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title: "Al Wahda come from behind to beat Khorfakkan 3-2 in UAE Pro League"
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description: "Al Wahda overcame hosts Khorfakkan 3-2 in round six of the UAE Pro League, after turning around their deficit with two goals from Christian Benteke Liolo."
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# Al Wahda come from behind to beat Khorfakkan 3-2 in UAE Pro League

Al Wahda overcame hosts Khorfakkan 3-2 in round six of the UAE Pro League, after turning around their deficit with two goals from Christian Benteke Liolo.

[Kareem Al-Saleh](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/kareem-al-saleh-2) Editor Published 18 October 2026، 18:12 ، updated 21:43 Saudi time

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Al Wahda come from behind to beat Khorfakkan 3-2 in UAE Pro League

Al Wahda beat hosts [Khorfakkan](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/khorfakkan-74) 3-2 in a match that brought the two sides together in round six of the [UAE Pro League](https://riyadaty.com/en/competition/uae-pro-league-6).

Khorfakkan opened the scoring through [Ramiro Vaca Ponce](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/ramiro-vaca-ponce-3558) in the 13th minute, before [Mansour Saleh Barghash Jaralla Al Menhali](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/mansour-saleh-barghash-jaralla-al-menhali-2681) equalised for Al Wahda in the 24th minute. [Tarik Tissoudali](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/tarik-tissoudali-2371) restored Khorfakkan's lead in the 32nd minute, before [Christian Benteke Liolo](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/christian-benteke-liolo-2705) intervened to turn the result in Al Wahda's favour by scoring two consecutive goals, the first from a penalty kick in the 39th minute and another in the 45+2 minute.

Christian Benteke Liolo was named man of the match after scoring two goals in 84 minutes played, earning a rating of 8.2.

Al Wahda dominated proceedings in terms of possession with 56 percent compared to 44 percent for Khorfakkan, and had 19 attempts compared to 8 for their hosts, including 6 on target compared to just 2 for Khorfakkan. Al Wahda also won 5 corner kicks compared to one for Khorfakkan, while the expected goals value reached 2.28 for Al Wahda compared to 1.1 for Khorfakkan. Al Wahda players received two yellow cards with no red cards shown to either side.

With 9 points from 5 matches, Al Wahda moved up to sixth place after achieving 3 wins and suffering two losses, while Khorfakkan remained in twelfth place with 4 points from 5 matches, following one win, one draw and three losses.

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