Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 493. (Read 119254 times)

So far Al Ettifaq is more consistent than Al Ahli because Al Ettifaq has only experienced 1 defeat in the 7 matches they have played. Indeed, statistically it looks like Al Ahli are the favorites in this match because they are playing at home, but Al Ettifaq is not a weak opponent for them. I think both teams will play aggressively in attack to be able to score goals more quickly in order to dominate this match.

This match will be crucial for them because the competition on the standings is quite close because their points are not far from each other. So both teams are really aiming for victory in this match. I'm sure Al Ahli will come back to winning ways because otherwise it will be increasingly difficult for them to compete with other teams in the top 4.

Tomorrow we've got good matches between the leading teams involved, Al-Taee vs Al-Nassr, Al Feiha vs Al-Ittihad and Al-Hilal vs Al-Shabab. Match winning have got importance as the position switching could happen. Al-Nassr, Al-Ittihad and Al-Hilal were the favourites to win the matches, however at times lower order teams used to outlaw the performance of the leading teams.

This happens and lets see will there be any surprise. In these matches the run for the goal count can be seen, which means the players try to make more number of goals and stay on the top of the leading goal scorers list. As of now Ronaldo leads the chart with 9 goals and Salem Aldawasari of Al-Hilal stands next to him with 6 goals.

Sometimes dominating the game doesn't mean that you are going to end up winning. You could have all the possessions and all the shots but if the result is a loss then it's a loss, they ended up with a win though so they are lucky. I remember Mourinhos famous "they can take the ball to home if they want, we will get the three points" speech when this type of stuff happens, it doesn't matter who dominates and only thing that matters is the win.

I believe that we are going to end up with something that would change some things and should be important. I believe that we are going to end up with something that should not really matter since they got the win, could be more difficult than they expected but they still got it.

Al Ittifaq is a team led by Steven Gerrard, they have played quite well this season in their 7 matches in the Saudi Pro League. Of the 7 matches they played, they won 5 of them, 1 match they lost against Al Hilal, 1 match was a draw. even though Al-Ahli is actually the favorite, and this match was held at their headquarters. But that doesn't mean Steven Gerrard will let his team be easily defeated. In the last 3 matches, Al Ittifaq achieved positive results. They also have high motivation to give resistance to the home team. BTW, in this match there will be a meeting of former teammates from Liverpool.

As for the home team, they have the advantage of having more European players, but it seems like there is a pretty serious problem for me for this team. one of them is Firmimo, he seems to have difficulty scoring goals after his debut match by scoring a hat-trick. after that, he played under performance. In the match against Al Nassr, coach Al-Ahli tried to rotate Firmino as an attacking midfielder, Mahrez as a center forward. However, its performance is even more unstable. Well, in this match will Firmino end his goal scoring drought. we will find out in the match later, and chances are, I have a different prediction than you. however, with a handicap option. Well, let's just wait.

Yeah especially Al-Nassr is slowly taking a place in the standings and they are the only club to have won 5 consecutive matches in the last 5 matches that's a great achievement. As you said, now the difference between Al-Nassr and the leaders is only 3 points meaning they only need one more win to take over and I'm sure they can do it in the near future. By the way tomorrow Al-Nassr will play the 8th match even though they are playing away, Al-Nassr has a big chance of winning.

The good part for all of us in this league is, we have 6 teams in a 3 points gap, from the first to the six position , and this teams are (asides of Al-Tawooun ) the most strong with big reinforcement from european top players, so a really good run ahead.

In fact, that Al Kholood is also not a strong team in the Saudi Division 1 and thus, it is quite surprising why Al Ittihad failed to win in normal time. Perhaps, Al Ittihad only played second-tier players and thus, Al Ittihad still had to work hard to win in this match on penalties. Because after all, Al Ittihad also has never get a title in this tournament or in this King Cup, in contrast to Al Hilal because Al Hilal has twice get the title here in the King Cup. But for this season, of course, the big teams in the Saudi Pro League have the chance to be able to advance further and compete to the final.

This can be a bad result for Al Ittihad against Al Kholood. However, they won the game with penalty kicks finally. But the fact about this game is Al Ittihad couldn't score a goal and one single goal they had was an own goal from Reberto Diaz. After the money they spent and the superstar players they bought, I'm sure the fans of Al Ittihad were expecting to see a much better performance from their team.
Al Kholood had only one shot on target and and goal, which can show maybe the weakness of the goalkeeper in Al Kholood.

It is difficult to predict this match even though Al-Ahli competes as host but Al-Ettifaq is one of the very strong clubs in the Saudi pro league and is even able to always appear strong in some of these matches and I also agree with you that these two clubs have a good performance equal and choosing to bet on both to score is the best option to get a good result at the end of the match.
Seeing Al-Ahli defeat against Al Nasr at that time really makes us doubt what if this happens again in this match but for now Ah-Ahli shouldn't have to worry about all this because I'm sure the hosts have the opportunity to contribute well and the players Ah-Ahli also has greater self confidence when appearing at home, but I just hope that Ah-Ahli doesn't need to focus too much on scoring big scores, just few goals and then maintaining until the end of the match to win.

Al Ettifaq had impressive performance under Gerrard because in the last 8 matches Al Ettifaq only lose once and this summer Al Ettifaq has been done good transfer because mostly the players who bought this summer can adapt quickly with Gerrard strategy and do not forget Al Ettifaq has Moussa Dembele in the front lines now and recently Dembele performance is very impressive and 5 goals from 3 matches is showing Dembele is onfire

Last match was quite dissapoint to Al Ahli because they lose with narrow scores from Al Nassr and today they want to bounce back but it will not be easy especially based on their meeting statistics Al Ettifaq can able to beat Al Ahli several times at their home so i highly doubt Al Ahli can gets 3 points considering the condition of Al Ettifaq also in the good shape but indeed both teams to scores seem safe bet for this match but besides that option i think over 2.5 goals also good to be considered because i am sure both teams will displayed attacking style and possibly there will be many goals happened in this match

Al Nassr is now fifth in the points table. They have won their last 5 matches. But they are trailing in the points table due to dropping points in the first two matches of the season. Al Nassr is 3 points behind Ittihad Jeddah at the top of the table. Several clubs are fighting for the title this year. They have invested a lot of money. And formed a strong squad. So it will be very difficult for Al Nassr to climb to the top of the table, although their performance is very good right now. I guess Al Hilal and ittihad team will be the favorites for this year's title.

Al Ettifaq appointing Steven Gerrard who failed to lifts Aston Villa to a more promising position, he's in SPL and to my greatest surprise, he's doing exceptionally brilliant. Steven Gerrard is doing an excellent job in Al Ettifaq this season. He's new to the system and quickly adapted to the system and having good moments earning three points in SPL games. One of the reasons behind his fast arising moment js signing the appropriate players for the club. His next game is against Al Ahli which seemed to be very tough and unpredictable, I wouldn't give them a win, instead they might settle for a draw points.

Ohod could not show any presence against them anyway. Al Nassr easily took a big victory by winning 5-1. They also won against Al Ahli in the last week. They have a serious match next week and they are working hard to prepare for this match. They rested Ronaldo and I believe he will continue his great performance in that match this year.

Al Ahli won their last match against Al- Ain away from home in the King Cup of Champions tournament yesterday to take them to the next round, and they'll be hoping to secure another victory this weekend in the league match against Al-Etiffaq but it's not going to be very easy due to the fact that Al-Ettifaq have been in a good performance so far and have only suffered one defeat this season out of 7 matches they've played so far.

 But Al-Àhli would be playing with a home advantage though their major problem would be a poor defensive line but if they can come up with a strategy or formation to strengthen their defense line then I feel they'll win or draw the game if not they'll suffer against Al-Etiffaq who're in a very good form this season and has a very good attacking squad.

One of my notes about Al Ahlii is that their defense hasn't been working well until this game. This is certainly an opening for Al Ettifaq to take advantage of their slightly fragile defense. Because Al Ettifqq itself is classified as a good club in attack. But their home status is also an advantage for Al Ahli, they can take advantage of the pressure from their supprters to provide a threat from outside. Al Ahli must be able to take advantage of that, and not only that, but they must also be able to take advantage of the smallest possible opportunity to win this match.

There is no point in speculating/guessing here. Last season we saw many degenerate decisions by club owners/management (Chelsea, Bayern, etc.) that were absurd and led to a worsening situation. In fact, anything could happen, even Mourinho returning to Chelsea or even Real Madrid (haha) so that there would be someone to manage Mbappe.

This one is definitely a hard game for Steven Gerrard and his team Currently they are in the fourth place in the Saudi league and they are very close to the first team on the table, I think it is worth taking the risk and betting on Al Ettifaq for this match because checking the past games for both teams, Al Ettifaq had much better performance than Al Ahli, However, Al Ahli is also a great team with many famous players they bought in this summer.

More entertaining and interesting it would be, I will get ready for the tough game this weekend. Predicting the winner, ofcourse its clear because both team possessed the strength and support from their fans. Checking out the past history of the game, it was an intriguing one, both sides keep dominate when at their perspective home stadium. However in this game feature, Al Ahli is home, a direct signal of them having good probability of winning. Al Ahli headcoach, Matthias Jaissle will improve his game against Al Ettifaq at King Abdallah Sports City.

Al-Ittihad escaped dramatically in the Kings Cup match against Al-Khoolood last night and no one thought that Al-Ittihad would have difficulty winning in normal minutes. Statistically, it is clear that Al-Ittihad was able to control the course of the match with 68% possession of the ball, but in fact the 7x shot on target opportunities they had did not produce anything and they were very lucky to get the lead through an own goal from an opposing player. Meanwhile, Al-Khoolood, who had just one shot on target, immediately resulted in a goal. Because the match series continued until the penalty shootout round and Al-Ittihad managed to win the penalty shootout with a score of 6-7.

The big match of the eighth week is between Al Ahli vs Ettifaq FC, the two teams have strengths that are not much different, but if you look at the odds, Al Ahli, who is the home team, is quite far ahead so this will very likely be a victory for Al Ahli, who previously lost to Al Nassr, and also head to head Al Ahli have better results, my prediction is that both teams will score goals and even though Ettifaq is not the favorite they will put up tough resistance so that the victory achieved by the home team will have to be very difficult.