Al Khaleej Saidat vs Al-Hilal Riyadh Prediction: defending champion to cruise to first league win

Al Khaleej and Al-Hilal will meet at the first opening league match of the 2022/2023 Saudi Pro League competition. Defending Champions will surely hope to get a win at their opening match after winning the last year’s league Pro League with a 2 point off Al-Ittihad FC. However, Al Khaleej playing at home will be delighted to make their fans happy when they take on the defending champions.

In the overall last five matches for Al Khaleej, the home side has only lost once. However, they won just one match with three draws. Two out of their draws have ended in a nil nil and the only one win came against Al-Sahel with a lone goal coming from Miranda at 11 minutes. Last season in the 2021/2022 Saudi Division 1 league season, the home side won the division. They finished with 66 points, joint with Al Adalh but their goal difference of 51:36 was enough for them to clinch the league. The last time Al Khaleej participated in the Pro League was 2017. Therefore, we expect a big performance from Al Khaleej, coming from a title win in the Division 1.

Reigning champions for the 2021/2022 Pro League will play their opening match against Al Khaleej. The visiting team will do everything to get a first win in the league. Starting with a first win in the league will go a long way, helping them to retain their title win. They have won 65 official Pro League trophies. Their high performance against their opponent will help them as a motivation to get a first win. No doubt and everything indicates that Al Hilal will win this match. In all competitions, Al Hilal's last five matches have ended in a win. 

Al Khaleej's last five matches have ended in three draws, one win and one loss. Comparing them to their counterpart, Al Hilal has won all five matches. However, in those matches for Al Hilal side, they have conceded in four of those matches with just one unbeaten match. In the last 10 matches these two Al Hilal has won 9 out these matches with only a draw between the two teams.