Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 213. (Read 112030 times)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Al Hilal will face Al Ettifaq, a match that will be no less exciting because Al Ettifaq is also in good condition. This match will also be played in front of its own supporters. I think Al Ettifaq has more motivation in this match. Apart from wanting to improve the standings, they also want to destroy Al Hilal's current unbeaten record.

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

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

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

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

Al-Ettifaq management extending Steven Gerrard's contract was quite surprising because the unpleasant results apparently did not affect their assessment of this English coach, especially since the contract extension was quite long.
However, when they play against Al-Hilal, I'm not sure there will be anything surprising that Ettifaq will show because they are playing against the team that has been the most consistent this season and has also performed well on all fronts.
Ettifaq is one of the less productive teams so when they face Al Hilal, which is a team with a strong defense, the team coached by Steven Gerrard will face difficulties in scoring goals, but Al Hilal, who always score goals in many matches, will actually have more freedom in scoring goals so this will be a convincing victory for Al Hilal.
How many goals will Al-Hilal score? more than two is very possible because their strikers always seem enthusiastic about scoring goals in every match.
But Ettifaq's position will remain in 8th place in the standings even though they lose because Al-Wahda will face a difficult match against Ittihad FC which there is a big chance of winning by Ittihad so nothing will change in the standings as well as Al-Hilal's position which will be safe at the top of the standings.

When they had the chance to beat Al Hilal they lost, in the first round they lost and in the second round they had to lose again to Al Hilal. This made it even more difficult for them to stop Al Hilal and this season they had to settle for second place. For Ronaldo himself, it may be quite disappointing when he could not become a champion in the SPL since his arrival, but this is reasonable because Al Hilal is very difficult to be stopped by any club, including Al Nassr. Even until now they are still recording unbeaten, it proves that they are really very strong in the SPL this season.

In the Asian Champions League, they also have the opportunity to face each other and of course this is a concern for Al Nassr, because in their meetings this season they always lose and that makes their chances even smaller to be able to beat Al Hilal. But anything can happen as long as Al Nassr can play better, especially in their defense. Their main problem this season is indeed in the defense line which is very easy to penetrate, moreover we all know Al Hilal has a sharp attack line too, that makes them have to be more vigilant against Al Hilal.

Al Nassr's attack line is very good, but it is not balanced with a good defense line, the result we can see as now that they cannot compete when dealing with clubs that have a sharp attack line.

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

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

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

I hope that al nassr will able to win AFC champion but al hilal is going to be the biggest problem for al nassr. The club is still performing so well but al hilal can also beat al nassr. This is also reducing al nassr's chance to take the trophy.
Al hilal potentially get some trophies soon. The competition is just getting even stricter at the end of season. There are so many things have been going on. This is also forcing any clubs to perform better compared to the early season. It must be noted that if ittihad is performing a bit better compared to the when it was getting lose streak.
The competition in SPL and AFC champion league are also very strict right now.

currently what Al Nassr and Ronaldo need is to be consistent to continue to get 3 points consistently wait until Al Hilal makes mistakes and experiences defeat in several matches to come because I am sure that as strong as any team will eventually suffer defeat and usually defeat happens to the team small, it's bound to happen.
and at that time when Al Hilal experienced defeat, the difference in points would definitely be closer because currently it is only 4 points, even though that is a little impossible, but as long as Al Nassr is able to be consistent, nothing is impossible.
I will not think anymore about Al Nassr failure to beat Al Hilal at that time because Al Hilal was really very strong, no team from the SPL was able to beat him, so it was natural that Al Nassr was unable to beat Al Hilal at that meeting.

in yesterday's match Al Nassr managed to steal 3 points from Al Shabab and a record like this must be maintained because there is no other chance other than being able to maintain consistency in order to chase the SPL title this season and if this season fails I think the next season will also be difficult because Al Hilal or Ittihad will also try to build a strong performance foundation for their team to lead the SPL.
but in my opinion as long as Al Hilal still has Mitrovic, this team will continue to be able to get to the top of the standings in the next few seasons and also the defensive players that must be maintained because currently Al Hilal is really perfect from the attack line to the defense line.

At least Al Nassr must be able to continue to achieve more wins if they want to be able to truly compete with Al Hilal and need at least 3 defeats suffered by Al Hilal.
But it looks like this won't happen because Al Hilal is still performing very consistently, in fact Al Hilal has really stable playing performance and makes them get more wins from every match.
This season has been very good season for Al Hilal because their condition is much better than the previous season, it just that all Al Hilal fans hope that no mistakes will occur.

Yes, if this season fails then there is still chance that next season Ronaldo can succeed in bringing Al Nassr to championship title, we all want to see Ronaldo lift the trophy in this competition.
However, if this season really fails, then at least Al Nassr must be able to maintain its position as runner-up.

Regarding Al Hilal keep unbeaten until the end of Saudi Pro League competition there are nothing can do by Al Nassr for stopping Al Hilal keep close become the champion. But the domestic league have 13 matches left and remaining four points not much problem for Al Nassr waiting for Al Hila losses their points.
The match Al Shabab vs Al Nassr seem very quit well, actually after Al Nassr managed awhile and Al Shabab success made it draw before late goal from Talisca secure the winning match result and win three points to pressure Al Hilal position. Cristiano Ronaldo keep consistent scoring goals every match with Al Nassr, last nigh he scored trough penalty kick and keep lead top scorer awhile has three goals left from Mitrovic will play tonight against Al Ettifaz.

There are chances for Ronaldo to win Saudi Professional League as well as the league best scorer award. He is playing and fighting for those titles and let's enjoy his performances in rest matches. He is not a kind of player who will give up if there is still chance to achieve something he wants.

Al Nassr perform well in last 9 matches after a direct defeat under Al Hilal. They don't give up in the title competition directly against Al Hilal but to win Saudi Professional League, they need Al Hilal to have some bad matches.

With domination of Al Hilal in Saudi Professional League, there is small chance that they will lose 7 points and give Al Nassr chance to beat them in the league competition. Al Nassr must  beat Al Hilal in their second direct match to reduce the gap to only four points. 4 points will give them better chance that Al Hilal to lose one match and get a draw but the biggest task for Al Nassr is beating Al Hilal that looks very hard task.

He will win Saudi Professional League with Al Nassr if he continues to play for them. They are one of strongest clubs in Saudi Arabia and if they did not have two bad early matches in the season, their race against Al Hilal would be very different than now.

The red card at the end of the match didn't mean anything and it was natural for Radif to get the second yellow card because he dived in the Al-Nassr penalty box and hoped to get a penalty in the final minute so they could play a draw. But fortunately the referee was very observant and didn't want to be fooled by what one of the Al-Shahab players was doing. It's nice to see Rakitic or Carrasco on the same team in the Saudi league because we have often seen him in the Spanish league over the seasons playing for the respective teams they played for before.

Talisca is always clever in finding empty space and like the winning goal he scored, it was an unexpected move and blinded the Al-Shahab defender's view. So Talisca had an easier time in sprint competitions and was on time to receive feedback from her partner before finally finishing very well. Ronaldo scored a goal from his skill point and that's nothing new, but apart from that, as you said, this match was very exciting and if both teams didn't score goals, it would probably be very boring.

You're right. As long as Al Hilal is unbeatable, Al Nassr won't have the chance to overtake them in the top of SPL standings. Al Nassr missed the chance to shorten the point gap when they have the match against Al Hilal. If they could beat Al Hilal in that match, Al Nassr may have a small point gap with Al Hilal now. Al Hilal is surely very strong during this season, they never missed the chance to get full points in each match. They also showed it in Asian Champions League. They seem to target winning the trophy of Asian Champions League as well.

Yeah, Ronaldo will miss to win SPL trophy again this season. It means Ronaldo already missed it 2 times. Sure, Ronaldo still has the chance, he will try again for the next season. But if there is no improvement in Al Nassr squad quality and its performance, Ronaldo probably fails again in the next season. Let's see how Al Nassr will rebuild their squad after the season ends.