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AFC Champions League EliteMatchday 3Al Ain vs Tractor Sazi 2-1
- Ramy Rabia21'
- Houssine Rahimi70'
- Tibor Halilović55'
- Kick-off
- Mon, 26 Oct 2026 · 16:00 (UTC)
- Venue
- Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
- Referee
- Abdullah Jamali
Match timeline
- 90+3’Substitution
Tractor SaziAmirali Khorrami ONDanial Esmaeilifar OFF - 90+2’Substitution
Al AinMohammed Al Baloushi ONAlejandro Romero Gamarra OFF - 88’SubstitutionAl AinAmadu Saidou Niang ONValentino Lazaro OFF
- 88’SubstitutionAl AinTeun Gijselhart ONHoussine Rahimi OFF
- 85’SubstitutionTractor SaziH Habibinejad ONShahriyar Moghanloo OFF
- 84’SubstitutionTractor SaziSaeid Karimazar ONMohammad Daneshgar OFF
- 74’SubstitutionTractor SaziMasoud Kazemayni ONSadegh Moharrami OFF
- 74’SubstitutionTractor SaziTomislav Štrkalj ONAmirhossein Hosseinzadeh OFF
Show 5 earlier events
- 71’SubstitutionAl AinBaba Bello Ilou ONGiorgos Giakoumakis OFF
- 71’SubstitutionAl AinErik Jorgens de Menezes ONRafa Rodrigues OFF
- 70’Goal!Al AinHoussine RahimiAssist: Yahya Benkhaleq2 – 1
- 55’Goal!Tractor SaziTibor Halilović1 – 1
- 21’Goal!Al AinRamy RabiaAssist: Rafa Rodrigues1 – 0
- 1’Kick-off
Key stats
Al AinTractor Sazi- 47%Possession53%
- 20Shots9
- 1.34xG0.49
- 7Shots on Target3
- 2Corners2
- 17Fouls6
- 2Saves5
- 468Passes543
- 1Yellow Cards0
Lineups
Confirmed selections
Al Ain5 - 3 - 2
Substitutions
- 71’↑18 B. Ilou↓7 G. Giakoumakis
- 71’↑ Erik Jorgens de Menezes↓2 Rafael Rodrigues
- 88’↑56 A. Niang↓19 V. Lazaro
- 88’↑5 T. Gijselhart↓13 H. Rahimi
- 90+2’↑8 Mohammed Al Baloushi↓ Alejandro Romero Gamarra
Unused substitutes 1 Mohammed Bu Sanda, 30 Hazem Mohammad, 97 A. Jašić, 3 Marcos Maia, 80 Joshua Udoh, 38 I. Ndiaye, 15 Erik, 65 Abdallah Hamisi Hassan
Coach Vladimir Ivic
Tractor Sazi4 - 4 - 2
- 81Jafari
- 18Moharrami
- 58Daneshgar
- 3Khalilzadeh
- 22Naderi
- 11Abdullayev
- 2Shiri
- 7Halilović
- 33Faraji
- 99Hosseinzadeh
- 70Moghanlou
Substitutions
- 74’↑17 M. Kazemayni↓18 S. Moharrami
- 74’↑19 T. Štrkalj↓99 A. Hosseinzadeh
- 84’↑88 S. Karimazar↓58 M. Daneshgar
- 85’↑10 H Habibinejad↓ Shahriyar Moghanloo
- 90+3’↑27 A. Khorrami↓ Danial Esmaeilifar
Unused substitutes 4 M. Zakipour, 23 Yasin Zare, 20 M. Hashemnejad, 44 E. Darvish Aali, 71 Morteza Fazeli, 28 Sajjad Khademi Seyedbanadaki, 77 Karrar Namari
Coach J. Nekounam
Match facts
- Competition
- AFC Champions League Elite
- Round
- Matchday 3
- Date
- Mon, 26 Oct 2026
- Kick-off
- 16:00 (UTC)
- Venue
- Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
- Referee
- Abdullah Jamali
- Al Ain coach
- Vladimir Ivic
- Tractor Sazi coach
- J. Nekounam
League table
AFC Champions League Elite · West Region
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Al Ain | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +11 | 12 |
| 2 |  Al-Hilal Saudi FC | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 9 |
| 3 |  Esteghlal FC | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 9 |
| 4 |  Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 9 |
| 5 |  Al-Qadisiyah FC | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | +6 | 8 |
| 6 |  Al-Ahli Jeddah | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | +3 | 8 |
| 7 |  Al-Nassr | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 |
| 8 |  Al Shamal | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 |
| 9 |  Neftchi | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 10 |  Al-Ittihad FC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 4 |
| 11 |  Al-Wasl FC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 |  Al Quwa Al Jawiya | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 13 |  Tractor Sazi | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 14 |  Pakhtakor | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -5 | 2 |
| 15 |  Al Sadd | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -5 | 2 |
| 16 |  Al-Gharafa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -8 | 0 |
Match related news
Player ratings
- 1
Rami Rabia8.8 - 2
H. Rahimi8.2 - 3
Y. Ben Khaleq7.7 - 4
Đ. Skoko7.6 - 5
V. Lazaro7.3 - 6
M. Palacios7.2 - 7
Rafael Rodrigues7.1 - 8
B. Ilou6.7 - 9
Abdoul Karim Traoré6.6 - 10
A. Niang6.6 - 11
Khalid Eisa6.5 - 12
G. Giakoumakis6.4 - 13
A. Romero6.4 - 14
T. Gijselhart6.4 - 15
Erik6.2 - 16
Mohammed Al Baloushi0.0 - 17
Mohammed Bu Sanda0.0 - 18
Hazem Mohammad0.0 - 19
A. Jašić0.0 - 20
Marcos Maia0.0 - 21
Joshua Udoh0.0 - 22
I. Ndiaye0.0 - 23Abdallah Hamisi Hassan0.0
- 1
T. Halilović8.2 - 2
P. Jafari7.5 - 3
A. Abdullayev6.8 - 4
S. Khalilzadeh6.8 - 5
S. Karimazar6.6 - 6
F. Faraji6.5 - 7
S. Moghanlou6.5 - 8
A. Hosseinzadeh6.4 - 9
S. Moharrami6.3 - 10
M. Shiri6.3 - 11
M. Naderi6.2 - 12
M. Daneshgar6.1 - 13H Habibinejad6.0
- 14
M. Kazemayni5.9 - 15
T. Štrkalj5.8 - 16
E. Darvish Aali0.0 - 17
M. Hashemnejad0.0 - 18
A. Khorrami0.0 - 19
M. Zakipour0.0 - 20Yasin Zare0.0
- 21Morteza Fazeli0.0
- 22Sajjad Khademi Seyedbanadaki0.0
- 23Karrar Namari0.0
Match ratings from API-Football, out of 10.
MVP of the match
Rated 8.8, the best on the pitch — 1 goal in 90 minutes.
Team form comparison
Last 5 matches, all competitions
Al Ain- W-D-L
- 3-1-1
- Scored / match
- 2.4
- Conceded / match
- 1.0
Tractor Sazi- W-D-L
- 1-2-2
- Scored / match
- 0.8
- Conceded / match
- 0.6
Fan predictions
How the fans called it
- Al AinResult0%
- Tractor Sazi0%
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What happened
Match report
Al Ain beat Tractor Sazi 2-1 at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium after Houssine Rahimi scored the winner in the 70th minute. Tractor Sazi levelled after the break, but Al Ain recovered and held on.
Al Ain went ahead in the 21st minute when Ramy Rabia scored from Rafa Rodrigues to make it 1-0. That stayed the score at half-time.
Tibor Halilović equalised for Tractor Sazi in the 55th minute, then Rahimi restored Al Ain's lead in the 70th minute from Yahya Benkhaleq. Al Ain made two changes in the 71st minute, then another two in the 88th minute, while Tractor Sazi made two changes in the 74th minute, two more in the 84th and 85th minutes, and another in stoppage time, but they did not force a second equaliser.
The numbers favoured Al Ain in chance creation. They had 20 shots to Tractor Sazi's 9 and 7 on target to 3, with xG of 1.34 to 0.49. Tractor Sazi still had 53% possession and 543 passes to Al Ain's 468, while corners finished 2-2. Al Ain made 17 fouls to Tractor Sazi's 6 and had 2 saves to Tractor Sazi's 5.
Al Ain were shown one yellow card. Tractor Sazi had no bookings, and neither side had a red card.
Match record
- Competition
- AFC Champions League Elite
- Round
- Matchday 3
- Kick-off
- Venue
- Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
- Referee
- Abdullah Jamali
- Match ID
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13 events
- 21’Goal!Al AinRamy RabiaAssist: Rafa Rodrigues1 – 0
- 55’Goal!Tractor SaziTibor Halilović1 – 1
- 70’Goal!Al AinHoussine RahimiAssist: Yahya Benkhaleq2 – 1
- 71’SubstitutionAl AinBaba Bello Ilou ONGiorgos Giakoumakis OFF
- 71’SubstitutionAl AinErik Jorgens de Menezes ONRafa Rodrigues OFF
- 74’SubstitutionTractor SaziMasoud Kazemayni ONSadegh Moharrami OFF
- 74’SubstitutionTractor SaziTomislav Štrkalj ONAmirhossein Hosseinzadeh OFF
- 84’SubstitutionTractor SaziSaeid Karimazar ONMohammad Daneshgar OFF
- 85’SubstitutionTractor SaziH Habibinejad ONShahriyar Moghanloo OFF
- 88’SubstitutionAl AinAmadu Saidou Niang ONValentino Lazaro OFF
- 88’SubstitutionAl AinTeun Gijselhart ONHoussine Rahimi OFF
- 90+2’SubstitutionAl AinMohammed Al Baloushi ONAlejandro Romero Gamarra OFF
- 90+3’SubstitutionTractor SaziAmirali Khorrami ONDanial Esmaeilifar OFF