Match Report
3 points and 1 places separated them: Al Ain 2nd with 13, Al Wasl 3rd with 10. In league terms the two rates read 2.4/1 for Al Ain and 3/1.2 for Al Wasl (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.67.
Al Ain came in having won five on the spin.
13 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Al Ain 7, draws 1, Al Wasl 5, at 4.46 goals per meeting. 77% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 85%. Recent meetings have been cagier — 3.4 goals per game across the last five against 4.46 historically.
Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, capacity 42,056, hosted the game. With 100 matches recorded and 2.4 yellow cards per game, M. Mariani was the man in the middle. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-2.
Goal scorers
Al Ain: A. Traoré (33'), Valentino Lazaro (82') · Al Wasl: Nicolás Giménez (38'), Mehdi Taremi (53')
Key stats
Possession: Al Ain 59% · Al Wasl 41% · Total shots: 21-8 · On target: 8-2 · Corners: 5-1