Al-Ain vs Al Rayyan, 2024-25 AFC Champions League Elite, League Stage

· AFC Champions League Elite

Al-Ain

42': Kaku

FT
1 - 2

Al Rayyan

50': Trézéguet
75': Róger Guedes

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Al-Ain are hosting Al Rayyan at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, starting on . The match is a part of the AFC Champions League Elite.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Attempt missed. Mohamed Awad Alla (Al Ain) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Bandar Al Ahbabi with a cross.
4': Offside, Al Ain. Soufiane Rahimi is caught offside.
5': Bandar Al Ahbabi (Al Ain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Foul by Trézéguet (Al Rayyan).
7': Hand ball by Mohamed Awad Alla (Al Ain).
8': Attempt saved. Thiago Mendes (Al Rayyan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Róger Guedes.
9': Corner, Al Rayyan. Conceded by Bandar Al Ahbabi.
12': Attempt missed. Mohamed Awad Alla (Al Ain) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Soufiane Rahimi following a fast break.
12': Foul by Kouame Kouadio (Al Ain).
12': Mohamed Surag (Al Rayyan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
15': Delay in match (Al Ain).
15': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
16': Attempt missed. Matías Palacios (Al Ain) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alejandro Romero.
18': Offside, Al Rayyan. Róger Guedes is caught offside.
20': Corner, Al Ain. Conceded by André Amaro.
20': Corner, Al Ain. Conceded by Thiago Mendes.
22': Alejandro Romero (Al Ain) wins a free kick on the right wing.
22': Foul by Trézéguet (Al Rayyan).
24': Offside, Al Ain. Soufiane Rahimi is caught offside.
26': Attempt blocked. Róger Guedes (Al Rayyan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Hazem Shehata.
27': Attempt blocked. Róger Guedes (Al Rayyan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Murad Naji Hussein.
29': Attempt blocked. Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Abdoul Traoré.
30': Attempt saved. Matías Palacios (Al Ain) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohamed Awad Alla.
31': Attempt missed. Róger Guedes (Al Rayyan) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Hazem Shehata.
32': Foul by Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain).
32': Hazem Shehata (Al Rayyan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
33': Attempt blocked. Trézéguet (Al Rayyan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
33': Corner, Al Rayyan. Conceded by Matías Palacios.
34': Offside, Al Ain. Soufiane Rahimi is caught offside.
41': Attempt missed. Mohamed Surag (Al Rayyan) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Adam Bareiro.
42': Goal! Al Ain 1, Al Rayyan 0. Alejandro Romero (Al Ain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Soufiane Rahimi.
44': Foul by Alejandro Romero (Al Ain).
44': Thiago Mendes (Al Rayyan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
45': Bandar Al Ahbabi (Al Ain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45': Foul by Trézéguet (Al Rayyan).
45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
45'+1': Corner, Al Ain. Conceded by Hazem Shehata.
45'+2': Attempt saved. Bandar Al Ahbabi (Al Ain) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matías Palacios.
45'+2': Attempt missed. Róger Guedes (Al Rayyan) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mohamed Surag with a cross.
45'+3': First Half ends, Al Ain 1, Al Rayyan 0.
45': Second Half begins Al Ain 1, Al Rayyan 0.
46': Corner, Al Rayyan. Conceded by Khalid Al Hashemi.
46': Attempt saved. Julien De Sart (Al Rayyan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Trézéguet.
47': Corner, Al Ain. Conceded by Hazem Shehata.
47': Foul by Park Yong-Woo (Al Ain).
47': Julien De Sart (Al Rayyan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
49': Foul by Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain).
49': Julien De Sart (Al Rayyan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
50': Goal! Al Ain 1, Al Rayyan 1. Trézéguet (Al Rayyan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Murad Naji Hussein with a cross.
52': Offside, Al Ain. Mohamed Awad Alla is caught offside.
52': Foul by Alejandro Romero (Al Ain).
52': Thiago Mendes (Al Rayyan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
52': Alejandro Romero (Al Ain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
53': Attempt missed. Róger Guedes (Al Rayyan) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mohamed Surag.
54': Foul by André Amaro (Al Rayyan).
54': Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
56': Corner, Al Ain. Conceded by David García.
56': Delay in match because of an injury Trézéguet (Al Rayyan).
57': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
57': Corner, Al Ain. Conceded by David García.
58': Attempt blocked. Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Matías Palacios with a cross.
59': Foul by Erik (Al Ain).
59': Mohamed Surag (Al Rayyan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
61': Foul by Alejandro Romero (Al Ain).
61': Trézéguet (Al Rayyan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
63': Adam Bareiro (Al Rayyan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
63': Foul by Matías Palacios (Al Ain).
63': Attempt missed. Trézéguet (Al Rayyan) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Adam Bareiro.
63': Corner, Al Ain. Conceded by Hazem Shehata.
65': Delay in match because of an injury Paulo Victor (Al Rayyan).
66': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
67': Corner, Al Rayyan. Conceded by Bandar Al Ahbabi.
70': Matías Palacios (Al Ain) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Alejandro Romero.
70': Corner, Al Rayyan. Conceded by Khalid Al Hashemi.
71': Attempt missed. André Amaro (Al Rayyan) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Murad Naji Hussein with a cross following a corner.
73': Corner, Al Rayyan. Conceded by Abdoul Traoré.
74': Attempt missed. Trézéguet (Al Rayyan) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Adam Bareiro.
75': Goal! Al Ain 1, Al Rayyan 2. Róger Guedes (Al Rayyan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Adam Bareiro.
76': Corner, Al Ain. Conceded by Hazem Shehata.
77': Corner, Al Ain. Conceded by Trézéguet.
78': Adam Bareiro (Al Rayyan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
78': Foul by Mohamed Awad Alla (Al Ain).
78': Substitution, Al Ain. Felipe Salomoni replaces Erik.
78': Substitution, Al Ain. Mateo Sanabria replaces Mohamed Awad Alla.
79': Substitution, Al Ain. Hazem Mohammad replaces Matías Palacios.
79': Delay in match because of an injury Thiago Mendes (Al Rayyan).
80': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
80': Substitution, Al Rayyan. Naif Al Hadrami replaces Thiago Mendes because of an injury.
81': Felipe Salomoni (Al Ain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
81': Foul by Naif Al Hadrami (Al Rayyan).
82': Offside, Al Ain. Soufiane Rahimi is caught offside.
82': Foul by Mohamed Surag (Al Rayyan).
82': Khalid Eissa (Al Ain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
83': Mohamed Surag (Al Rayyan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
83': Corner, Al Ain. Conceded by Mohamed Surag.
84': Substitution, Al Rayyan. Hussain Bahzad replaces Mohamed Surag.
85': Foul by Hussain Bahzad (Al Rayyan).
85': Mateo Sanabria (Al Ain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
85': Róger Guedes (Al Rayyan) is shown the yellow card.
85': Attempt blocked. Park Yong-Woo (Al Ain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hazem Mohammad.
87': Offside, Al Ain. Alejandro Romero is caught offside.
88': Foul by André Amaro (Al Rayyan).
88': Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
88': Attempt missed. Abdoul Traoré (Al Ain) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
89': Substitution, Al Ain. Gino Infantino replaces Khalid Al Hashemi.
90': David García (Al Rayyan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90': Foul by Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain).
90': Fourth official has announced 8 minutes of added time.
90'+1': Abdoul Traoré (Al Ain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+1': Foul by Adam Bareiro (Al Rayyan).
90'+2': Substitution, Al Rayyan. Amid Mahajna replaces Adam Bareiro.
90'+2': Attempt missed. Mateo Sanabria (Al Ain) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Felipe Salomoni.
90'+3': Foul by Róger Guedes (Al Rayyan).
90'+3': Gino Infantino (Al Ain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+6': Offside, Al Ain. Soufiane Rahimi is caught offside.
90'+8': Attempt missed. Park Yong-Woo (Al Ain) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
90'+9': Second Half ends, Al Ain 1, Al Rayyan 2.
0': Match ends, Al Ain 1, Al Rayyan 2.

Statistics

RAY		AlN
10	Fouls	12
2	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	7
6	Corner Kicks	10
2	Saves	2
46.4	Possession	53.6
14	SHOTS	13
5	ON GOAL	3
0.4	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
297	Accurate Passes	350
368	Passes	422
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
5	Accurate Crosses	3
19	Crosses	29
0.3	Cross %	0.1
57	Long Balls	46
20	Accurate Long Balls	24
0.4	Long Balls %	0.5
2	Blocked Shots	3
9	Effective Tackles	5
10	Tackles	7
0.9	Tackle %	0.7
11	Interceptions	6
33	Effective Clearances	17
33	Clearances	17

Game Information

Competition: AFC Champions League Elite

Venue: Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium
Location: Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Attendance: 6,326

AFC Champions League Elite Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Al Hilal	8	+19	22
2	Al Ahli	8	+13	22
3	Al Nassr	8	+11	17
4	Al Sadd	8	+1	12

Full Table

Line-Ups

Al-Ain (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
17	Khalid Eisa (GK)
3	Kouame Kouadio
16	Khalid Hashemi
15	Erik
11	Bandar Al-Ahbabi
10	Kaku
20	Matías Palacios
5	Park Yong-Woo
21	Soufiane Rahimi
72	Mohamed Awad Alla
70	Abdoul Traoré

Al-Ain Substitutes:

Gino Infantino, Sekou Gassama, Felipe Salomoni, Hassan Muhammed, Mateo Sanabria, Khaled Al-Blooshi, Ahmed Barman Ali, Mohammed Bu Sanda, Hazem Mohammad, Rilwanu Sarki, Dramane Koumare.

Al Rayyan (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
48	Paulo Victor (GK)
5	David García
13	André Amaro
3	Hazem Shehata
2	Murad Naji
10	Róger Guedes
23	Thiago Mendes
4	Julien de Sart
92	Adam Bareiro
8	Trézéguet
17	Mohamed Surag

Al Rayyan Substitutes:

Ameed Mahajna, Sami Dauleh, Hussein Bahzad, Sami Habib, Khaled Ali Binsabaa, Abdulla Al Ali, Rodrigo Tabata, Tameem Mansour Al Abdullah, Naif Al Hadhrami, Joshua Brenet.

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