break.

Judging by the strength of their opponents, Al Hilal has indeed faced easier opponents, and it shouldn't be a difficult match for them. However, I don't think the Al Nassr and Al Taawon matches are particularly difficult, especially for Al Nassr, as they are in their best form this season, so beating Al Khaleej is still relatively easy for them. My assumption is that there will be no changes in the standings this week.

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So, I think this truly indicates that Al Ittihad is truly losing ground this season. Regarding their victory against Al Nasr in the Saudi Arabian King's Cup, I also admit that Al Ittihad performed quite well in that match. Unfortunately, their good performance couldn't be maintained consistently. As a result, when they next faced other teams in the Saudi Arabian League, Al Ittihad showed a poor performance. Therefore, I don't think Al Ittihad will be able to win the Saudi Arabian League again this season.

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And besides, tomorrow, Al-Ittihad will face Al-Riyadh. I don't know who will win this match. But what's clear is that Al-Ittihad should have the upper hand.

It has not been a smooth sail for Al-Ittihad this season, they have been in-between some levels of productivity and some struggling but since there seem to be more time for them, we can only hope for a possible chance of improvement. Ittihad looks better as compared to Al Riyad seeing their statistical head to head and their performances since the season so I trust and believe that they are going  to be able to come up with a performance that will give them victory in this fixture.

[indah rezqi]

Games week 9, the current 3rd standings position Al Hilal will face the easily team Al Fateh and likely will get three points give huge pressure for Al Nassr who comfortable leading the top standings with 24 points.

Among the top three teams, Al-Hilal is the one which has an easy game comparing to Al-Nassr and Al-Taawoun.
Al-Hilal will face Al-Fateh which isn't successful this season since they managed to win just one game. Al-Nassr and Al-Taawoun will face teams sitting in the sixth and seventh places. Obviously not an impossible task but the risk of dropping points do exist if the players performance is bugging after the break.

The risk of dropping points is always there, even when they face easier opponents. Players returning from international duty often experience fatigue, and that could potentially affect the team performance. On paper, Al Nassr, Al Taawon, and Al Hilal are favored in their respective matches, and in my opinion, they should be able to secure all three points, meaning there may be no changes at the top of the standings.

Al Nassr performance so far has been very consistent, they have not suffered a single loss and have not even drawn a match. Therefore, personally I think Al Nassr will be able to maintain their position at the top of the table, even though Al Taawon and Al Hilal will continue to apply pressure every week. However, Al Nassr must remain cautious because the point gap is still very narrow, which means their position can easily be overtaken by their closest rivals.

[Iamgoat]

It is very surprising that Al Ittihad, with top European stars like Karim Benzema and Steven Bergwijn, is stranded in 8th place with only 11 points, far behind the league leaders Al Nassr who have 24 points, a difference of 13 points. It is very surprising because last season Al Ittihad became the champion of the Saudi Arabian league, leaving Al Hilal in 2nd place with an 8-point difference.

It a normal thing in football, they're not the first team where we've seen a team where there are many stars and they're flipping, you can never avoid a bad season totally you can manage it, even the coach and the management team can't figure out where this problem maybe from. However these players are not hot as they used to know in Madrid before like the Karim Benzema you made mention.

It's really shocking to see Al Ittihad sitting on 8th position currently with just 11 points when they have gathered big players like Benzema, Berwijn and all those European stars shining last season and they won the league with 8 points above Al Hilal scoring a total of 82 goals and were almost unbeatable. Now Al Nassr is leading with 24 points with 13 points above Al Ittihad and the club is just looking like a different team this season. You're right when you said it is a normal thing in football for the teams which seem the best fumbling sometimes and we also have to consider the truth which is stars like Benzema are now 37 years old and not the same beast we used to have in the Madrid then where he even won the Ballon d'Or. He can hardly achieve such things at this current age now. I just hope the club really recovers on time else the top 4 might slip away from them considering the current energy they are moving with which is low.

[Loyang]

It is very surprising that Al Ittihad, with top European stars like Karim Benzema and Steven Bergwijn, is stranded in 8th place with only 11 points, far behind the league leaders Al Nassr who have 24 points, a difference of 13 points. It is very surprising because last season Al Ittihad became the champion of the Saudi Arabian league, leaving Al Hilal in 2nd place with an 8-point difference.

It a normal thing in football, they're not the first team where we've seen a team where there are many stars and they're flipping, you can never avoid a bad season totally you can manage it, even the coach and the management team can't figure out where this problem maybe from. However these players are not hot as they used to know in Madrid before like the Karim Benzema you made mention.

It's really shocking to see Al Ittihad sitting on 8th position currently with just 11 points when they have gathered big players like Benzema, Berwijn and all those European stars shining last season and they won the league with 8 points above Al Hilal scoring a total of 82 goals and were almost unbeatable. Now Al Nassr is leading with 24 points with 13 points above Al Ittihad and the club is just looking like a different team this season. You're right when you said it is a normal thing in football for the teams which seem the best fumbling sometimes and we also have to consider the truth which is stars like Benzema are now 37 years old and not the same beast we used to have in the Madrid then where he even won the Ballon d'Or. He can hardly achieve such things at this current age now. I just hope the club really recovers on time else the top 4 might slip away from them considering the current energy they are moving with which is low.

This is a very natural thing. Because everyone goes through similar situations. No team is ever in good form and never wins consistently. Every team goes through good times and bad times at some point. But if they cannot fix this bad time very soon, it can create a very bad situation for them. They should find out all the areas where they are going bad and fix them. It is hoped that very soon they will return to the previous situation and we will see the same results as before.

[PremiumcryptoHub]

Despite going winless in five matches in the new season of the Saudi Pro League, Al Ittihad can win today's match indeed we can see that 44 minutes have passed in the match between Al Ittihad and Al Riyadh, with Karim Benzema's team unable to maintain dominance in the opening minutes of the game. From then on, the scene began to change as Karim Benzema scored a goal in just 24 minutes in this domestic game, which marked the beginning of this team's offensive rampage.
Karim Benzema's team is on top in the head-to-head, it even seems like the circumstances are on their side today because the game wasn't over at halftime, yet they were leading this round by a margin of 2-0 and with their capabilities, they will create more margin against Al Riyadh.

[ITExpert]

Al-Ittihad seems to be experiencing a real decline in performance this season. This is evident from their current ranking, which is only 8th, whereas they are usually able to compete fiercely for a place in the top 4. Even Al-Ittihad, who were champions last season, should not be performing this poorly this season.
Perhaps the competition this season is indeed very different from before. Currently, we even see Al-Taawon ranked higher than Al-Hilal and Al-Ahli. Neom, a newly promoted club, also has a slightly better ranking than Al-Ittihad. It seems that this season has been full of unexpected events.

Al-ittihad is really playing beyond the expectations as their performance in this season really makes fans believe that this is the team who were champions in the last season.Because the Al-ittihad is really standing in a very low position as per according to the statistics. And where they are standing right now it is a little bit difficult for them to raise themselves now in such a way that they will convert themselves into the biggest contenders of this season. And I think one thing which is reminiscent of that once a champion doesn't mean you will remain best . If the teams will not pay attention towards the performance according to the demand of the time then the results will be terrible. And it is necessary to maintain the image of being good you have to work hard being good doesn't mean that you will now relax that no one can take your position.

[Ale88]

If Cristiano plays with his son, the most likely scenario is that he will only play in the Saudi Arabian league. In the Portuguese national team, after the 2026 World Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo plans to retire from the Portuguese national team. Besides, by 2026, Ronaldo will be very old, reaching the age of 41, and his performance will certainly decline and not be as good as when he was young. He might only retire from the Portuguese national team, but his professional club career could still continue. However, if he retires completely, reaching 1000 goals by July 2026 will be very difficult and hard to achieve. Meanwhile, players who have scored more than 1000 goals, like Romario from Brazil, have already faded into obscurity because they retired long ago and did not become coaches, thus disappearing from the football spotlight.

Cristiano Ronaldo Junior is just 15 years old. Given the fact that Ronaldo may retire in around 1.5 to 2 years time, I don't think that we will ever see these two playing together in a proper club match. They may still be able to do that in exhibition matches. Lamine Yamal first played for Barca when he was 16. But that is a very rare exception. Usually players first get a chance to play at that level when they are 19 or 20, or even later. All that said, unlike a lot of people posting here, I don't even think that Ronaldo is actually interested in playing with his son. He will be more concerned with the performance of Al Nassr this season.

If they don't leave Saudi Arabia I think there actually is a pretty high probability that they will do play together for a little while. Ronaldo could be around 42 years old, his son would be around 17 years old, considering the average level of the Arab League and the fact that Ronaldo owns part of the shares of the team, I don't see why it couldn't happen. It's not a remote possibility.

[Abdulzuruku01]

The first half ended between Al Ahli and Al Qadisiyah, what an interesting match. Al Ahli is leading 1-0, but the problem now is they’re one man down. Aljohani collected a red card. I hope this doesn’t affect their performance in the second half, because this is a tough match, and they both need this victory to stay in the top four position.

Al Ittihad luckily won their match today against Al Riyadh. Yes, I’ll call it lucky because they only won 2-1. We know how poorly Al Ittihad have been playing this season, they’ve played 5 matches without a victory. It’s just today they got lucky to win Al Riyadh.