Al-Wasl beat Baniyas with a brace in the UAE Pro League

Al-Wasl secured an important 2-0 win away to hosts Baniyas in the match played between the two sides in round 6 of the UAE Pro League for the 2026 season, held on 2026-10-16 at 18:45 Damascus time.

Al-Wasl's goals were scored by Mehdi Taremi in the 11th minute, and Cameron Puertas in the 45+1 minute, settling the result in the team's favour before the end of the first half.

Cameron Puertas was named man of the match after scoring a goal and playing the full 90 minutes, with a rating of 8.2.

In terms of statistics, Al-Wasl dominated possession with 54% against 46% for Baniyas, and took 9 corner kicks compared to 6 for the hosts, while Baniyas registered 19 shots against 13 for Al-Wasl, but Al-Wasl's shots on target were more accurate at 6 compared to 4. The expected goals value stood at 2.19 for Al-Wasl against 1.63 for Baniyas. The match saw no red cards, against one yellow card for Al-Wasl.

With this win, Al-Wasl climbed to fourth place in the standings with 10 points from 5 matches, after achieving 3 wins, one draw and one loss, scoring 15 goals and conceding 6.

Meanwhile, Baniyas remained in 14th place with just one point from 5 matches, having drawn one match and lost 4 without any wins, scoring 5 goals and conceding 10.