Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 296. (Read 128827 times)

When Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad each achieved their victory in week 22, this certainly made Al-Nassr very jealous and wanted to immediately achieve their victory again. At the beginning of March, Al-Nassr will host Al-Hazm and of course this is not a difficult match for Al-Nassr. Moreover, Luis Castro's squad is currently on fire and is still undefeated so far in various competitions.

I think Ronaldo and his friends will never stop scoring goals and adding to their 3 points in the standings and even though they know the competition to win the title this season is very tough, at least they are not giving up at all or accepting the results voluntarily. Like other elite Saudi league teams, Al-Nassr will continue to fight to finish in the highest place and they cannot miss a win regardless of their opponent.

Al-ettifaq's match against Al-hilal, in my opinion, Al-ettifaq's performance was not good, but in my opinion, with a score of 0-2 for Al-hilal's victory, of course Al-ettifaq played quite well considering that Al-hilal is the strongest team currently in the Saudi league but I see that Al-ettifaq is not able to take advantage of opportunities, maybe this is Steven Gerrard's job to make Al-ettifaq better in taking advantage of opportunities in the future.

Milinkovic-Savic and Aldawsari became heroes for Al-hilal but in my opinion Al-hilal also couldn't have played any better after 55 minutes and of course Al-hilal wasted time and it looks like Steven Gerrard's technique was very good in guarding defense Al-ettifaq yes with this result Jorge Jesus' team is getting more and more points and it seems very difficult for Cristiano Ronaldo and his friends to shift Al-hilal's position. Yes, we'll see Al-hilal's next match and of course Al-hilal will face Al-ittihad while Al -ettifaq will face Damac.

The main reason I'm watching SPL matches is simply because of one popular player that have conquered European football and moving to Saudi Arabia to make another difference like he always do. Al Nassr becomes the first SPL club to grow popularity that was unwatchable to other SPL sides. The Knights of Najd remained the top team when it involves performance and titles pursuit but there's evidence of one prominent team in SPL bigger than Al Nassr which is Al Hilal. Both team have pulled top challenges for the SPL title this season and the race for the trophy is still on.

This is a common misunderstanding in football. Having one or two strong players in a team of weak players does not guarantee excellence. In fact, having a well-rounded and cohesive team of standard, average, and good players is often more effective than relying solely on a star or celebrity player. As a leader or team manager, it's crucial to recruit players across all positions who can contribute to the team's balance and efficiency. Relying too heavily on one standout player can create dependency issues and hinder overall team performance. It's akin to having an "Iroko tree" among other crops, which can pose a general problem for some clubs.

This is a principle that I believe other managers can learn from managers like Ancelotti and Guardiola. These two managers have demonstrated proficiency in assembling cohesive teams, which has propelled them to success in their respective leagues.

But this is where he lacks the majesty he pretends to have. If he was the big king he believes he is, he would be above it all including fans chanting Messi's name. But Ronaldo knows that in the history books he lost the fight with Messi. Now this maybe a question of taste, but in the history books there will be Messi with a World Cup title, with dozens of records including most goals scored in a season in La Liga where Ronaldo was his fiercest competitor for so long. Messi has 8 ballon d'Or and 8 FIFA best footballer awards. Ronaldo is far behind that and I know that people from today might say Ronaldo was better and they are of course entitiled to have their opinion, but as I said, when it is black on white in the books then that is what will one day count and hardly anything else. Too bad that Ronaldo is therefore behaving like a little kid.

You can't say Al Hilal is winning the games just because they are good players or because they have good managers because all other top teams in the Saudi League also have good financial situations and they can have buy good and expensive players for their teams.
Even Al Nassr has a much better player like Ronaldo in their team but they can't beat Al Hilal in this season.
That's why I think the main reason for Al Hilal to have good performance is mostly because of having a balanced team and better teamwork compared to the other teams.

Because AL Hilal has a better manager and younger players. You may think that the names they have are mediocre, but they are mediocre players at their prime, whereas Al-Nassr got players like Ronaldo, and a few more names, but at a very old age.

The difference is that Ronaldo may look like the top goal scorer, but when you look at the overall team, there is nobody else aside from maybe Talisca that could score, so all balls go to Ronaldo eventually, which resulted with them losing more games. When you go ahead and watch the game between Al Hilal and Al Nassr, you will see the difference, the physical condition of Al Hilal is far superior and that is why they managed to get the win, we should see the difference there.

Previously, Al Ittihad lost with a score of 3-4 in the first meeting, now the second meeting will be played at King Fahd, Al Hilal's home ground. referring to the statistics of these two teams, we all know that the home team is far superior in the meeting of these two teams. based on the betting exchange, Al Hilal with odds @1.45, while A Ittihad with @5.60. It is clear that there is a gap between these two teams. well, for me the question is, will both teams score goals. at least, if Al Ittihad is able to break into Al Hilal's goal. the Over 3 goals option can be a betting alternative. another question is, what pattern will Gallardo use, offensive or more likely a counter-attack pattern. If so, we can choose the handicap option as another betting option. unfortunately, I don't have any references regarding information on the two teams at this time.

However, referring to the statistics and data of these two teams, Al Hilal is in on fire mode. In almost every match they play, Al Hilal is able to score 2 goals regardless of the team they are playing against. so, on paper Al Hilal has the opportunity to overthrow Al Ittihad. moreover, Jorge Jesus' squad played in front of its own supporters. On the other hand, even though Al Ittihad is unbeaten in its 6 matches in various competitions, getting points to beat the home team is not an easy job. so far, Al Hilal has not been defeated. the potential to get full points to overthrow Al Ittihad, Al Hilal has a high probability. well, this match will be held in the next 2 days. so, we can review it again before this match is held.

For this round the bet on Al itihad paying 6.00 it can be a very good chance to be a very good profit, or maybe take the double chance thing, but still a risky bet because of the high level of the AL Hilal, but well this is betting for something 

Al Ahli Al fateh can be the best game to see this round.

It's not true at all. Basically, if you were betting on the top tier club in any league and the chance for you to get a reward for your money is far bigger rather than bet on the match between clubs that have equal performance. You seem to feel it as easy bet caused by you took the top clubs as your bet.
Things are very different when you are taking non strong club to bet. It feels more difficult to predict, let's assume you were alwasy taking al hilal as your bet in any week since early season and you do generate a lot of money from your bet.
Then try to consistently picking the match which involving two middle tier clubs. You will be feeling so different with it. Mostly of matches dominated by elite team int he saudi pro league. It's caused by the gap is too big between big and small clubs.
You can make a comparison to these clubs. Let's compare al nassr with a club like al shabab. So, you can know that if the gap is too big for al shabab to compete with al nassr. It makes betting on this league much easier. Tihs kinda different when you were picking a match between two equal clubs.
It gives you different impression.

Tomorrow Al-Wehda vs Al-Taawoun team will enter the field to play in Saudi Professional League. It is difficult for me to predict which team will win the match between these two teams. But I will bet for Al-Wehda team in this match.  .I know Al-Wehda team is far behind in the points table.

Mahrez decided to leave Manchester City and go to Saudi to join Al Ahli because the money he could earn was much bigger, besides that, with Al Ahli he had the opportunity to become one of the best players there.
With Manchester City in several seasons he did not make him one of the main players because in one season he played no more than half of the total matches during one season.
But there are several interesting things about Mahrez move to Saudi with Al Ahli where he can play very well and even show very competitive performance in his contribution as front line player.

Whether it is good team or not is his own decision, when he decides to go and join he must be able to give his best performance.
After all, he is 33 years old and it will be difficult to find team capable of paying high wages except for the Saudi team, he has also played very well so far when playing for Al Ahli.

The Arab League continues to be in the spotlight because of the courage of Arab League clubs to buy players at fairly high prices,apart from Arab League clubs, I think currently there are no teams from other leagues who even dare to bid for old players like as crazy as the Arab teams do, there are so many former European players who play in the Arab league have now really made the Arab league very competitive, indeed previously there were several europa players who played in the Arab league but I think we don't really follow the development of the arab league because it is not the top 5 leagues in the world, but after Ronaldo decision Joining the Al Nassr club has certainly opened the world eyes to continue to follow developments in the current Arab League and it has been proven that Ronaldo popularity can be transmitted to the league in which he plays.

Currently, Ronaldo is the top scorer in the Arabian league with 22 goals, in second place is Alesandar Mitrovic with 19 goals, meanwhile, with only a difference of three goals, of course Mitrovic still has the opportunity to pursue the position as the top scorer, especially as it seems that currently Ronaldo has the potential to be punished from the Saudi Arabian league authorities after his bad behavior towards Al-Shahab fans when the match between Al-Nasr vs Al-Shahab took place, so far we can see that the names of players from Europe dominate the list of top scorers in the Arab league.

It could be that, as a result of this indifferent attitude, Cristiano Ronaldo plays increasingly erratically and on the field he often makes mistakes that are inappropriate for a top player in the world at the moment.
In last weekend's match when Al Nassr played against Al Shahab in the 21st match of the Saudi Professional League, Cristiano Ronaldo repeatedly made mistakes during the match, namely Cristiano Ronaldo showed indecent gestures such as indecent gestures when being teased by supporters. Al Shahab team. In the stadium, he shouted Lionel Messi's name and it was heard clearly in Cristiano Ronaldo's ears, triggering anger and discomfort for Cristiano Ronaldo himself.

And Cristiano Ronaldo's attitude is currently in the spotlight of the public who believe that Cristiano Ronaldo has committed a violation so he deserves a penalty for not playing in the next two matches to support the Al Nassr team.
And this incident was very detrimental to CKUB Al Nassr of course because the team was also affected by Cristiano Ronaldo's bad behavior by being given a fine from the Saudi Professional League Federation.
And apart from that, this presence also really affects the performance of the Al Nassr players, of course they will become weaker and less enthusiastic. A mistake made by one of the players will have a big impact on his team members apart from his fellow players and also the Al Nassr coach who might feel annoyed by this incident.
And of course, if Cristiano Ronaldo is really punished by the Saudi League federation then in the future the Al Nassr team will not be able to perform optimally because there are no best players to support the club.

If we talk about predictions, Ronaldo deserves to be the strongest candidate to become the top scorer in the Saudi Arabian League (SPL). The reason is that with the goals he is currently scoring and his consistency in scoring goals in every match, Ronaldo is the leading candidate to become the top scorer compared to other players in the Saudi Arabian League.
However, I will not say that Ronaldo will definitely be the top scorer in the Saudi Arabian League (SPL) this season, because as we know, there are still quite a lot of matches left in this season, namely 9 matches remaining for all clubs. Therefore, I think it is too early to say that Ronaldo will definitely be the top scorer in the Saudi Arabian League this season. The reason is that this season the competition for players to become the top scorer in the Saudi Arabian League is quite tight.

Maybe because there are so many European players playing in the Saudi Arabian League, making the competition to become top scorer even more competitive. So in essence, in the remaining 9 matches this season for all teams in the SPL, Ronaldo's position as top scorer could be shifted or conversely Ronaldo will soar even higher to become top scorer in the Saudi Arabian League.

I still don't fully understand why Al-Nassr is so far behind and how is it possible that Al-Hilal is so dominant when actually the names of their players on average aren't that much better. Neymar isn't even playing. I think this is a showcase for the fact that Ronaldo alone can't win the league, but still they have got some more names on their team as well at Al-Nassr. Yet it is not enough so far to compete with Al-Hilal.

It is 7 points and Al-Nassr has the game at home in hand against Al-Hilal, which would make it 4 points if they win it and then Al-Nassr can only hope that Al-Hilal shows some weaknesses. Otherwise this season could already be over. Now I understand that it is of course too early to throw the towel, but it is demoralizing for Al-Nassr to see how well Al-Hilal is playing.

Ronaldo probably doesn't care as the only title that counts for him is the best scorer award.

The Saudi Professional League has only 18 teams so totally there are 34 matches for each team. So far the league has gone through Match day #21 and it means only 13 more match days till an ending.

7 points are big difference and it looks to be very far for Al-Nassr to catch Al-Hilal because Al-Hilal dominated the league. If we look at their total conceded goals, with only 10 conceded goals, we will see that chance to lose points for Al-Hilal is very small. They have both strong defense and attacking system and they can avoid defeats and also can win many matches, even win big.

Al-Nassr only can hope that some sudden magic will cause bad performances in Al-Hilal so that they can equalize total points with the competitor.

Well, someone has to be able to stop Al-Hilal this season. Al-Nassr has failed, Al-ahli has also failed and Al-ettifaq has also experienced defeat and is unable to make Al-hilal difficult. And now we might just have to see whether Benzema and his friends will be able to beat Al-Hilal or not. And if it turns out that Al-Hilal is still undefeated then we don't know which other team will be able to stop them if the big teams have also failed. Maybe Al-hilal will make history with an unbeaten record in one season. And if that happens then the name of this club will go down in unforgettable history in the SPL.

Competing at home will not guarantee Al Hilal's victory and you can see from the results of the data from the meeting between the two clubs that when Al Hilal was the host the match ended in a draw, even though currently Al Hilal's situation is different from the past after Mitrovic's arrival, but a draw could happen. .
Before betting we need to analyze more deeply because I see that the chances of Al Hilal winning look bigger but the surprises in football never end so I will not bet on Al Hilal winning but choose to bet on a handicap that is more profitable and not too risky to avoid shock.
Looking at the current players, Al Hilal has no injury problems with its main players and Ittihad also has no injury problems with its main players, so there is a possibility that both clubs can also score.

For Al Nassr, I predicted by heart because it was certain that Al Nassr would win, beating Al Hazm, but Al Nassr should not underestimate Al Hazm because small clubs can usually provide difficulties that are very difficult for popular clubs like Al Nassr to break through.

Riyad Mahrez actually chose the right club. Because playing at Al-ahli won't put a lot of pressure on him. This is different from playing at a club that was the champion last season and had good achievements, such as Al-Nassr, Al-ittihad and Al-hilal. And Al-ahli also made a fantastic contract and transfer price to bring in Mahrez. And as a result, Mahrez also contributed greatly to Al-ahli's performance which immediately shot up and was able to compete with Al-Nassr, Al-hilal and Al-ittihad.