Shabab Alahli moved to the top of the table raising its tally to 36 points, after beating Al Dhafra 2-0 in the 17th matchweek of Adnoc professional league at Rashid Stadium, the two goals scored by Azizjon Ganiev and Federico Nicolas Cartabia.
Azizjon Ganiev had put Shabab Al Ahli ahead in the 23rd minute after firing a sublime strike from outside the box into the top corner of the net, beating goalkeeper Abdulla Sultan Alnasri.
Three minutes after the hour-mark, Cartabia added the second goal and sealed the victory for the Dubai-based side when he was teed up by Yahya AlGhassani inside the box; as he kept his composure and curled the ball into the back of the net.