1 Struggled to come up with goals but it was exciting to have a fresh breath of air in the form of Syrian playmaker Omar Khirbin (although he missed a penalty). LAST WEEK: 1 HIGH: 1 | LOW: 5 Latest result: Won at Al Ettifaq 1-0 Next SPL match: Home against…
1 Let all the critics be damned in the form that they are in. Leo Bonatini is slowly carving his own in the top scorers table. Still a long way to go but if he keeps scoring like this, he will be there soon. LAST WEEK: 2 HIGH:…
1 Five out of five. They are playing beautiful football at the moment – their fans love it and so do we. However, only three shut-outs in fourteen games. That should be a little concerning. LAST WEEK: 1 HIGH: 1 | LOW: 3 Latest result: Won against Al Raed…
1 It took a 96th minute goal from Akaichi for Ittihad to leapfrog to the top of the table. We are guessing that is what a approximately €2 million is worth. LAST WEEK: 2 HIGH: 1 | LOW: 3 Latest result: Won against Al Fateh 3-2 Next SPL match:…
1 Expected the three points at home. And with this makes it five ‘Wins’ out of the last five. Yasser Al Shahrani showed us why he deserved a nomination in the top GCC player of the year. The second goal was an exhibition of skills between Nawaf and…
1 No Nasser Al Shamrani, no problem. Everything Al Hilal did ran through Leo Bonatini and Nawaf Al Abed, and the ones behind them were skillful and creative enough to pose all kinds of problems against a good Al Shabab team. LAST WEEK: 1 HIGH: 1 | LOW: 5…
Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) based Al-Ahli SC went into this international break in 2nd place behind Al-Hilal with 14 points as opposed to the league leaders’ 15. The achievement isn’t there. Yet, something is. The mind-boggling stat that Al-Ahli SC has an undefeated streak of 40 games within the…
Similar to any other football culture which exists globally, Saudi Arabia has its own set of legends, jokes, clichés, stereotypes, memes, and of course stories. Most notably of which – is the recurring theme – the conversations surrounding the Saudi national team as it speeds through a speed-bump,…