Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 33. (Read 126597 times)

In the 12 matches that Al Ittihad has played this season, they have never drawn at all, but it is possible that Al Nassr will force them to share points. On paper, Al Ittihad is favored over Al Nassr, but the results of the match could be the opposite. Actually, this match will benefit Al Hilal, and the defending champions must hope that Al Ittihad loses points. Meanwhile, if Al Nassr loses, I think their chances of competing for the trophy in the future will be even slimmer. This big match will put a lot at stake, and will provide a complete view of the strengths of both teams this season. In the previous match, Al Nassr lost, Pioli needs to work hard to be able to create a turning point in performance, which of course will not be easy.

Al-Ittihad is the favorite to win this game. In twelve games they have lost just one and won eleven matches. Al Nassr also lost just one game, but the difference is that they drew four games which made them to lose some points. Karim Benzema has scored a total of nine goals this season with a remarkable performance in his side's last game against Al-Ettifaq when he scored one and gave two assists. So I am expecting him to be active in this game.

Ronaldo on the other hand has also scored 9 goals bit in eleven games. The Portuguese player did not see the back of the net in their 2-1 loss with Al Sadd. The game will be an opportunity to watch two of the former biggest strikers in Europe. Both of them have won the Ballon d'Or, making them one of the greatest strikers of all time. 

Against Al Nassr is certainly one  match of the big tests for Al ittihad this season become as competitor for the championship, because their and Al Hillal are currently 2 points apart and whatever result them get in the match will of course greatly affect their position in standing, honestly the match against Al nassr seems like it will be difficult for Al ittihad to win, because however at this time Al Nassr also has ambitions to rise and return to the championship path, so I think a draw result be the end of the match later.

Looking at the odds for both teams, a question crossed my mind. are there any Al Ittihad players who are injured, because their performance so far has been quite good but Al Nassr has slightly smaller odds than Al Ittihad who is acting as the host team. honestly, I have quite a hard time getting information about the teams competing in the Saudi Pro League. I mean, like the latest information regarding the Al Ittihad vs Al Nassr match. referring to the last 5 matches of these two teams, Al Ittihad is much better by sweeping clean with wins. while Al Nassr, two draws, one loss and two wins. moreover, the two teams are 8 points apart. I have a little doubt about the condition of Laurent Blanc's squad, is there one of his core players absent in this match. I don't know, I don't have the related information. but if there are no problems, both teams should have the same chance. or, maybe based on H2H in the last two meetings, Al Ittihad always loses by conceding many goals. Regardless, this match should be exciting and not Al Nassr who insist on getting full points. Likewise with Al Ittihad who must maintain their ranking at the top of the standings by winning the match against Al Nassr.

SPL sides are awakened, they're always aiming for greatness and winning is absolutely priority. One of my favorite side is Al Nassr. They have good players and one of them that I have close sights on is the Portuguese. Cristiano Ronaldo is the main player for Al Nassr. He was present during their shocking loss to Al Sadd few days ago. He'd done great things for the club, winning titles and becoming one of the best players. What else would he meet up for the club? One thing I know for sure, the Knights of Najd will bounce back to winning ways, this defeat is just mere setbacks. Al Nassr can not escape defeats because that's the atom of what comprises a team.

Al Nassr spot fixed into AFC Champions League quarterfinal so they give rest to Cristiano Ronaldo for this game but still things were not good as they are not able to score any goal while we have three goals from Qatari side Al Sadd Sadio Mané is also not at his best which is concern for the Al Nassr because they needed their players at his best while they also needed to give their best in all games.

This was right strategy from the Al Nassr management as they enter into this game without their star player because they also have big game in Saudi League against league leaders Al Ittihad which is having 10 matches win streak, and they are looking for having difference of points increased, but this big game is surely going to have big impact on their chances of win in this season.

Last season, when Al Ittihad had poor results and a drop in performance, Al Nassr actually beat Al Ittihad. But unfortunately, when Al Ittihad is in its best trend then it seems difficult for Al Nassr to be able to beat Al Ittihad. Moreover, so far this season Al Ittihad has managed to have very impressive results with its winning streak, and Al Ittihad's defeat so far this season only occurred  when Al Ittihad played away against Al Hilal.

But even though Al Ittihad has had very good results so far this season, the fact is that in the odds available at the moment at least Al Nassr is still slightly more favored than Al Ittihad. I personally feel that these odds are not quite right, because in my view Al Ittihad has a good chance of still winning or just getting a draw. But yes, even though Al Nassr are slightly more favored, I personally still believe that Al Ittihad will still win in this home match despite playing against a difficult team Al Nassr.

In my opinion, the game on Friday could decide who will win the league, because if Al Nassr wins on Friday, then we will see Al Hilal returning to the top of the table and I highly doubt that Al Hilal will lose in the remaining games and also Al Nassr could at least finish in second place, but if Al Ittihad manages to win tomorrow, then it is likely that they will not lose in the remaining games and become champions. That is why I consider the game on Friday as being a very important game and that it could decide who will be the champion of this season.

I love that man he is hardworking and determined in achieving whatever he puts his mind to do. It was Ronaldo's move to the Saudi  league that attracted a host of other quality professional footballers to the Middle east. I am in doubt if we can have another model of Cristiano Ronaldo in the history of football because the player is so passionate engaging in games like his life depends on it. I am sure that what has help kept Cristiano Ronaldo healthy and strong in active football even with his age is his conscious verity of the choice of consumption, never compromising on his hygiene because he understands that there lies the duration he can go in his football career.

Statistically, what can be shown by both teams, then Al Ittihad has better statistics and as you said that they are more consistent than Al Nassr, besides that they will also have the status as hosts.
However, apart from all that, it cannot be denied that Al Nassr is a great team so they will not be easy to beat just because their statistics are not better than Al Ittihad, in any match anything can happen.
I also think that it is not easy to predict a match like this, because two good teams meet with good player compositions too. So maybe a draw will happen.

This week a very exciting match will take place again in the Saudi Pro League. Because two big teams will meet again and they are Al-ittihad who will compete against Al-nassr at the King Abdullah Sport City stadium. And I think this is the moment I've been waiting for because Cristiano Ronaldo will face Benzema this week. And I hope that both of them are not absent and can fight excitingly in this match.

I'm a little confused about making a choice but I emotionally want to choose Al-nassr because I hope Cr7 wins with his team. But in our analysis we see that Al-ittihad is more consistent this season so Al-ittihad's chance of winning could be more likely.

I'm curious what you guys think? Will Al-Nassr win this match or not?

Cristiano Ronaldo is indeed a good player, yes, I am also amazed by his personality, who is always disciplined in everything, yes, soon he will be 40 years old, but yes, his spirit is still good and to be honest, I still want to see his performance because his performance is always good. Yes, that's why it's not surprising that many people like him because he is very good because he always takes good care of his health. Yes, of course he can be used as an example for other young players because of his disciplined way of maintaining his health and his high winning mentality, which is certainly worthy of being an example for other players. and other young players.

but yes, it's really a shame that Al Nassr's match against Al Sadd at LCA Al-Nassr lost with a score of 1-2, but in fact, Al-Nassr had so many good opportunities, but yes, it seems that without Cristiano Ronaldo playing, there is indeed something strange Al-Nassr sometimes they always lose and of course Pioli has to fix this, but fortunately Al Nassr certainly has great potential to qualify for the last 16 of the LCA so of course there is time for Al Nassr to can win the LCA champion title. But yes, the Al Sadd players look happy and that's natural because Al-Nassr has never lost in the LCA this season, but now Al Sadd can beat Al-Nassr. But to be honest, I like Pioli's decision to rest Ronaldo because Al-Nassr has to focus on the SPL match, namely Al-Nassr will play Ittihad, so yes, I hope Pioli's plan runs smoothly and is successful.

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There is no doubt. Al Hilal will win again this season. I'm 99.99% sure The quality of players it has is well-balanced and strong. Yes, Al Ittihad has skilled players like Benzema (and others), but they are relying on him completely, plus they haven't fully understood his playing style. On the flip side, Al Hilal appears more balanced across all areas of the game. As for Al Nassr, I knew from the beginning that they won't win this season since they keep some players just because they were good in the past (I'm not talking about CR7; he is an exception).

Cristiano Ronaldo always likes to win and he always tries to make the most of his contribution when the team wins. If he can't play to the maximum for the team in any match then he is seen a lot of upset in that match. He has played everywhere from national team to La Liga, La Liga to English Premier League, English Premier League to Italian League and Italian League to Saudi League and he has always tried to give his best everywhere. At the end of his career, he is playing for Al Nassr in the Saudi League where he is consistently performing well for Al Nassr.  Ronaldo has already broken the record of 900 goals and is on course to touch the milestone of 1000 goals.

The Saudi Arabian League standings are still topped by Al Ittihad, then in second place is filled by Al Hilal, and while positions 3, 4, 5 are occupied by Al Nasr, Al Qadisiyah, and also Al Shabab. If you look at this standings table, I personally cannot predict which team will actually win the Saudi Arabian League this season. However, the two strongest team candidates who have a big chance of becoming champions of the Saudi Arabian League are Al Ittihad and also Al Hilal. The reason is, other teams who are ranked 3 to 5 in the top currently have quite a large difference in points with Al Ittihad or Al Ahli. Al Nasr, who is ranked 3rd in the Saudi Arabian League, has a difference of 6 points with Al Hilal and a difference of 8 points with Al Ittihad. So if you look at the current situation, I think Al Nasr will have a little difficulty being able to shift Al Hilal's position, let alone Al Ittihad at this time. But in essence, this season is still long, so anything can happen. Therefore, we'll see whether this standings will change or will it remain like this until the end of the season. What do you all think about this?

I am no longer surprised that when Al-Nassr plays without Cristiano Ronaldo, this team often cannot win matches and often gets draws or even defeats. And in Al-Nassr's match against Al Sadd, we know that Cristiano Ronaldo was absent from that match. I don't know the reason why Cristiano Ronaldo was absent from that match but it is very unfortunate because that is why Al-Nassr suffered defeat. But Al-Nassr's defeat in that match actually didn't harm Al-Nassr too much because the number of points Al-Nassr obtained in the AFC Elite Champions League was quite a lot. So experiencing one defeat will not be a big problem. Maybe because of this, Cristiano Ronaldo was allowed to be absent. Or maybe Pioli deliberately gave Cristiano Ronaldo time off so that this player could play more optimally in the SPL.

His enthusiasm is still like that of a young person and of course up to now it feels like there are no more football players who can be like him and from the younger generation I also see that there are no players who have the skills and abilities like him. but yes, sometimes there are times when he doesn't perform very well because of course the age factor always gets to him.

but of course, considering the tighter competition this season, which of course in my opinion is tougher than last season, it is certain that currently it is very difficult for Cristiano Ronaldo to realize his dream in the SPL because of the performance of other teams which of course has now improved and of course one example is Ittihad which is now performing better than last season, of course, to see whether Cristiano Ronaldo's dream will come true or not, only time will tell.

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By the way, what do you think about Al Nassr's next match against Ittihad? Yes, in my opinion, of course it is very difficult to predict because what is certain is that Ittihad is currently performing well, while it is also possible that Al Nassr in that match will be good and come back, I would like to know your opinion. Who do you think will win?

Al Nassr lost to Al Sadd at home and Cristiano Ronaldo is very ambitious because he could not win this match. Al Nassr finished in the first defeat in the Asian Champions League at home. It is a very valuable victory for Al Sadd because they left a difficult away game with three points. The effective side throughout the match was Qatari team Al Sadd, although Cristiano Ronaldo's team Al Nassr won.

I think everyone must have high expectations since Ronaldo joined this club but they forget that winning a trophy cannot expect only 1 star player, it requires hard work between fellow players and also the hard work of the coach in building the right strategy, Ronaldo has done his job well and helped his club but that's not enough.
But what I know is that Ronaldo is not only chasing the SPL trophy but also creating a record of 1000 goals, maybe if Ronaldo doesn't get the SPL title before he retires he might reach his 1000 goal record.

They assumed it because Al-Nassr won Saudi Professional League only one season before appearance of Cristiano Ronaldo in their club. They bought more star players, not only Cristiano Ronaldo and in assumption, their strength must become stronger and their squad must be more competitive. Unfortunately, Saudi Professional League have Al-Ittihad, that won Saudi Professional League in a first season of C. Ronaldo for Al-Nassr. Then Al-Hilal, a most successful club in Saudi Professional League returned to their winning track and became a biggest barrier for Al-Nassr in two latest seasons.

He has a crucial role in Al-Nassr and I think he did it well for them. As a club, a team, they must know that dependence on a very old player like Cristiano Ronaldo is not good strategy and it won't help them to win Saudi Professional League. They must see their weakness in defense, improve it so that they can win Saudi Professional League. If defense weakness won't be fixed, they will continue losing points to weak teams in Saudi Professional League and fail in a title competition.