FIFA Club World Cup Fantasy 2025: Al Ain – Best players, predicted XI + more

Price Change Predictions

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	B
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Woltemade	NEW	7.4m	93.9%	Likely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.4m	90.8%	Likely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	99.2%	Likely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	94.3%	Maybe
J.Timber	ARS	6.4m	83.3%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	90.2%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	5.9m	69.6%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	84.0%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	87.4%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	85.3%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.1m	60.4%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	83.4%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.6m	85.8%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	82.5%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	6.9m	80.5%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	79.4%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	75.0%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	71.7%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.8m	68.2%	Unlikely
Neto	CHE	7.2m	51.9%	Unlikely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	77.6%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	10.1m	58.8%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.3m	65.7%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	62.8%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.5m	63.1%	Unlikely
O.Dango	BRE	6.0m	54.7%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	55.2%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	55.7%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	42.8%	Unlikely
Donnarumma	MCI	5.7m	56.0%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.2m	47.4%	Unlikely
Sessegnon	FUL	5.4m	48.3%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	46.3%	Unlikely
Kroupi.Jr	BOU	4.6m	44.5%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	40.6%	Unlikely
Barnes	NEW	6.4m	31.9%	Unlikely
Burn	NEW	5.1m	28.9%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	34.7%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	33.2%	Unlikely
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.3m	39.4%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Mbeumo	MUN	8.6m	71.0%	Likely
Caicedo	CHE	5.9m	98.3%	Likely
Rodney	CRY	4.5m	98.9%	Likely
Strand Larsen	WOL	6.3m	91.5%	Maybe
Vicario	TOT	5.0m	93.6%	Maybe
Pinnock	BRE	4.3m	96.1%	Maybe
Dixon	EVE	3.9m	94.1%	Maybe
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
Tel	TOT	6.3m	92.5%	Unlikely
Coppola	BHA	4.3m	94.3%	Unlikely
Boateng	BUR	4.8m	89.2%	Unlikely
Maguire	MUN	4.4m	90.2%	Unlikely
Lewis	MCI	4.8m	89.8%	Unlikely
Welch	EVE	3.9m	91.5%	Unlikely
J.Araujo	BOU	3.9m	92.4%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	89.9%	Unlikely
Kerkez	LIV	5.7m	88.2%	Unlikely
Ortega Moreno	MCI	4.8m	89.5%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.4m	90.5%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.5m	88.9%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	4.0m	85.4%	Unlikely
George	CHE	4.9m	90.9%	Unlikely
Abbott	NFO	3.9m	85.0%	Unlikely
Gruev	LEE	4.8m	80.0%	Unlikely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.3m	82.6%	Unlikely
Georginio	BHA	5.7m	73.1%	Unlikely
McGill	BHA	4.0m	82.6%	Unlikely
M.Bizot	AVL	4.3m	86.3%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.2m	82.9%	Unlikely
Young	AVL	4.4m	79.0%	Unlikely
Baleba	BHA	4.7m	81.0%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	82.9%	Unlikely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	81.9%	Unlikely
Cox	BRE	4.0m	83.4%	Unlikely
Sonne	BUR	3.9m	80.3%	Unlikely
Christie	BOU	5.0m	77.1%	Unlikely
Akinmboni	BOU	3.9m	80.0%	Unlikely
Knight	BHA	4.5m	83.0%	Unlikely
Matete	SUN	4.4m	80.4%	Unlikely
Alcaraz	EVE	5.2m	82.9%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C, Vs
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C, Vs
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Vs, Sus
Up	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Sels	NFO	C, Vs
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 3:14pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	A, Sus
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C, Vs
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	de Ligt	MUN	C, Vs
Up	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Andersen	FUL	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C, Vs
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	B, £
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 2:34pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A, Vs
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
Up	Gakpo	LIV	A, Vs
No Change	Minteh	BHA	A
Up	Anderson	NFO	A, Vs, £
No Change	Fernández	CHE	B
Up	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 2:44pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	B
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

Al Ain are the 32nd and final team we preview ahead of the FIFA World Club Cup.

Here, you’ll find the Emirati club’s top goalscorers and leading assist-makers, a rough predicted XI and our pick of their players for the tournament’s official Fantasy game – if you think they can be anything other than cannon fodder for Juventus and Manchester City, of course…

READ MORE: How to play the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 Fantasy game

AL AIN: OVERVIEW

Al Ain qualified for the Club World Cup by winning the 2023/24 AFC Champions League, defeating Yokohama F. Marinos 6-3 over a two-legged final.

Recent performances haven’t been great, however.

The team struggled in the 2024/25 AFC Champions League and were unable to win any of their eight matches. They finished fifth in the UAE’s domestic league, too, which led to the dismissal of coach Hernan Crespo back in November.

Now, with former Watford manager Vladimir Ivic at the helm, they head to America with realistic expectations.

That’s because Al Ain’s group features European heavyweights Man City and Juventus, plus relative minnows Wydad Casablanca.

It’s therefore pretty difficult to see an outcome other than City and the Old Lady reaching the knockouts.

GROUP FIXTURES

BOOKIES’ PREDICTIONS

	To Qualify	To Win Group
Manchester City	91.8%	64.6%
Wydad Casablanca	7.2%	1.8%
Al Ain	17.4%	3.5%
Juventus	83.6%	30.1%

LEAGUE NUMBERS

GOALS

Kodjo Laba ($6.2m, FWD) – 20
Soufiane Rahimi ($6.0m, FWD) – 11

ASSISTS

Alejandro Romero ($5.6m, MID) – 9
Bandar Al Ahbabi ($5.1m, MID) – 7
Erik ($4.9m, DEF) – 5

SET-PIECE TAKERS

PENALTIES

Kodjo Laba ($6.2m, FWD)
Soufiane Rahimi ($6.0m, FWD)
Alejandro Romero ($5.6m, MID)

CORNERS + FREE KICKS

Alejandro Romero ($5.6m, MID)

TOP FANTASY PICKS

Kodjo Laba ($6.2m) – FWD
Alejandro Romero ($5.6m) – MID
Soufiane Rahimi ($6.0m, FWD)

Togolese international Kodjo Laba ended the 2024/25 campaign as the UAE Pro League Golden Boot winner, with 20 goals.

Scoring at a rate of 1.07 goals per 90, his output merits attention, but at 33, it’s hard to see him disrupting Man City and Juventus’ backlines too much.

Still, 5.5 shots per 90 in 2024/25 is a very decent rate.

Meanwhile, former New York Red Bulls star Alejandro Romero, nicknamed Kaku, has complemented Kodjo well since his arrival in 2023.

The creator behind strikers Kodjo and Soufiane Rahimi, who scored 11 goals in the domestic league last season, he’s been pretty prolific himself, with 15 goal contributions in 2024/25.

He also takes a share of free-kicks and corners, offering further routes to points.

Defensively, you’d expect Man City and Juventus to expose them, so backline assets are probably best avoided.

EARLY PREDICTED XI

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