The Competitions Committee of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation, SAFF, decided to postpone the games of the matchdays 17 and 18 of Prince Mohammed Bin Salman League for Professionals.
The decision comes to provide the Saudi Arabian National team the opportunity to prepare for the Asian Nations Cup that will be held in the United Arab Emirates, next January.
The SAFF took the decision in coordination with the Saudi Professional League Association and the clubs.
The 17th round will now take place from 3-5 February 2019, while the 18th round games will be played on the 18th and 25th of February.
The 15th and 16th matchdays will be played in its predefined dates, the 15th round from 27-29 December 2018 and the 16th round from 10-11 January 2019.
In the same context, the Competitions Committee issued the table of the matches of Round 64 of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup, from 1-5 January 2019, while the matches of Round 32 will be played from 17-20 January and the Round 16 games will take place from 26-29 January.
The second half of the Saudi Pro League matchdays dates will be rescheduled after holding the AFC Champions League draw on 22nd of November.