Al Dhafra 1-2 Al Ain — Result, Statistics & Match Review — UAE - League, 8 Jan 2026

📅08/01/2026 · 🕒18:45 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-2 2nd Score 1-3
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
17%
5.34
Draw
17%
4.34
Away
66%
1.42
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
42%
2.33
Over 2.5
58%
1.54
Both Teams to Score
Yes
52%
1.73
No
48%
1.99
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
20%
4.69
2-3 Goals
41%
1.91
4-5 Goals
27%
2.7
6+ Goals
12%
7.06
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
8%
1/2
10%
1/X
5%
X/1
5%
X/2
25%
X/X
8%
2/1
4%
2/2
31%
2/X
4%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
💡 For the risk lovers: Away Win ★★ — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
17%
Home Win
15%
+2.1pp
17%
Draw
19%
-2.5pp
66%
Away Win
65%
+0.4pp
42%
Under 2.5
39%
+3.3pp
58%
Over 2.5
61%
-3.3pp
52%
BTTS Yes
54%
-2.2pp
48%
BTTS No
46%
+2.2pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Al Dhafra EU Bookmakers 19%
Head to Head
AWAY Al Ain EU Bookmakers 70%
-5% / -11% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -5% / -17%
0.94/2.09 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 2.36/1.14
-7% / -9% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +13% / -27%
39% Ball Possession 61%
10 Total Shots 16
3 Shots on Target 6
4 Corners 7
245 · 73% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 436 · 85%
14.4 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 32.8
16.7 Crosses 24.7
2.2 Yellow Cards 1.3
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Al Dhafra
1W-0D-5L
AWAY Al Ain
0.67 Avg Goals (FT) 3.00
1.00 xG 2.90
31% Ball Possession 69%
7 Total Shots 22
2 Shots on Target 8
2 Corners 8
178 Passes 491
67% Pass Accuracy 89%
10 Box Touches 35
12 Crosses 28
1 Yellow Cards 2
05.02.2023 Al Dhafra Al Dhafra 1-4 HT 1-2 Al Ain Al Ain BAE
10.09.2022 Al Ain Al Ain 7-0 HT 4-0 Al Dhafra Al Dhafra BAE
07.05.2022 Al Dhafra Al Dhafra 0-1 HT 0-1 Al Ain Al Ain BAE
02.11.2021 Al Ain Al Ain 1-0 HT 0-0 Al Dhafra Al Dhafra BAE
25.02.2021 Al Dhafra Al Dhafra 2-1 HT 1-0 Al Ain Al Ain BAE
07.11.2020 Al Ain Al Ain 4-1 HT 1-1 Al Dhafra Al Dhafra BAE
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Al Dhafra
1-2
AWAY Al Ain
43% Ball Possession 57%
1 Total Shots 13
1 Shots on Target 7
3 Corners 7
POST-MATCH Al Dhafra vs Al Ain
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Al Ain squeezed past Al Dhafra 2-1 away from home. It was 1-0 at half-time, meaning the result turned around in the second half.

As our pre-match numbers suggested, our model had Al Ain as the likeliest winner at 66%, and the 2-1 landed on that lead. We had also flagged over 2.5 goals (58%), and that read landed as well.

On the day, Al Dhafra had 43% of the ball to Al Ain's 57%, shots finished 1-13.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Al Ain led the recent series with 5 wins. Those games averaged 0.67 goals for Al Dhafra and 3.00 for Al Ain.

What was the final score of Al Dhafra vs Al Ain?

Al Dhafra 1-2 Al Ain in the UAE - League on 08/01/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Al Dhafra vs Al Ain?

Before kick-off our model rated an Al Ain win the most likely single outcome at about 66%, with the full match-result split Al Dhafra 17%, draw 17%, Al Ain 66%. The final score 1-2 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Al Ain), Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Al Ain) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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