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# Shabab Al Ahli Dubai beat Esteghlal 2-0 in AFC Champions League Elite

Shabab Al Ahli Dubai defeated Esteghlal 2-0 without reply in the third round of the league stage of the AFC Champions League Elite, raising their tally to a perfect 9 points.

[Youssef Darwish](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/youssef-darwish-4) Editor Published 28 October 2026، 03:17 Saudi time

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Shabab Al Ahli Dubai beat Esteghlal 2-0 in AFC Champions League Elite

[Shabab Al Ahli Dubai](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/shabab-al-ahli-dubai-79) secured an important victory over visiting Esteghlal by a score of 2-0, in a match held as part of the third round of the league stage of the [AFC Champions League Elite](https://riyadaty.com/en/competition/afc-champions-league-elite-28) for the 2026/27 season, which took place on 27 October 2026 at 19:00 Saudi Arabia and Damascus time.

The goals of the match came in the second half, as [Mateusão](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/mateus-dias-lima-2545) opened the scoring for Shabab Al Ahli Dubai in the 69th minute, before [Juan Alvina](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/juan-alvina-bezerra-1668) added the second goal in the 84th minute to settle the result in his team's favour.

Mateusão was named man of the match after featuring for only 32 minutes, during which he scored a goal and received a rating of 7.67.

Statistically, Shabab Al Ahli Dubai dominated possession with 53 per cent compared to 47 for Esteghlal, and completed 464 passes compared to 404 for the visiting team. Shabab Al Ahli Dubai registered 5 shots on target compared to just one for Esteghlal, although Esteghlal had 9 total shots compared to 8 for Shabab Al Ahli Dubai. The expected goals value stood at 1.23 for Shabab Al Ahli Dubai compared to 0.49 for Esteghlal.

Esteghlal committed 17 fouls compared to 8 for Shabab Al Ahli Dubai, and received two yellow cards compared to one yellow card for Shabab Al Ahli Dubai, with no red cards shown to either side during the match.

With this win, Shabab Al Ahli Dubai raised their tally to 9 points in second place in the West Group after playing 3 matches, winning all of them, scoring 5 goals and conceding just one. Meanwhile, Esteghlal's tally stood at 6 points in fifth place after winning two matches and losing one, scoring 5 goals and conceding 3.

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