Baniyas succeeded in defeating its guest Al Dhafra by two goals to nothing in the match that was held for the seventeenth round of the ADNOC Professional League, which was played at Al Shamkha Stadium.

Al-Samawi entered the meeting with a squad that included Fahd Al-Dhanhani, Khaled Al-Attas, Sasha, Khamis Al-Hammadi, Joao Victor, Fawaz Awana, Gaston Suarez, Nicholas Jimenez, Sayed Khamis, Mohammed Rashid, and Isaac Thelin.

Al-Samawi opened the scoring early through Swede Isaac Thelin after he took advantage of a cross from full-back Joao Victor to put it in the net in the 11th minute of the first half time.

The second goal came through substitute Issa Al Mazmi, who managed to score his first goal with Baniyas this season in the 79th minute after he tamed the ball perfectly in the penalty area and put the ball in the goalkeeper of Al Dhafra goalkeeper.


With this victory, Baniyas raised his score of points to 22 points, equaling Al-Wasl and Al-Nasr in the points arrangement on the standings table.