Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 44. (Read 118829 times)

Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr have always competed for the title in the last few seasons, although in the end Al-Hilal always managed to beat Al-Nassr in the title race. I see that this season, it is likely that both clubs will continue to compete tightly to win the league title this season. Therefore, it is worth waiting for who will be the winner between Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr at the end of the season.

Although Al Nassr has been in the 2nd position for the past few seasons, they have repeatedly tried and failed to take the 1st position. Even though they are currently in the 3rd position this season, when a match is won by them, it creates a different feeling among the fans. When Al Nassr wins, his supporters win just like Ronaldo wins. Al Nassr won 2-0 against Al Wehda in the last match, which they desperately needed at this moment to fulfill their dream. The gap between 1st,2nd and 3rd placed teams is 1 point each. Everyone hopes that Al Nassr will perform well in the next match. Ronaldo is getting back into form and hopefully he will score in the next match as well. The team tries hard to surpass Al Hilal, the best team of the moment.

Al Hilal is so strong, it seems like they deserves to be in a more competitive league, in fact if in any time the "superliga" was amde with teams from other locations outside europe, i really think Al Hilala is gonna be one of that teams. THey are winning everything here with ease. And the otehr teams keep buying and buying more and more players without any sucees.

So far only 2 teams have never been defeated Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr well, it is likely that competition will occur between these two teams like last season it's just that we haven't seen anything impressive from Al-Nassr because out of 5 matches they only won 3 times while Al-Hilal won all the matches by scoring 16 goals.

Cristiano Ronaldo has played for various clubs in Europe during his long football career and he has performed very well for the clubs he has played for. But the last time he joined Manchester United, he did not perform well due to which Manchester United released him and at that time he was forced to come to Saudi League without any club in Europe.

No one could have imagined that Ronaldo would come to the Saudi league, but when he came to the Saudi league, many players followed him and a lot of money was offered to different European players.

In fact, Ronaldo is one of the best players of all time and he always tries to give his best in whatever club he plays for. Currently, he is performing well for Saudi club Al Nassr despite his age. Cristiano Ronaldo was left out of the squad ahead of the match against Al Wehda mainly due to his illness. When Al Nassr appointed a new coach for the fourth time in their team, the coach Stefano Pioli gave him a temporary break due to Ronaldo's illness. After returning from the break, Ronaldo scored a stunning penalty goal to play a key role in his team's victory.

Moreover, the team that Al Nassr faced is basically very weak as the team has won only one match and managed to draw one match out of five matches and lost all the remaining matches and is placed 16th in the standings. Against such a weak team, it is natural for a strong Al Nassr team to perform well.

Don't rush to say something that is a little unreasonable in my opinion. Indeed in Kuga Pro Saudi they are superior and very difficult to beat, but are you sure if they are already at a different level and even the same as the teams in Europe? I think they are not at that level yet. I don't mean to underestimate at all, but if it's a comparison of European teams I think it's not comparable.
We all know that the Saudi Pro League is not a very competitive and more popular league, so that will be a problem for them too. While the league in Europe we know is the "mecca" of world football, so it can be said that they are at a different level. Once again I'm not underestimating, I'm just saying what I see from my perspective.

You are lucky today. your predictions in the 2 matches were accurate. congratulations.
I was also lucky in the two matches. Al Shabab won 2-1 over Al-Raed. and I bet BTTS for the Al Taawon vs Al-Ettifaq match.

I think the Al Taawon and Al-Ettifaq match is more interesting. both teams tend to have the same quality. I am not sure enough to bet 1x2. A draw like your bet is very good, but I bet on BTTS. the final result almost made me frustrated, with the superior number of players Al Ettifaq also had difficulty scoring goals. until the goal finally came in the last minute of the second half.

Looking at the statistics from the sources below makes me tempted to bet on those 2 matches. Looking at the opportunities that Al Shabab has to face Al-Raed, it seems that Al Shabab has a 60% chance of defeating Al-Raed. On one hand, Al Shabab consistently applies pressure on Al-Raed's defense, which weakens the mentality of the defensive players.

Meanwhile, in the match between Al Taawon and Al-Ettifaq, I also see that Al-Ettifaq could put up a fight to end the game in a draw. Although Al Taawon is heavily favored based on H2H records, both teams are nearly equal in current performance, and Al-Ettifaq consistently tries to apply pressure on Al Taawon, even though they face some difficulties. So I tried to bet on a draw in this match with quite decent odds.

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Al Shabab vs Al-Raed
Al Taawon vs Ettifaq

Al Hilal is so strong, it seems like they deserves to be in a more competitive league, in fact if in any time the "superliga" was amde with teams from other locations outside europe, i really think Al Hilala is gonna be one of that teams. THey are winning everything here with ease. And the otehr teams keep buying and buying more and more players without any sucees.

Al Nassr secured a big 2-0 victory in the last match where Ronaldo, one of the stars of the team, managed to score a penalty. Al Nassr are always favorites against Al-Wehda and it must be said that they performed well against this team to win. We didn't see Cristiano Ronaldo in the XI in the previous match but he was one of the members of the XI in the last match and he contributed to the team's victory by scoring a goal. We got to see his iconic celebration after a long time. As long as Ronaldo is involved with football, I hope he will always be smiling and keep scoring goals regularly when the team needs it

Saudi Professional League are building and it's not true to say they will fail. They need to do more especially things in youth academies to grow up their home grown talented players who will be future of the league and their national team. If Saudi Arabia can invest into their youth academies better and in long term, they can get massive success like Japan. We knew that Japan started their ambitious plan with a Brazilian player Zico and after about 3 decades, we can see how their Japanese League 1 and Japanese player quality are now. Their league is one of best, or can say the best in Asia continent and Japanese players now can play at world class level and are key players in big clubs too.

I am not saying that Ronaldo is their problem. But I think that Al Hilal has a far more balanced team. Their defense was by far the best and regardless of Ronaldo scoring so much for Al Nassr, Al Hilal still scored one goal more than Al Nassr in total. They had about the same strength in attack, but Al Hilal conceded about half as many goals as Al Nassr. That is why bringing in great strikers is all nice, but the balance was neglected. Al Hilal may not have a Ronaldo in their attacking line, but they have several good defenders.

Ronaldo has always been a player who has a very high scoring instinct even though he is no longer young, besides that we can see how he is able to become the top scorer in every club and also the league where he plays, al nassr failed to win the championship trophy last season but individual achievements still belong to Ronaldo, last season al nassr failed to win the league trophy but in fact he still brings a little pride to al nassr fans after winning the award as the top scorer in the league.

But even so I tend to agree with the perspective from @tiCeR which is indeed a team is required to have balance in every line of their squad to win the championship trophy, al nassr has good support in the front line in scoring goals with Ronaldo, Talisca and also Mane, but when they lead in a match, precisly the defense often a weakness which finally makes them have to throw away that the victory, But now slowly Pioli may be able to balance the Al Nassr squad, because after all, the strategy of the coach is also an important role for a team to achieve and maintain victory.

Saudi sees football as a promising investment opportunity, a vision to reduce their dependence on oil. The move to build the Saudi Pro League by recruiting former top European players like Ronaldo is a genius effort, they will not lose by doing so. Likewise with the recruitment of other former top European players, simply put, their efforts must have gone through a very mature calculation stage before investing. With abundant financial strength, I think the Saudi Pro League will develop into one of the competitive and interesting leagues to follow, especially for the Asian region.

Personally, I see them succeeding, even the PIF has started to acquire top European clubs like Newcastle. This indicates that they have sufficient finances to maintain their existence in the long term. It is possible that in the future they will acquire more clubs, recruiting players and paying high salaries is an easy matter for them. Even top European clubs are now starting to have difficulty recruiting the players they are targeting, if Saudi clubs enter the competition, we know they are ready to offer crazy prices.

Looking at the statistics from the sources below makes me tempted to bet on those 2 matches. Looking at the opportunities that Al Shabab has to face Al-Raed, it seems that Al Shabab has a 60% chance of defeating Al-Raed. On one hand, Al Shabab consistently applies pressure on Al-Raed's defense, which weakens the mentality of the defensive players.

Meanwhile, in the match between Al Taawon and Al-Ettifaq, I also see that Al-Ettifaq could put up a fight to end the game in a draw. Although Al Taawon is heavily favored based on H2H records, both teams are nearly equal in current performance, and Al-Ettifaq consistently tries to apply pressure on Al Taawon, even though they face some difficulties. So I tried to bet on a draw in this match with quite decent odds.

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Al Shabab vs Al-Raed
Al Taawon vs Ettifaq

Saudi Arab is an oil producing country and is very rich, so the question is that they won't be able to pay more to the players is out of the question as they have ample money to give it to the players to keep the league running.
Ronaldo coming to play this league was the first success for this league and they should focus on getting more better players to this league even if they have to pay more.

Also if the rewards for winning the matches are increased and individual player performances are rewarded with money, i am sure the players will be more keen to show better performance and hence we see more quality football in this league. Yes, it is only the money that is required and will keep this league running for long term.

I am not saying that Ronaldo is their problem. But I think that Al Hilal has a far more balanced team. Their defense was by far the best and regardless of Ronaldo scoring so much for Al Nassr, Al Hilal still scored one goal more than Al Nassr in total. They had about the same strength in attack, but Al Hilal conceded about half as many goals as Al Nassr. That is why bringing in great strikers is all nice, but the balance was neglected. Al Hilal may not have a Ronaldo in their attacking line, but they have several good defenders.

One of the best in Asia, but not at all comparable to any European league and do you know what great Japanese talents do? They leave Japan. They play in Europe. The charisma the European top leagues have developed over time will ensure that the best players in the world will go there.

It's like the NBA. Of course other countries can try to invest in basketball, but do you really believe that American top talents will start leaving the United States when they have the chance to play there? You are talking about youth academies, but it is not enough for Saudi Arabia to do it. You need international competition because that is what the people want to watch and what the players want to achieve. The Bundesliga couldn't be as great without the top leagues from other countries. You can't turn Saudi Arabia into one of the best leagues in the world if other Asian leagues aren't also the best leagues of the world.

If a Japanese top player wants to play with or against Mbappe and Haaland, what is he going to do? Hope that Mbappe and Haaland go to Japan? It is more complex than just shoving money into a national league. The UEFA is an empire, and the countries are cooperating castles and the competition is a deal they make in order to offer the best product to the people. But you know, people will keep believing that buying retired Ronaldos will turn the Saudi Pro League into the new centre of attention. Pretty funny.

This Saudi strategy is not something that will last long without failing. So far, Ronaldo is serving as a bridge for more players to accept playing in this league, and since the Arabs are offering a lot of money to the players who accept playing in this league, so for now everything is fine. But in this league, the only motivation the players have is the money they earn. They are not striving to win individual awards, they are not striving to be famous, so when the day comes that Ronaldo retires and the Arabs no longer have much money to pay the players' high salaries, the league will die, it will go back to what it was before Ronaldo appeared.