Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

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Benzema's transfer created a lot of controversy, because it was done from one club within the Saudi Professional League to another, and specifically was done in order to strengthen Al Hilal. But it didn't turned out to be very beneficial for Al Hilal. Now they are at the 3rd position in the points table, and 5 points behind Al Nassr. With just 8 matches remaining for this season, it is going to be extremely tough for Al Hilal to catch up with Al Nassr. Also, we need to remember that Al Nassr has a series of matches against weaker teams such as Al Najma and Al Akhdoud coming up next.

Maybe you weren't following up on the league before and after he left Al Littihad for Al Hilal, Al Hilal were not in this kind of position that they are now, Al Hilal since January that they signed Benzema has enjoyed from his good services. Al Hilal at at a time last year December was behind Al Nassr with 7 points and in January they were above Al Nassr with 7 points as well that was the period there was struggling in Al Nassr. It was towards the end of January and December that Al Nassr picked off again and Al Hilal went off the radar again. The current war in the Middle East has disrupted play for now and before then, they all play 26 matches, Al Nassr is 1st on the table followed by Al Hilal who are 2nd with 3 points difference. Al Hilal are not 3rd in the table and neither are they 5 points behind as well.

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Now they are at the 3rd position in the points table, and 5 points behind Al Nassr.

Al Nassr is 1st on the table followed by Al Hilal who are 2nd with 3 points difference. Al Hilal are not 3rd in the table and neither are they 5 points behind as well.

Yeah it is only three points difference and Al-Hilal is sitting in the second position right now. They were at risk of being third if Al-Ahli won their game but luckily for them they lost.
Since there are 8 matches to play and 24 points to collect while the difference is just 7 points between Al-Nassr in the first place and Al Qadsiah in the fourth place then everything could happen and every team from them could move to another place depending from their results. I think the war will have a psychological impact on some of them at least.

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Al Nasr was clearly unhappy with that transfer, I don’t know if it was fair if you count all the transfers and compare them (for example, Felix’s arrival at Al Nasr also weighs a lot, I’m sure), but from the outside it looked like favoritism towards Al Hilal. The champion player goes to the favorite which lost one season. Al Ittihad is now out of the race, but Al Hilal cannot yet return to first place, I hope this situation will remain. Although the whole tournament is no longer so serious because of the war.

Benzema's transfer created a lot of controversy, because it was done from one club within the Saudi Professional League to another, and specifically was done in order to strengthen Al Hilal. But it didn't turned out to be very beneficial for Al Hilal. Now they are at the 3rd position in the points table, and 5 points behind Al Nassr. With just 8 matches remaining for this season, it is going to be extremely tough for Al Hilal to catch up with Al Nassr. Also, we need to remember that Al Nassr has a series of matches against weaker teams such as Al Najma and Al Akhdoud coming up next.

The way he joined a strong team like Al-Hilal, his performance should have been strong and good, but he has weakened Al-Hilal instead of strengthening it, and at this time Al-Hilal will have to win all the matches, otherwise there will be a lot of difficulties for them. If Al-Hilal fails in the next matches, their performance and points will decrease and Al-Nasr will take advantage of this and become even stronger. It is an advantage for Al-Nasr that they will be successful by winning these matches easily and this will create a big gap between Al-Hilal. Al-Hilal should play well and if they win the match, they should not even try to draw a single match because Al-Hilal needs 1 1 point and for this Al-Hilal will have to play with hard work and effort.

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Benzema's transfer created a lot of controversy, because it was done from one club within the Saudi Professional League to another, and specifically was done in order to strengthen Al Hilal. But it didn't turned out to be very beneficial for Al Hilal. Now they are at the 3rd position in the points table, and 5 points behind Al Nassr. With just 8 matches remaining for this season, it is going to be extremely tough for Al Hilal to catch up with Al Nassr. Also, we need to remember that Al Nassr has a series of matches against weaker teams such as Al Najma and Al Akhdoud coming up next.

Benzema has made a significant contribution to Al Hilal, and the transfer cannot be considered a failure. Before Al Hilal brought in Benzema, Al Hilal was not in its current position, which was in second place. Al Hilal is currently in second place, only three points behind Al Nassr. Al Hilal's chances of winning the title are still very much alive. With eight matches remaining, anything is possible. Although Al Nassr will face relatively easy teams in the remaining eight matches, it is still possible that Al Nassr could still drop points, and Al Hilal will capitalize on this to seize the top spot. Therefore, so far, the chances of Al Hilal and Al Nassr winning the Saudi Pro League title are still balanced and the competition remains tight.

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al Ittihad has indeed been interested in Salah for the past few seasons, but unfortunately, Salah chose to stay at Liverpool. With the news that Salah will leave Liverpool at the end of the season, Ittihad will certainly prepare everything to secure Salah, and Al Qadisiyah will certainly try to secure him as well. Yes, it's certainly possible that Al Nassr Al Ahli and other teams will also want Salah. But we'll just have to wait and see what happens

In my opinion, any team, especially a strong team, if they can secure Salah, they will have the potential to be lucky. Salah will certainly play well and be able to represent the team that signed him. I think if Salah joins SPL, it will make SPL even more exciting, and it's possible that another top player will join SPL

Salah is a good prospect for Ittihad and it will be really good to have him join them, he has still got some good potentials ahead and will definitely be instrumental in getting the team some really good successes in coming season, if Al Qadisiyah and Al Ittihad goes for salah, I believe  Al ittihad will get a better chance.

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Benzema's transfer created a lot of controversy, because it was done from one club within the Saudi Professional League to another, and specifically was done in order to strengthen Al Hilal. But it didn't turned out to be very beneficial for Al Hilal. Now they are at the 3rd position in the points table, and 5 points behind Al Nassr. With just 8 matches remaining for this season, it is going to be extremely tough for Al Hilal to catch up with Al Nassr. Also, we need to remember that Al Nassr has a series of matches against weaker teams such as Al Najma and Al Akhdoud coming up next.

Yes,, I also don't know what happened behind the scenes, but what is clear is that Al Hilal wanted to improve their performance and they brought in Benzema, so I think it's probably still normal. Because basically, Benzema already seemed unhappy at Al Ittihad, and when Al Hilal made him an offer, he clearly immediately agreed. So I don't think there needs to be any controversy in this case. But maybe many people are too pro-Al Nasr,, so many people thought that when Benzema was bought by Al Hilal, it seemed like they wanted to prevent Al Nasr from becoming champions.

So yes,, that does make sense, because basically, Al Hilal definitely doesn't want Al nasr to be champions because they are rivals. So I don't think there needs to be excessive controversy about this. But what is truly regrettable is that Benzema's performance was not as good as imagined when playing at Al Hilal,, so it is something that is definitely not beneficial for Al Hilal. Because currently they still haven't been able to shift Al Nasr at the top of the standings.

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When Salah leaves Liverpool he can choose European teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona. If SPL is going to buy Salah which team will play him. Cristiano, Felix, Mane and Salah for Al Nassr in 2026?

Yes when Salah leaves Liverpool, he will have the choice of European teams like Madrid and Barcelona,I don't disagree with you on this point, but it should be reviewed whether any club actually has the ability to buy this player. At first glance, it seems that the SPL could be an option for Salah's choice of club as we also saw earlier that Al Ittihad was interested in this Egyptian player of the Red Devils,so it doesn't seem to me that Cristiano, Joao Felix, Mane and Salah will play for Al Nassr in 2026, anyway it will be known soon which club he will be invited to after exclusion the PL club but for now, it looks like he will play for Liverpool in the first and second leg of the UCL quarter-final against PSG.

Salah era at Liverpool has finally come to an end as Liverpool needs regeneration. Salah ultimately decided to leave next season. In my opinion, it was the right decision for him to leave Liverpool as a legend, rather than staying but earning the respect of both Slot and Carragher. Furthermore, Moh Salah has recently appeared in several games to be no longer at his peak. His running is labored, his dribbling isn't what it used to be and his shooting has declined but his instincts are still quite good. For this reason, I think teams in La Liga and the Premier League will think twice about recruiting Moh Salah.

I'm more confident Moh Salah will move to the Arab League, especially since Al-Ittihad is very interested in Salah. This interest has been going on for a long time not just now. Furthermore, with Benzema move to Al-Hilal, Moh Salah would be the right choice for Al-Ittihad. Returning to Saudi Arabia isn't just about his career, but also about earning money for his retirement especially as he approaches retirement.

To be honest, even if Liverpool reach the quarter-finals of the UCL, Salah doesn't seem interested in playing for the team therefore we think that the SPL clubs will show the most interest in him. You are right that with Karim Benzema joining Al Hilal, Al Ittihad may be in the running to sign the Egyptian player who played for Liverpool, because earlier this SPL club had also invited this player to join the club. At this stage, we will know whether this player's potential destination will be Europe or the SPL after the 25/26 season ends, however in my opinion for now he will remain in Liverpool's UCL squad where the English club will face defending champions PSG in the quarter-final match

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Benzema's transfer created a lot of controversy, because it was done from one club within the Saudi Professional League to another, and specifically was done in order to strengthen Al Hilal. But it didn't turned out to be very beneficial for Al Hilal. Now they are at the 3rd position in the points table, and 5 points behind Al Nassr. With just 8 matches remaining for this season, it is going to be extremely tough for Al Hilal to catch up with Al Nassr. Also, we need to remember that Al Nassr has a series of matches against weaker teams such as Al Najma and Al Akhdoud coming up next.

The controversy is understandable considering that these teams are under the same entity, well, with Benzema move being specifically to strengthen Al Hilal so that the title can be won again by them or to take advantage of Al Ittihad condition which is no longer competing at the top level so that Benzema is moved to Al Hilal, what is on my wild mind right now is whether there is a possibility that the championship title can be arranged by PIF or is this just so that the competition for the title with Al Nasr is more competitive?

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Maybe you weren't following up on the league before and after he left Al Littihad for Al Hilal, Al Hilal were not in this kind of position that they are now, Al Hilal since January that they signed Benzema has enjoyed from his good services. Al Hilal at at a time last year December was behind Al Nassr with 7 points and in January they were above Al Nassr with 7 points as well that was the period there was struggling in Al Nassr.

Benzema is a good player, he's already played 5 games for Al Hilal, scoring 5 goals and providing 1 assist. But Benzema is 38 years old. Even when he was at Real Madrid, he was constantly injured after Cristiano Ronaldo left Real Madrid. At his former Saudi club, he played little due to injuries and personal issues, from what I've heard. Now, at 38 years old, his injury situation will worsen even more. I sincerely wonder what the advantage is of signing him at this moment?

According to what I've read, his contract with Al Hilal will be until June 30, 2027. Will Benzema really be able to play regularly in most games next season? Or will Benzema be like Neymar was when he was at Al Hilal? We'll see. But fortunately, at least for now, he's playing.

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Benzema's transfer created a lot of controversy, because it was done from one club within the Saudi Professional League to another, and specifically was done in order to strengthen Al Hilal. But it didn't turned out to be very beneficial for Al Hilal. Now they are at the 3rd position in the points table, and 5 points behind Al Nassr. With just 8 matches remaining for this season, it is going to be extremely tough for Al Hilal to catch up with Al Nassr. Also, we need to remember that Al Nassr has a series of matches against weaker teams such as Al Najma and Al Akhdoud coming up next.

The controversy is understandable considering that these teams are under the same entity, well, with Benzema move being specifically to strengthen Al Hilal so that the title can be won again by them or to take advantage of Al Ittihad condition which is no longer competing at the top level so that Benzema is moved to Al Hilal, what is on my wild mind right now is whether there is a possibility that the championship title can be arranged by PIF or is this just so that the competition for the title with Al Nasr is more competitive?

That’s the problem when multiple teams are owned by the same company or individual—whatever they do seems designed to benefit one side.

For example, when Ronaldo protested against the club owner’s apparent favoritism toward another club under the same ownership. And now, some people view Benzema’s transfer as controversial as well.

This is a common issue for many clubs, such as Girona and Manchester City, which also share the same owner. Manchester City is seen as being overly favored, even though there are valid reasons behind it.

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Benzema's transfer created a lot of controversy, because it was done from one club within the Saudi Professional League to another, and specifically was done in order to strengthen Al Hilal. But it didn't turned out to be very beneficial for Al Hilal. Now they are at the 3rd position in the points table, and 5 points behind Al Nassr. With just 8 matches remaining for this season, it is going to be extremely tough for Al Hilal to catch up with Al Nassr. Also, we need to remember that Al Nassr has a series of matches against weaker teams such as Al Najma and Al Akhdoud coming up next.

I think Al-Hilal really did a lot of efforts and they tried a lot to catch Al-Nassr. And at a time they really got very close to Al-Nassr in numbers. Which make people to think that Al-Hilal may create chances of their win this time. But Al-Nassr is a very dedicated team since the start of the season and their unbeaten streak gives a high confidence to their fans that they must win this time the Saudi professional league. And Al-Nassr is continously on their way to proving themselves as the best and successful team. And the points gap between Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal is really very prominent and now it's  getting very hard for Al-Hilal to beat Al-Nassar and push them back from their current position. And I think the new signing in Al-Hila will not work for them as per their demand now.

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I think Al-Hilal really did a lot of efforts and they tried a lot to catch Al-Nassr. And at a time they really got very close to Al-Nassr in numbers. Which make people to think that Al-Hilal may create chances of their win this time. But Al-Nassr is a very dedicated team since the start of the season and their unbeaten streak gives a high confidence to their fans that they must win this time the Saudi professional league. And Al-Nassr is continously on their way to proving themselves as the best and successful team. And the points gap between Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal is really very prominent and now it's  getting very hard for Al-Hilal to beat Al-Nassar and push them back from their current position. And I think the new signing in Al-Hila will not work for them as per their demand now.

Al Hilal is only 3 points behind Al Nasr and Al Hilal is 8 points behind in terms of GD. That is, beating Al Nasr will not be enough, but if Al Hilal wants to win the title, they will have to score 3-4 goals in every match and not concede any goals. Then their main task will be to defeat Al Nasr and occupy the top spot. If Al Nasr loses points before that, then the road to the title becomes easy for Al Hilal. However, the easier it is to say, the harder it is to do in reality. Al Nasr has a high chance of winning the title this season. However, we can still have positive confidence in Al Hilal.

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Al Nassr is 1st on the table followed by Al Hilal who are 2nd with 3 points difference. Al Hilal are not 3rd in the table and neither are they 5 points behind as well.

Yeah it is only three points difference and Al-Hilal is sitting in the second position right now. They were at risk of being third if Al-Ahli won their game but luckily for them they lost.
Since there are 8 matches to play and 24 points to collect while the difference is just 7 points between Al-Nassr in the first place and Al Qadsiah in the fourth place then everything could happen and every team from them could move to another place depending from their results. I think the war will have a psychological impact on some of them at least.

Being third or second doesn't really matter if you have only three points with the leader. That is very small gap and as long as you play good, you are going to get what you want, and that's the important part. I know that it is not going to look that tough for the team right now, because they have just one game difference and that could be closed very quickly.

Benzema situation will matter a lot, the more he scores the closer they will get to a title and that matters in the end for these teams. They did not have that many great strikers left, so it's important for them to have one centre forward for that role to cover. Al Nassr and Ronaldo was upset about this and they were right to be so, but what is done is done, and time to look for the game.

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Yeah it is only three points difference and Al-Hilal is sitting in the second position right now. They were at risk of being third if Al-Ahli won their game but luckily for them they lost.
Since there are 8 matches to play and 24 points to collect while the difference is just 7 points between Al-Nassr in the first place and Al Qadsiah in the fourth place then everything could happen and every team from them could move to another place depending from their results. I think the war will have a psychological impact on some of them at least.

The point difference is incredibly slim. being just three points ahead of Al-Hilal, who are in second place, certainly won’t put Al-nassr at ease. after all, everything could still change in just a few matches. Al-nassr must also keep winning matches until the end of the season if they truly want to lift the trophy. Al-hilal is very tenacious and we know that a single mistake by Al-Nassr could have dire consequences, as it might lead to a costly error due to a dip in confidence. and I’m curious whether Cristiano Ronaldo will still be absent for the next match? because his injury might still require rest, even though it seems he’s already been allowed to train with the team again. I hope he’s okay. Because it’s not just Al-Nassr that’s counting on him, he’s also still a key figure for the Portuguese national team.

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I think Al-Hilal really did a lot of efforts and they tried a lot to catch Al-Nassr. And at a time they really got very close to Al-Nassr in numbers. Which make people to think that Al-Hilal may create chances of their win this time. But Al-Nassr is a very dedicated team since the start of the season and their unbeaten streak gives a high confidence to their fans that they must win this time the Saudi professional league. And Al-Nassr is continously on their way to proving themselves as the best and successful team. And the points gap between Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal is really very prominent and now it's  getting very hard for Al-Hilal to beat Al-Nassar and push them back from their current position. And I think the new signing in Al-Hila will not work for them as per their demand now.

Al Hilal is only 3 points behind Al Nasr and Al Hilal is 8 points behind in terms of GD. That is, beating Al Nasr will not be enough, but if Al Hilal wants to win the title, they will have to score 3-4 goals in every match and not concede any goals. Then their main task will be to defeat Al Nasr and occupy the top spot. If Al Nasr loses points before that, then the road to the title becomes easy for Al Hilal. However, the easier it is to say, the harder it is to do in reality. Al Nasr has a high chance of winning the title this season. However, we can still have positive confidence in Al Hilal.

The point difference isn't actually that big yet. We're talking about a three-point difference, and Al Hilal is undefeated in 26 matches. We see that their chances of losing are low. Al Nassr, on the other hand, could lose a match. If Cristiano Ronaldo's team loses a game at this stage, Al Hilal could catch up to them in points. There's still time until the end of the league, and the leader could change. If Al Nassr wants to find the championship they've been searching for for years, they need to be more consistent in the remaining matches this year.

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Benzema has made a significant contribution to Al Hilal, and the transfer cannot be considered a failure. Before Al Hilal brought in Benzema, Al Hilal was not in its current position, which was in second place. Al Hilal is currently in second place, only three points behind Al Nassr. Al Hilal's chances of winning the title are still very much alive. With eight matches remaining, anything is possible. Although Al Nassr will face relatively easy teams in the remaining eight matches, it is still possible that Al Nassr could still drop points, and Al Hilal will capitalize on this to seize the top spot. Therefore, so far, the chances of Al Hilal and Al Nassr winning the Saudi Pro League title are still balanced and the competition remains tight.

Karim Benzema is one of the good signings Al Hilal have made in the transfer market. He's moving good waves for the club and already banging goals for the club since his arrival. Are we still counting Al Hilal to become pre-eminent rivals for the SPL title? Oh yes because they've also proven to become an eligible team that come out with boldness and win games so easily.

Benzema is a goal machine and wouldn't want anyone to challenge him, he proven himself in several games and also a well known superstar in Europe. Benzema is definitely not on the level of these players, he achieved and played with experience, the frenchman deserves his flowers.

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Benzema has made a significant contribution to Al Hilal, and the transfer cannot be considered a failure. Before Al Hilal brought in Benzema, Al Hilal was not in its current position, which was in second place. Al Hilal is currently in second place, only three points behind Al Nassr. Al Hilal's chances of winning the title are still very much alive. With eight matches remaining, anything is possible. Although Al Nassr will face relatively easy teams in the remaining eight matches, it is still possible that Al Nassr could still drop points, and Al Hilal will capitalize on this to seize the top spot. Therefore, so far, the chances of Al Hilal and Al Nassr winning the Saudi Pro League title are still balanced and the competition remains tight.

Karim Benzema is one of the good signings Al Hilal have made in the transfer market. He's moving good waves for the club and already banging goals for the club since his arrival. Are we still counting Al Hilal to become pre-eminent rivals for the SPL title? Oh yes because they've also proven to become an eligible team that come out with boldness and win games so easily.

Benzema is a goal machine and wouldn't want anyone to challenge him, he proven himself in several games and also a well known superstar in Europe. Benzema is definitely not on the level of these players, he achieved and played with experience, the frenchman deserves his flowers.

He is one of the good signings but I believe that all of them want someone that all the fans can go hand in hand with and this is challenging. Fans want to know who the guy is they are admiring. Ronaldo is easy, other guys are more complicated.

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That’s the problem when multiple teams are owned by the same company or individual—whatever they do seems designed to benefit one side.

For example, when Ronaldo protested against the club owner’s apparent favoritism toward another club under the same ownership. And now, some people view Benzema’s transfer as controversial as well.

This is a common issue for many clubs, such as Girona and Manchester City, which also share the same owner. Manchester City is seen as being overly favored, even though there are valid reasons behind it.

At least in case of Girona and Man City, these clubs are playing in different leagues (Manchester City plays in the English Premier League, while Girona FC takes part in the La Liga). But that is not the case with the four teams that are owned by the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF). In their case, four clubs in the same league has the same owner (Al Nassr, Al Hilal, Al Ittihad and Al Ahli). And Ronaldo's complaint was that player requests from Al Nassr were being constantly rejected, while such requests from Al Hilal were getting approved in very little time.

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The way he joined a strong team like Al-Hilal, his performance should have been strong and good, but he has weakened Al-Hilal instead of strengthening it, and at this time Al-Hilal will have to win all the matches, otherwise there will be a lot of difficulties for them. If Al-Hilal fails in the next matches, their performance and points will decrease and Al-Nasr will take advantage of this and become even stronger. It is an advantage for Al-Nasr that they will be successful by winning these matches easily and this will create a big gap between Al-Hilal. Al-Hilal should play well and if they win the match, they should not even try to draw a single match because Al-Hilal needs 1 1 point and for this Al-Hilal will have to play with hard work and effort.

This is true, they did not become that much better suddenly. But they are not worse neither if you ask me, that is why this should be the case and would do a lot better with time as well.

I think it's clear that we are going to reach to a point where we could be considering this to be changing for the long term without that much of a big deal involved.

This is why I think we should be considering Al Hilal still has a chance and if they do end up somehow winning the title, that would be a risky thing because they gave them that chance.

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Yes I agree with you completely. Al Taawoun's performance is currently in a very fragile position. Their last few matches have been very bad. They have only managed to win one match out of 5 matches, lost one match and drawn the remaining three matches. The match between Al Taawoun and Al Hilal will be at Al Hilal's home ground. In this regard, Al Hilal is far ahead and currently Al Hilal has performed very well, they are in a very consistent position. This match may be won by Al Hilal with a very large margin. I will bet on Al Hilal without any doubt.

By virtue of their performances and position, Al Hilal in this fixture has given that confidence that you can count on them to win this game, if you compare their squad depth to that of AI Taawoun, the difference is obvious and the results from both teams in their recent games tells a lot, Al Hilal also has the home advantage which definitely gives them even more advantage, I expect this to be somewhat easy for them.

Here Al Hilal team will definitely perform well in their home field, because at the moment Al Hilal team's performance is very good. And the performance of the opposite team is very weak and they are not very strong in the defense department and attack department than Al Taawuon team.
So I am definitely able to bet on Al Hilal team in this match, because many gamblers have already bet on Al Hilal team, and they will be able to win by a large margin.