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Al Ain — Al Wasl SC: 2:2, 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
2:2
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Kick-off was BST

Al Wasl SC W21 Aug · Away Al Ittihad Kalba · 3:0L28 Aug · Home Shabab Al Ahli Dubai · 0:1W4 Sep · Home Al Khaleej · 5:2D10 Sep · Away Al Ain · 2:2L14 Sep · Away Al-Qadisiyah · 1:2W19 Sep · Home Al Ain · 3:2
Venue: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium City: Al Ain

In the Pro League game on 10 September 2026, Al Ain beat Al Wasl SC 2:2. Match numbers: shots on target 7:2, corners 5:1.

Match report

Al Ain and Al Wasl played out a 2-2 draw in the Pro-League on Wednesday evening. The result keeps the hosts second in the table on 13 points from five games, while Al Wasl remain fourth with 10 points. Both sides enter their next fixtures with something to build on.

Abdoul Karim Traoré gave Al Ain the lead at the 33rd minute, and Nicolás Giménez responded quickly for the visitors five minutes later. Mehdi Taremi then put Al Wasl ahead at 53, before Valentino Lazaro's strike in the 82nd minute rescued a point for the hosts. And here's the thing about this result — it was Al Ain who controlled the tempo but Al Wasl who struck when it mattered.

Al Ain finished with 61 per cent possession and registered 15 shots, seven on target. Al Wasl had just 39 per cent of the ball and managed five shots, two on target. By then the expected goals figures told their own story: 1.86 for Al Ain against 0.57 for Al Wasl. The visitors' goalkeeper made six saves to Al Ain's zero, which says something about efficiency over volume.

The hosts started with Jonatas Santos at 14 minutes, and later brought on Rafa Rodrigues and Giorgos Giakoumakis alongside Brahian Palacios. Al Wasl also made four changes, with Mehdi Taremi and Alejandro Romero Gamarra both coming off late in the game. To be fair, neither manager could find a way to break the deadlock despite having time to do so.

Al Ain's unbeaten run extended to five matches, with four wins and a draw. Al Wasl's defeat streak was halted, though they remain a point behind the teams above them. The draw brought them together early in the table race, and both sides will look at what they need to do next.

Prepared from match data

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Key numbers

Possession, % 61 – 39
Shots on target 7 – 2
Shots off target 8 – 3
Expected goals 1.86 – 0.57

Match events

  1. 14' 0:0 Al Ain Substitution Jonatas Santos off: Soufiane Rahimi
  2. 33' 1:0 Al Ain Goal Abdoul Karim Traoré
  3. 38' 1:1 Al Wasl SC Goal Nicolás Giménez assist: Siaka Sidibe
  4. 43' 1:1 Al Wasl SC Yellow card Hugo
  5. 45+1' 1:1 Al Ain Yellow card Vladimir Ivić
  6. 53' 1:2 Al Wasl SC Goal Mehdi Taremi assist: Sérgio Andrade
  7. 63' 1:2 Al Ain Substitution Rafa Rodrigues off: Erik Jorgens de Menezes
  8. 63' 1:2 Al Ain Substitution Giorgos Giakoumakis off: Houssine Rahimi
  9. 65' 1:2 Al Wasl SC Substitution Brahian Palacios off: Ali Saleh
  10. 73' 1:2 Al Wasl SC Yellow card Mehdi Taremi
  11. 80' 1:2 Al Wasl SC Substitution Mehdi Taremi off: Renato Barbosa dos Santos Júnior
  12. 80' 1:2 Al Wasl SC Substitution Siaka Sidibe off: Saša Ivković
  13. 82' 2:2 Al Ain Goal Valentino Lazaro assist: Yahya Benkhaleq
  14. 84' 2:2 Al Ain Yellow card Djordje Skoko
  15. 90+1' 2:2 Al Wasl SC Substitution Sérgio Andrade off: Fabio De Lima
  16. 90+1' 2:2 Al Wasl SC Substitution Nicolás Giménez off: Cameron Puertas
  17. 90+2' 2:2 Al Ain Yellow card Alejandro Romero Gamarra
  18. 90+4' 2:2 Al Ain Substitution Alejandro Romero Gamarra off: Ibrahima Junior Ndiaye

Statistics

61 Possession, % 39
7 Shots on target 2
8 Shots off target 3
1.86 Expected goals 0.57
2 Big chances 1
93 Attacks 68
5 Corners 1
8 Fouls 9
9 Free kicks 8
0 Offsides 0
2 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
5 Goal kicks 12
31 Throw-ins 32
All statistics
7/2035% Aerial duels 13/2065%
62 Backward passes 22
4 Blocked shots 1
18 Clearances 36
8/3225% Crosses 2/1217%
1/813% Dribbles 8/1650%
1.25 Expected assists 0.89
69 Failed passes 59
0 Goalkeeper saves 6
4 Interceptions 7
11 Key passes 6
19/5237% Long passes 18/4045%
104 Passes into the final third 60
255 Passes in the opposition half 173
189 Passes in own half 114
0.37 Shot accuracy 0.33
8 Shots from outside the box 1
11 Shots inside the box 5
14/2070% Tackles 8/1267%
412 Total passes 275

Line-ups

Al Ain

Starting XI
# Player number
17 Khalid Eisa 17
2 Rafael Vela Rodrigues 2
4 Y. Ben Khaleq 4
6 Djordje Skoko 6
19 Valentino Lazaro 19
25 Rami Hisham Abdel Aziz Rabia 25
10 Alejandro Sebastián Romero Gamarra 10
20 M. Palacios 20
70 Abdoul Karim Traoré 70
7 Georgios Giakoumakis 7
11 Jonatas da Anunciação Santos 11
Substitutes
# Player number
1 Mohammed Bu Sanda 1
35 S. Hassan 35
3 Marcos Maia 3
15 Erik Jorgens de Menezes 15
56 A. Niang 56
30 Hazem Mohammad 30
38 I. Ndiaye 38
88 Hamid Yahya 88
97 Adis Jašić 97
13 El Houssine Rahimi 13
18 B. Bello Ilu 18
21 S. Rahimi 21
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Al Wasl SC

Starting XI
# Player number
23 Dinko Horkaš 23
4 S. Bouftini 4
16 Hugo 16
34 Adryelson Shawann Lima Silva 34
79 Pedro Jorge Gonçalves Malheiro 79
5 Rilwan Abdulrazak Popola 5
6 S. Sidibe 6
19 Serginho 19
30 Brahian Palacios Alzate 30
31 Nicolás Ezequiel Giménez 31
9 Mehdi Taremi 9
Substitutes
# Player number
32 Mohamed Ali 32
12 Abdulrahman Saleh Radi Reda Khamis 12
14 Rodrigo 14
15 Saša Ivković 15
8 Yahia Nader Moustafa Elsharif 8
13 R. Tapia 13
21 Cameron Mitchel Puertas Castro 21
7 Ali Saleh Ali Saleh Amro 7
10 Fábio Virginio de Lima 10
20 Matheus Bonifácio Saldanha Marinho 20
77 Leandro Spadacio 77
96 Renato Barbosa dos Santos Júnior 96
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Match prediction: Al Ain — Al Wasl SC

Win: Al Ain

Confidence 63%

Reasoning

  • Аль-Айн — 1. place, 12 points after 4 games (4 wins, 0 losses)
  • Аль-Васл — 4. place, 9 points after 4 games (3 wins, 1 losses)
  • Аль-Айн, last 5 games: 5 wins, 0 losses
  • Аль-Васл, last 5 games: 4 wins, 1 losses
  • Head-to-head: 10 games, Аль-Айн — 4, 3 draws, Аль-Васл — 3
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