Shabab Al Ahli Dubai vs Al Ain 2-0

Shabab Al Ahli Dubai beat Al Ain 2-0 at Al-Rashid Stadium, with Sardar Azmoun opening the scoring in first-half stoppage time and Kauan Santos Silva adding the second after the break. Al Ain finished with a red card for Abdoul Karim Traoré in the 90th minute plus two.

The home side went in front three minutes into first-half stoppage time when Sardar Azmoun, set up by Breno Cascardo Lemos, made it 1-0. The only other goal before the interval came after the restart of that half, and the score at the break was Shabab Al Ahli Dubai 1-0 Al Ain.

Shabab Al Ahli Dubai doubled the lead on 59 minutes when Kauan Santos Silva finished from Juan Alvina, who had come on in the 13th minute. Al Ain reacted with two changes on 61 minutes, bringing on Matías Palacios and Giorgos Giakoumakis, but they still could not force a way back into it. Shabab Al Ahli Dubai made three further changes after 66 minutes and 84 minutes, and the visitors' frustration grew as Abdoul Karim Traoré was booked on 89 minutes and sent off in stoppage time.

Al Ain had 61% of the ball, 482 passes to Shabab Al Ahli Dubai's 327 and 21 shots to 10, but Shabab Al Ahli Dubai had the better return in front of goal with four shots on target to Al Ain's three and an xG edge of 3.01 to 2.02. Al Ain also won nine corners to none and committed 17 fouls to five, while Shabab Al Ahli Dubai had three saves to Al Ain's two and the offside count finished 1-2.

Shabab Al Ahli Dubai were booked twice, for Jahnoah Markelo on 39 minutes and Renan Victor da Silva on 64 minutes. Al Ain had three yellow cards before Traoré's red, for Yahya Benkhaleq on 63 minutes, Adis Jasic on 69 minutes and Ramy Rabia on 79 minutes.