Match Report
Al Ain overwhelmed Al-Nassr 4-0 on 15 September 2026. Houssine Rahimi opened the scoring in the 25th minute for Al Ain to make it 1-0. Houssine Rahimi added to the tally 63 minutes into the game for Al Ain, set up by Alejandro Romero Gamarra, to make it 2-0. Soufiane Rahimi added to the tally 72 minutes into the game for Al Ain, set up by Alejandro Romero Gamarra, to make it 3-0. Giorgos Giakoumakis added to the tally late on, in the 85th minute for Al Ain, set up by Soufiane Rahimi, to make it 4-0. Saad Fahad Al Nasser (47'), Houssine Rahimi (49'), Giorgos Giakoumakis (82'), Abdullah Al-Hamdan (91') and Khalid Eisa (91') were booked. Our current Elo ratings make Al-Nassr clearly the stronger side, by 318 rating points over Al Ain, even though it was Al Ain who won this one. On current ratings our Elo-Poisson model gives Al Ain only a 9.3% chance in this pairing, the least likely of the three outcomes. On current ratings the model puts Al Ain at around 1.21 goals in this pairing; they scored 4 here.