📊 Form Guide

Baniyas

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Baniyas will be looking to improve on their last outing here after a 2-1 UAE Pro League defeat last time out to Dibba Al-Fujairah.

The only player to score from Baniyas was Mu'nas Dabbur (59'). Carlinhos (18') and Andrigo (68') scored for Dibba Al-Fujairah.

In their past 6 fixtures, Darko Milanič's Baniyas have netted 7 times, an average number of goals per match equal to 1.17.

Looking at their past form shows that Baniyas:

• have not beaten Al-Ain in games played at home for the previous 4 matches in the league.
• have not won against Al-Ain in their previous 9 league games.

Al-Ain

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In their previous game, Al-Ain drew 1-1 in the UAE Pro League tie with Al-Nasr.

The only player to score from Al-Ain was Matías Palacios (66').

In their last 6 outings, Al-Ain have helped themselves to a total of 10 goals. Al-Ain have additionally got on the scoresheet in every single one of those games. During that period, their defenders have had 5 goals scored by their opponents. Historical results aside, time will tell whether that pattern might be maintained in this match.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A study of their past head to head meetings stretching back to 23/04/2023 shows that these fixtures have been a source of anguish for Baniyas. They’ve not managed to register any victories at all while Al-Ain have just been stronger than them, beating them in 83% of those matches played.

21 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 4 from The Sky Blues and 17 being from Al Zaeem. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.5.

The previous league match between these clubs was UAE Pro League match day 6 on 18/10/2025 when the final score was Al-Ain 4-0 Baniyas.

🗞️ Team News: Al-Ain

Thanks to a largely healthy group, there’s just the sole fitness worry for the Al-Ain gaffer Vladimir Ivić to contend with. Yong-woo Park (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be playing here.

💭 Prediction

For this match, we think that Baniyas have the firepower to score a goal against this Al-Ain lineup, although one goal probably shouldn’t prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

Therefore, we’re predicting a narrow 1-2 victory for Al-Ain when all is said and done. Could easily go either way, this.

Lucas Pereira, 23:04 21/02/2026