Gulf United 3-1 Dubai City — Result, Statistics & Match Review — UAE - 1st Division, 26 Feb 2026

📅26/02/2026 · 🕒21:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 2-1
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
45%
2.09
Draw
23%
3.54
Away
32%
2.79
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
51%
2.23
Over 2.5
49%
1.59
Both Teams to Score
Yes
55%
1.5
No
45%
2.4
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
27%
2-3 Goals
41%
4-5 Goals
23%
6+ Goals
9%
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
19%
1/2
4%
1/X
7%
X/1
15%
X/2
14%
X/X
8%
2/1
11%
2/2
14%
2/X
8%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
45%
Home Win
44%
+1.4pp
23%
Draw
24%
-1.4pp
32%
Away Win
32%
+0.0pp
51%
Under 2.5
41%
+9.8pp
49%
Over 2.5
59%
-9.8pp
55%
BTTS Yes
62%
-7.3pp
45%
BTTS No
38%
+7.3pp
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 Gulf United EU Bookmakers 48%
Head to Head
AWAY Dubai City EU Bookmakers 36%
+12% / +12% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -16% / -16%
1.46/1.00 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.42/1.84
-7% / +32% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +10% / -21%
52% Ball Possession 48%
11 Total Shots 11
4 Shots on Target 5
7 Corners 5
274 · 77% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 342 · 80%
Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area
Crosses
Yellow Cards 3.0
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Gulf United
1W-1D-1L
AWAY Dubai City
1.67 Avg Goals (FT) 1.67
57% Ball Possession 43%
12 Total Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 4
9 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 2
04.10.2025 Dubai City 3-2 HT 0-1 Gulf United BAE2
31.03.2024 Gulf United 1-1 HT 0-0 Dubai City BAE2
17.11.2023 Dubai City 1-2 HT 0-1 Gulf United BAE2
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Gulf United
3-1
AWAY Dubai City
49% Ball Possession 51%
11 Total Shots 18
6 Shots on Target 6
1 Corners 11
1 Yellow Cards 1
POST-MATCH Gulf United vs Dubai City
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Gulf United beat Dubai City 3-1.

As our pre-match numbers suggested, our model had Gulf United as the likeliest winner at 45%, and the 3-1 landed on that lead. We had also flagged both teams to score (55%), and that read landed as well.

On the day, Gulf United had 49% of the ball to Dubai City's 51%, shots finished 11-18.

Coming into the game, across their last 3 meetings in our records, honours were even at 1 apiece, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.67 goals for Gulf United and 1.67 for Dubai City.

What was the final score of Gulf United vs Dubai City?

Gulf United 3-1 Dubai City in the UAE - 1st Division on 26/02/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Gulf United vs Dubai City?

Before kick-off our model rated a Gulf United win the most likely single outcome at about 45%, with the full match-result split Gulf United 45%, draw 23%, Dubai City 32%. The final score 3-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Gulf United), BTTS Yes — while Under 2.5 went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Gulf United) ✗ Under 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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