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Al Ain — Al Nasr: 2:1, Pro League

Pro League
Al Ain W22 Aug · Home Al Khaleej · 2:0W29 Aug · Home Al Nasr · 2:1W4 Sep · Away Al Ittihad Kalba · 2:0D10 Sep · Home Al Wasl SC · 2:2W15 Sep · Home Al-Nassr · 4:0L19 Sep · Away Al Wasl SC · 2:3
2:1
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Al Nasr D14 Aug · Home Al Ittihad Kalba · 2:2W21 Aug · Home Al Wahda FC · 1:0L29 Aug · Away Al Ain · 1:2L6 Sep · Home Ajman · 1:2D10 Sep · Away Al-Jazira · 1:1W20 Sep · Home Dubai United · 3:1
Venue: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium City: Al Ain

In the Pro League game on 29 August 2026, Al Ain beat Al Nasr 2:1. Match numbers: shots on target 7:1, corners 8:2.

Match report

Al-Ain beat Al-Nassr 2-1 in the third round of the Pro League on Friday evening. The hosts were ahead by then, having taken the lead after a penalty miss from S. Rahimi and a goal from C. Bedia that put Al-Nassr back on top before halftime. Giakoumakis gave Al-Ain the advantage in the sixty-second minute and they saw it out from there.

By then the match had settled into a rhythm neither side could quite control. Bedia opened the scoring in the forty-third minute, capitalising on a chance that Al-Nassr created. Rabia equalised for Al-Ain in the fifty-eighth, and Giakoumakis picked up the winner just four minutes later when both sides had made changes at the same time.

Al-Ain dominated possession at 55 per cent and generated 2.55 expected goals from their 18 shots. Seven found the target, eleven went wide, and eight corners came their way. Al-Nassr managed only one shot on target from four attempts, with 0.53 expected goals to show for their 83 attacks.

And here's the thing — the statistics tell you Al-Ain were dominant, but Al-Nassr had their moments. Big chances created sat at one for the hosts and two for the visitors, suggesting the away side were dangerous in transition. The goalkeeper made five saves to keep the score respectable, though it wasn't enough.

The result keeps Al-Ain on course for a strong season. Three wins from three games puts them on nine points in third place. Al-Nassr dropped to seventh with four points from a win, a draw and a loss, and they need to find consistency if they want to climb.

Prepared from match data

Video

Match video Al Ain — Al Nasr الدوري السعودي للمحترفين - Saudi Pro League

Key numbers

Possession, % 55.00 – 45
Shots on target 7 – 1
Shots off target 11 – 3
Expected goals 2.55 – 0.53

Match events

  1. 33' 0:0 Al Nasr Yellow card D. Petrovic
  2. 35' 0:0 Al Ain Penalty missed S. Rahimi assist: S. Rahimi
  3. 43' 0:1 Al Nasr Goal C. Bedia assist: M. Hoibraaten
  4. 50' 0:1 Al Ain Yellow card M. Palacios
  5. 58' 1:1 Al Ain Goal R. Rabia assist: Kaku
  6. 62' 1:1 Al Nasr Substitution A. Toure off: M. Ghaedi
  7. 62' 1:1 Al Nasr Substitution M. Ndiaye off: Felipe Motta
  8. 62' 2:1 Al Ain Goal G. Giakoumakis assist: R. Rabia
  9. 71' 2:1 Al Ain Substitution G. Giakoumakis off: B. Bello Ilou
  10. 71' 2:1 Al Ain Substitution V. Lazaro off: A. Niang
  11. 71' 2:1 Al Ain Substitution R. Rodrigues off: Erik Menezes
  12. 81' 2:1 Al Nasr Substitution D. Petrovic off: Wesley Delgado
  13. 81' 2:1 Al Nasr Substitution Z. Al Zaabi off: Joao Moreira
  14. 84' 2:1 Al Ain Substitution Kaku off: I. Ndiaye
  15. 90+3' 2:1 Al Ain Substitution S. Rahimi off: Marcos Maia

Statistics

55.00 Possession, % 45
7 Shots on target 1
11 Shots off target 3
2.55 Expected goals 0.53
1 Big chances 2
112 Attacks 83
8 Corners 2
7 Fouls 9
9 Free kicks 7
2 Offsides 0
1 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
7 Goal kicks 14
14 Throw-ins 14
All statistics
11/2055% Aerial duels 9/2045%
92 Backward passes 64
5 Blocked shots 2
14 Clearances 27
9/3030% Crosses 1/176%
1/617% Dribbles 6/1250%
1.25 Expected assists 0.34
67 Failed passes 71
0 Goalkeeper saves 5
4 Interceptions 8
20 Key passes 6
27/5054% Long passes 14/4730%
167 Passes into the final third 77
367 Passes in the opposition half 233
170 Passes in own half 203
0.30 Shot accuracy 0.17
9 Shots from outside the box 4
14 Shots inside the box 2
6/967% Tackles 7/1258%
507 Total passes 419

Line-ups

Al Ain

Starting XI
# Player number
17 Khalid Eisa 17
2 Rafael Vela Rodrigues 2
4 Y. Ben Khaleq 4
14 Marcel Ratnik 14
19 Valentino Lazaro 19
25 Rami Hisham Abdel Aziz Rabia 25
10 Alejandro Sebastián Romero Gamarra 10
20 M. Palacios 20
70 Abdulkarim Trawri 70
7 Georgios Giakoumakis 7
21 S. Rahimi 21
Substitutes
# Player number
1 Mohammed Bu Sanda 1
35 H. Muhammed 35
6 Djordje Skoko 6
15 Erik Jorgens de Menezes 15
56 A. Niang 56
30 Hazim Mohammed 30
38 I. Ndiaye 38
88 Hamid Yahya 88
97 Adis Jašić 97
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Al Nasr

Starting XI
# Player number
12 Ahmed Mohamed Shambih Bilal Al Balushi 12
4 Gláuber Siqueira dos Santos Lima 4
22 Marius Christopher Høibråten 22
24 Zayed Sultan Ahmed Jassim Ibra Al Zaabi 24
55 David Petrović 55
7 K. Agudelo 7
8 Marius Mihai Marin 8
28 A. Toure 28
38 Moussa Ndiaye 38
70 Ajdin Hrustić 70
9 Chris Vianney Bedia 9
Substitutes
# Player number
2 Salem Sultan 2
14 Felipe Motta 14
21 Abdulla Idrees Saqar Mubarak Al Hammad 21
30 Moreira 30
5 Mohammad Abdulbasit 5
10 Mehdi Ghaedi 10
17 Wesley Delgado 17
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Match prediction: Al Ain — Al Nasr

Win: Al Ain

Confidence 65%

Reasoning

  • Аль-Айн — 4. place, 6 points after 2 games (2 wins, 0 losses)
  • Аль-Наср — 7. place, 4 points after 2 games (1 wins, 1 draws, 0 losses)
  • Аль-Айн, last 5 games: 4 wins, 1 draws, 0 losses
  • Аль-Наср, last 5 games: 2 wins, 2 draws, 1 losses
  • Head-to-head: 14 games, Аль-Айн — 6, 2 draws, Аль-Наср — 6
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