Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 5. (Read 128286 times)

It was a crushing victory and after the game the Al Hilal coach spoke to the press about Neymar's current situation and from what I could understand, Neymar is no longer in good physical condition to play mid-level football again, which means he would not be able to play in the big leagues in Europe where the physical level required by teams is a very high level of physical conditioning.

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Al Hilal's coach said that they will not register Neymar in the Saudi league this year, which means that when June comes to the end of Neymar's contract, the chances of not renewing the contract are very high. Al Hilal's managers are using their heads well, they have a winning team, it makes no sense to pay a high salary to someone who does not play. While on the other side, Al Nassr are spending a lot of money on Ronaldo and do not win the Saudi league.

Although they might be the strongest in the Saudi Pro League just as you said but we have also seen score lines like this from other leagues. Manchester City did it a lot in the Premier league, Barcelona and Real Madrid have also given La Liga teams outrageous score lines, Bayern inclusion too in their leagues, Juventus in the Seria A too. Its not just in the Saudi league we see these kind of score loines.

It's not every match week in the Saudi Pro League that you get to see a team win with a 9-goal margin but that's actually what Al Hilal managed to do today when they thrashed Al Fateh by 9 goals to nil. I think the three points meant more to Al Hilal as much as the the number of goals they scored because it was after the result they over took Al Ittihad in the league table for having a better goal difference after the two were tied in 40 points. The Saudi this season looks very interesting but the truth is that just Al Hilal and Al Ittihad are the two major contenders for the title I think.

It may not be possible to see such a score result in any league, but it is easier to live in the Saudi league, there are big differences between the current investments of the teams. We can say that Al Hilal is the strongest team in the league, they have many elite players compared to other teams, and those players are doing their job, it is hard to be in the place of other teams.

Also Goalkeeper, I know they have Bento, but dude is just not good enough at all, not even nearly. They need to get an actually great player, even if that player is old, they need success now when they have Ronaldo, so ignore the age and get the best you can get. Look at Ederson and Alison, both are looking like they could be bought, specially City looks like they are willing to let him go, that could actually be amazing for them, certainly would be much better than Bento if you ask me.

Ederson may have some adjusting period, plus he hasn't played all games, Ortega did and that is why I believe that Ederson may sometime adjusting, but they should really consider if they could get him and make him play, it could be awesome for them. Obviously they could also get other players too, like KDB said he is willing to play at Saudi League, so maybe doing a package deal with both of them could solve all of their issues and they could end up with a great future.

Although Al Hilal are a great scoring team in their league, they have scored 14 goals in just two of their recent matches. In fact in this season so far, they have scored the most number of goals in the league, 48 goals in 15 matches, Al Ittihad scoring 37 in 15 matches also. The league is still tight between both teams as they are leveled on points.

Al Hilal deserved to win with a big goal margin because the away team playing at Al Hilal's home ground is a team that does not convince us at all to give a surprise. 9-0 a big score that helped Mitrovic lead the list of top scorers in the Saudi Professional League.
Now, the competition with Al Ittihad who have the same number of points as Al Hilal is like burying Al Nassr's dream of winning the trophy with Cristiano Ronaldo.
Al Nassr are no longer or have been out of the title race and what remains now is the competition for top scorer Ronaldo with Mitrovic and Benzema.

Financial support plays an important role in becoming a title challenger, it is no wonder that Al Hilal, Al Ittihad, Al Nassr and Al Ahli who are under the auspices of PIF, are strong candidates to win the trophy every season. Al Qadasiyah this season has shown rapid improvement, they have the potential to compete to become a title challenger, this is inseparable from the depth of the squad they have built, and it will not happen without adequate financial support.

Overall, the improvement in the performance of several teams at once can make the Saudi Pro League more competitive, making it interesting to follow. Meanwhile, I predict that in the future there will be more former top European players joining the Saudi Pro League, because they can get a bigger salary than what they get in European clubs.

I never seen such a big result in this league with so many goals. It looked like Al Hilal could score from every attack in this match. Really a big win for them but this team they played against is really the worst in the entire league and they will be relegated for sure. Al Hilal without Mitrovic scored so many goals and this is good for their confidence.

The SPL title competition is always changing but in popular teams. I mean we only continue to see Al Hilal's competition with other teams such as Ittihad, Al Nassr etc. While there is no mediocre team that can compete with Al Hilal.
And in the coming season there will definitely be no other team that is able to compete at the top of the standings and we will also only see boredom over Al Hilal who will continue to be at the top of the standings without any pressure.

BTW, very satisfied to see Al Hilal score a big score against Al Fateh and I think this will be a threat to other teams who are currently also trying to catch up on points. But Ittihad still has a chance and Al Nassr no longer has a chance.

The previous season we saw Al nassr become a serious challenger to Al hillal in the race for the title, this season we actually saw if Al ittihad who became a challenger in the championship competition with Al Hillal, precisely this indicates that every season there are several clubs in the SPL that develop and can become serious challengers in the race for the title, so I think next season we maybe also see Al Qadasiya become a title challenger team to break the dominance of Al hillal in the SPL so far, because in terms from finance, Al Qadasiya also have strong financial support after Saudi Aramco acquired them, so I think they have the ability and a great opportunity to further develop next season, especially if they manage to recruit many European star players and also maintain consistency as it is today.

A big win for Al Hilal today, they dismantled their opponent Al Fateh by a whopping score line of 9-0. This win has brought Al Hilal to the first spot in the Saudi Professional League table, although they are leveled on points with Al Ittihad, both teams having 40 points each after playing 15 games each but Al Hilal are ahead by goal difference as it stands now. Al Nassr are in third position with 28 points but have played 14 games so far.

Really it's a big victory for AL-Hilal in this tournament. Score 9-0 from Al-Fateh. I was surprised the playing to see Al-Fateh. They can't do any single goal for Al-Hilal. Al-Hilal is one of the greatest teams in the Saudi Football League. They only lost 1 match in this tournament.

Al Hilal did a very good job in the match against Al Fateh, the home team did not hesitate to destroy the opposing team with a score of 9-0. Although Mitrovic was not played due to injury, Marcos Leonardo did a good job as a substitute for Mitrovic. No half measures, Leonardo can also play great like Mitrovic who always almost scores goals in every match. In this match Marcos Leonardo proved his capacity as a sharp striker by scoring a hat-trick, which means Jorge Jesus did not have too many problems even though his main striker was injured. Based on the statistics of the match, Al Hilal dominated the match, they even had 35 total shots. However, this victory is very reasonable considering that Al Fateh is ranked at the bottom. In their 15 matches they have only been able to win 1 match, draw 3 and lose 11 times. Well, Al Hilal is still at the top of the standings with 40 points. While Al Ittihad, they are ahead of Al Raed with a temporary score of 2-0. It seems that this match ended with the victory of Laurent Blanc's team, but unfortunately they could not shift Al Hilal's position even though they had the same points. Well, if you really bet on these two top teams, you have won one match, namely Al Hilal. The rest, Al Ittihad will follow, because I am sure the opposing team will not be able to equalize, let alone make a comeback.

As usual, Al-Hilal always makes anyone who bets on their winnings feel happy. Al-Hilal managed to get full points in the match against Al-Fateh with an amazing score of 9-0. It seems that Al-hilal really has no intention of handing over the top ranking back to Al-ittihad. Because in this match, Al-Hilal even showed that they also had to be superior in terms of the difference in goals scored. 9-0 score I think is really a rare score even in the SPL. This big victory obtained with a very large score really shows the difference in Al-Hilal's strength from his opponent.

Although I am happy with Al-Hilal's victory. But with a score this big, I also feel sorry for the opponent Al-hilal is facing, namely Al-Fateh.

Whatever happens to the club as a result is always something that should be embraced by the entire club whether it's a positive outcome or a negative one, however mistakes must be identified by the coach and the management team where corrections will be taken accordingly. If the club is facing issues with their defense, then it is the duty of the manager to identify what player is underperforming study the issue properly then work towards a better solution to bolster the performance of the team.


I was one of the critics of Osimhen especially the decisions he made after leaving Napoli but at some point, I had a thought of it again and looked at how Napoli messed up with his confidence and support base could have frustrated the player and impact on its decisions negatively. Whatever Osimhen is facing today is as a result of the negligence or lack of solid support base he has gotten from the team especially in terms emotions.

Al Hilal lead is now 5 goals while there are no goals for Al-Fateh and we are in the 61 minute in the 2nd half. Kalidou Koulibaly scored the first goal and after that we see some shots in the net and more goals for Al Hilal. I am sure Al-Halil may score a few more goals till we have full time whistle. The reason we see many goals by Al Hilal in this match is because they are the best team who have won 13 matches out of 15 played.

On the other hand, Al-Fateh is the weakest team who won only a single match out of 15 played. I don't think they can play any better today.

Because the competition with Al Ittihad is also quite tight this season, then scoring more goals can help Al Hilal if the possibility of getting points will always be balanced by Al Ittihad.
Now the 60th minute and Al Hilal is leading 5-0. until the end of the match, there may be additional goals, but it also depends on the strategy that will be continued by Al Hilal. It is possible that they will replace more players to finish the match.

Considering Al Hilal are competing for the trophy and Al Fateh are at the bottom of the table, then a 4-0 score in the first half in my opinion is not a surprising result for Al Fateh either. Because after all, the reality is that Al Hilal is a very productive team so far this season in the Saudi Pro League and even, compared to Al Ittihad also the reality is that Al Hilal is still superior in productivity. So, not a surprise at all and also, the first goal for Al Hilal also came in the 20th minute and there was quite a process there, because Al Hilal also did not make quick goals in the early minutes of the match.

But indeed, Al Hilal will continue to make efforts to make more goals, because the competition with Al Ittihad also occurs only their goal gap because they have the same points if Al Ittihad also wins in the next  match and the points will be  equal 40 points.

This is an easy match for them, and considering the level of the opponent they are facing, this is not a surprise. Their opponent is in last place in the standings with only 6 points from 14 matches they have played. I think Al Hilal will be able to add to their goals in this second half, at least 2 additional goals they can create or even more in my opinion. This is also good for them, because the number of goals can be very influential at this time. The previous week they were at the top of the standings because they were superior in the number of goal productivity from Al Ittihad.