Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 7. (Read 128286 times)

AL Nassr is currently in the third position of the points table and the two teams that are in the second position of the points table have the same number of points. Al Hilal and Al Ittihad have been equally forward so far but you said here that AL Nassr will not be in the position they are currently in so how do you predict AL Nassr to be?  Although AL Nassr is in the third position, they have a big difference in points with Al Hilal and Al Ittihad. Do you think AL Nassr can reduce this point difference and come to the number one or two position in the points table? I don't think so, AL Nassr is currently performing if they are able to improve their performance in the future, on the contrary if Al Hilal and Al Ittihad perform consistently then they should be third in the points table even if they perform well.

Cristiano always made that like every star, when you are the start of the team you start to have some will and power of decission and for obvius reasons you are gonna want to have be surrounded by people you trust around yourself, the only trouble with this is how good you are  driving this.

Orange team, really?
The main color for Al Nassr shirt is yellow, not orange.

Al Nassr agreed to sign a new contract with Cristiano Ronaldo but they reduced salary for him, it's still very lucrative salary but a little lower than a previous deal. Only Cristiano Ronaldo knows what he want and why he decides to continue with Al Nassr and in Saudi Professional League. Money obviously but maybe other reasons like being a first player who can score 100+ goals in five leagues from Europe to Asia. He did it in Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and by staying one more season with Al Nassr, he will achieve it in Saudi Professional League.

Money and goals are what he got so far but no title, and it's really hard to win title if his teammates can not play well. Al Nassr have to improve their squad from midfield to defense to win titles in a next season. If they fail to do this in a next transfer season, they will continue to be at either 2nd or 3rd position in Saudi Professional League.

Well.. that's true. Al Qadsiyah topped last year's Saudi First Division League. They were far ahead of the second placed Al-Orobah. Al Qadsiyah ended the season with 73 points from 34 matches, while Al Orobah the second placed team finished with 64 points. Mbaye Diagne and Luciano Vietto were top performers for them, with 26 and 17 goals respectively. But both of them have moved on to other teams now. For this season, the attack is led by Julián Quiñones and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. 

This promoted team has been able to compete closely so far, they have been able to enter the top four of the Saudi Pro League standings. Referring to the existing team squad, Al Qadsiyah is actually not filled with many former top European players. They only have Aubameyang and Nacho Fernandez, the rest of the foreign players are not so well known. But so far they have been able to compete directly into the top four of the standings, they even have the same points as Al Nassr. However, there are still many matches left for Al Qadsiyah to play until the season ends and if they are able to be consistent, at least in the top four of the Saudi Pro League standings, maybe next season they will prepare their team much more competitively by targeting several top European players who can really be relied on. Well, at least for a promoted team with their performance so far, it can be said that they have played their matches great.

Of course those are matches we have today but however I have a reason to believe that the draw you predicted may not come on this match because Al Shabab has compared there performance with Al Riyadh before during their King's cup and they lost to Al Shabab 2:0, so even if this match is no longer the King's cup but draw is something I never believe today, in terms of Damac against Al Ettifaq, the draw you said earlier is what I would predict for them because we cannot analyse it by the last wining of Al Ettifaq do to the fact that it did not take place currently, then Al Ahli will load goals against Al Khoolod.

Al Qadsiyah is a promoted club this season but they are able to be in the top 4 of the SPL and collect the same points as Al Nassr and that is a very good result for a club that has just been promoted, it shows how serious they are in preparing this season by recruiting many players before starting the season and their coach is able to show his skills in improving the club's performance, although in terms of goal productivity Al Qadsiyah looks lower compared to the top 5 clubs but their defense is very solid.

CR will remain playing in the Arab country for another season and will do so with a most unassailable cash deal. however, his association with Al-nasr will not end and appears to be a long-term bond to strengthen the ORANGE team, which is loyal to him against temptations to join playing clubs. The Portuguese star will become part of the ownership team, although with a minor stake that indicates their trust in him.

the club’s directors have also, in a show of their admiration and in recognition of Ronaldo’s impact since arriving in Riyadh, offered him a five percent stake in the club, which would be the first of its kind at a saudi sports club, which is undergoing structural changes and was recently endowed with a new ceo and chairman.

the owners and directors of Al Nasr never doubted such extension, and whether they can offer the team the tools it needs to develop, albeit with two other strong competitors such as Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad, thus the team's quality must improve in that context.

On top of all this is another factor that has turned the scales in his favor, namely the prospect of creating a more competitive team. Indeed, it is only to be expected that at least one or two more big names will arrive at the Saudi club this winter.

Cristiano Ronaldo is looking to surround himself with players he trusts. One of them, as marca foresees, could be Casemiro due to the problems the Brazilian has had with regard to Manchester United's specific situation and the incompatibility between his game and that of the ideas of the new coach.

Today there will be 3 matches that will take place in the Saudi Arabian league, namely between

Al Shabab VS Al Riyadh
Damac VS Al Ettifaq
Al Khoolod VS Al Ahli

In the Al Shabab VS Al Riyadh match, it is very likely that the match will end in a draw. Because if you look at the current performance of the two teams, it can be said that they are not too different. That's why this match has quite a big draw potential. Then for the Damac VS Al Ettifaq match, I think Al Ettifaq will win this match. But Damac is also not a weak team, so my prediction is that this match won't score too many goals. Because the two teams will definitely exchange attacks. But Al Ettifaq has better players compared to Damac. That's why Al Ettifaq has the potential to win with a narrow score in this match. And the last match between Al Khoolod VS Al Ahli, if you look at the last 5 matches of these two teams, it is clear that Al Ahli is superior. Because Al Ahli was able to win the last 5 matches perfectly. Meanwhile Al Khoolod was only able to win 2 matches from the last 5 matches. So with this, I think it is clear that Al Ahli has the potential to win this match quite easily.

So have you all thought about which team to bet on in these 3 matches?

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SPL is fierce competition league where the best teams accumulate good results while challenging clubs are ruled out and some are relegated. Al Hilal, Al Ittihad and Al Nassr have proven to be in their best form and winning matches made easy based on their standards of performance. They're leveling impressive styles and keeping track with with excellence. Al Hilal is best team among them, because they've shown evidence and have become acquainted with brilliance outcome. Al Hilal have proven to be in the very top position from day one, they're winning matches consecutively and the coach, Jorge Fernando Pinheiro de Jesus feeling triump about the outstanding performance of his team.

Everyone do deserved winning but only the consistent elite team that worked more harder deserves trophies. AI Hilal stats this season have been on the winning path and following such recommend discipline from the players and the headcoach incredible pattern. 12W 1D 1L is concerning for an elite team? Oh yes we've watch them perform on the pitch and they're quite different from the rest, everything about Al is different, they comprehend pressure and control their streak winnings and losses.

Having two teams that are above Al Nassr with that much points gap could be the reason why contract renewal talks with Ronaldo is taking this long. I mean obviously they are not going to win the league this year, that part is guaranteed already, even they know they can't win it, they are literally just working towards staying third place, they may fail to be even third place this season, so their only goal is to be third place, I think that's the only normal part.

I think aside from that, we should consider how they are going to keep Ronaldo by promising bringing some players for next season, because he would rather leave for another team if they are going to lose next season as well. They need to convince him that they are going to build a team around him that would actually be good, so that they could actually win something. If they can convince him of that, then they may sign another contract, but if they are going to suck again, then why would he stay.

Yes, Al Qadisiyah as a newcomer team has quite good performance and is immediately able to compete at the top of the Saudi Arabian league standings. This may be caused by the management of the Al Qadisiyah team who are carrying out their duties better. Because in my opinion the players brought in by Al Qadisiyah management at this time are very right. Although the players brought in by Al Qadisiyah this season are not as famous as the players brought in by big teams like Al Nasr. But in essence Al Qadisiyah has a very good composition of players at the moment. For this reason, Al Qadisiyah is currently able to immediately be in 4th position in the Saudi Arabian league.

Maybe if, for example, Al Qadisiyah can maintain the consistency of its performance better, I'm sure Al Qadisiyah can definitely finish in 3rd place this season. However, because Al Qadisiyah's current performance is not yet completely consistent, Al Qadisiyah is only able to stay in 4th position. But I am sure that next season Al Qadisiyah will be a team that can really be taken into account in the Saudi Arabian league. Because it is certain that in the next summer transfer market, Al Qadisiyah will definitely buy even better players to be able to complete their current team. So with this in mind, Al Nasr or Al Hilal should be wary of Al Qadisiyah in the coming season. Because Al Qadisiyah could be a team that will become a very strong competitor in the Saudi Arabian league.

AL Hilal ranks in the first position on the point table. They held 14 matches and won 12 matches 1 match was drawn and another 1 was lost. For the economy of the 14 matches, 37 points were scored on the table. Its nearest competitor AlIttihad which has already won 12 matches drawn 1 match and lost 1 match was similar to AL Hilal on the point table they reached 37 points but their (GF+GA+GD) level is not higher than AL Hilal on the other hand Al Qadsiahwon the 9 matches andAl Nassr won 8 matches. Al Nasse has drawn 4 matches on the other hand, AL Qadsiah lost 4 matches there AL Al Nassr lost only 2 matches and AL Nassr got 3rd position but I think they can't stay in that position.

Al Ittihad and Al Hilal are moving towards the front of the Saudi League with equal points so it is certain that Al Ittihad will be Al Hilal's tough rivals in the end. Al-Nassr's points are still significantly lower than the first two teams in the points table, so I don't see much chance for this team to compete with the first two teams. Last season we saw that there was a difference in points between the number one team and the number two team in the points table but this season the performance of the two teams is almost equal. In the Premier League, Al Hilal have won as many matches as Al Ittihad have won and Al Ittihad have drawn as many matches as Al Hilal have drawn. Looking at such statistics, it seems that it may be necessary to wait until the last match of the league to confirm which team will finally win the Saudi League title.

What makes this season even more exciting is that this season there is no team that really dominates at the top of the standings. because this season is different from the previous two seasons. Last season, Al-Hilal never lost from start to finish and continued to be at the top of the standings with a large points difference. So from the middle of the season we can already know which team will be champions that season. And something similar also happened in the previous two seasons where Al-ittihad did almost the same thing. it's just that at that time Al-nassr struggled to catch up with Al-ittihad but failed.

This season, Al-Hilal's competition with Al-Ittihad is quite pronounced. And Al-Nassr is also trying to catch up strongly and hopes that Al-hilal and Al-ittihad will make mistakes and lose points in several matches. Well, basically this season we still can't see which team will ultimately become champions. Because currently Al-hilal and Al-ittihad even have the same number of points, namely 37.

I don't think it is quite competitive. It seems Al Hilal will win again the SPL trophy. Although Al Ittihad could lead the table in the last few weeks, Al Hilal has overtake them recently. I assume Al Ittihad performance isn't quite stable, they are not quite strong in the defense line. When Al Hilal returned to its best level, there is no team that can beat them. In this season, I personally expect Al Hilal, Al Ittihad, and Al Nassr can compete for the title. Unfortunately, Al Nassr has missed the chance to join the race for the title. Meanwhile Al Ittihad doesn't look very convincing to compete with Al Hilal. Anyway, there are 3 teams who compete for the position in the top 3-5. Al Nassr, Al-Qadsiah, and Al Ahli seems till have the same chance for the 3rd place.

This was definitely a tough game, I mean they should have kept that chance for some tough game, but instead they got a draw out of nowhere against a weaker team which made it hard for them, I do not think that this could be a good thing, I believe we are dealing with something that is taking a bit of time out of everything else and that's why it feels like I am facing a bit of betting loss here that I did not expected.

In any case, football is like that sometimes, you lose points out of nowhere, if I remember right, they beat Al Hilal right? Like just a week ago or so, which goes to show you that a team could beat the best team and then lose to some weak team, which is part of football world. If favourites always won, then there wouldn't be any betting.

But it could be that before these two teams meet on matchday 21, we will already see that there will be a difference in points. Because surprising results could come in several matches before the 21st match. Because sometimes big teams can lose points to the weak teams they face. And for example, Al-ittihad also experienced this this week, namely by being held to a draw by Al feiha. Nobody ever expected that Al-ittihad would share points in this match. And it could be that on the next matchday between Al-Hilal or Al-Ittihad, someone will lose points again.

We never know that. because surprises always come in the results of football matches. But my focus is only on hoping Al-nassr continues to collect full points and tries to continue approaching the top position. Even though there is quite a big difference, I am sure that in the end if Al-Nassr continues to win then when Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad make mistakes it will be an advantage for Al-Nassr.

Glad to see that the Saudi Professional League has become competitive. It was Al Hilal and Al Ittihad that had been dominating the league. Even if they are still topping the league seeing clubs Al Nassr and Al-Qadsiah putting up a fight this season is encouraging but they need to put more effort into the league to produce a new winner. It will take nine points for both Nassr and Al-Qadsiah to unseat the two clubs at the top. I don't know the transfer plans of these clubs this January but I think they will need more foreign players to keep fighting for the trophy.

I always love to see teams like Al-Qadsiah who comes from nowhere and with not so big stars in their team and trying to claim the big spots of the league, i dont know anyways how many time they can hold this position before falling down heavily.