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title: "Al-Dhafra crush Dubai United with a clean five-goal haul in the UAE Pro League"
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description: "Al-Dhafra defeated visitors Dubai United 5-1 in the sixth round of the UAE Pro League, with Sory Kaba shining with two goals and an assist."
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# Al-Dhafra crush Dubai United with a clean five-goal haul in the UAE Pro League

Al-Dhafra defeated visitors Dubai United 5-1 in the sixth round of the UAE Pro League, with Sory Kaba shining with two goals and an assist.

[Kareem Al-Saleh](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/kareem-al-saleh-2) Editor Published 16 October 2026، 18:06 ، updated 21:53 Saudi time

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Al-Dhafra crush Dubai United with a clean five-goal haul in the UAE Pro League

[Al-Dhafra](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/al-dhafra-83) secured a big win against visitors [Dubai United](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/dubai-united-76) by a score of 5-1 in the sixth round of the [UAE Pro League](https://riyadaty.com/en/competition/uae-pro-league-6) for the 2026 season.

[Dominique Mendy](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/dominique-mendy-2658) opened the scoring for Al-Dhafra from a penalty kick in the 33rd minute, before [Willy Semedo](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/willy-johnson-semedo-afonso-2439) equalised for Dubai United, also from a penalty, in the 40th minute. [Sory Kaba](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/sory-kaba-2669) responded with a goal in the 41st minute to restore his team's lead before the end of the first half.

In the second half, Sory Kaba added his second goal for Al-Dhafra in the 48th minute, then [Dramane Koumare](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/dramane-koumare-2649) extended the margin with a third goal in the 68th minute, before [Arielson](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/arielson-sampaio-galv%C3%A3o-2662) wrapped up the scoring with a fifth goal in the 90+1st minute.

Sory Kaba received the player of the match award with a rating of 9.77 after playing for 82 minutes, during which he scored two goals and set up an additional goal.

Despite the defeat, Dubai United dominated possession with 72 percent compared to 28 percent for Al-Dhafra, and had 20 attempts compared to 11 for their hosts, along with 10 corner kicks compared to 3 for Al-Dhafra.

The match did not see any red cards, while each team received one yellow card.

With this win, Al-Dhafra moved up to 12th place with 3 points from 5 matches, while Dubai United dropped to 8th place with 7 points, also from 5 matches.

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