A Goal from Caio Canedo was the difference as Al Ain secured an important away win over Al Dhafra at Hamdan bin Zayed Stadium Stadium, growing their lead at the top of the ADNOC Pro League to ten points ahead of second placed Al Wahda.
The visitors started strong, and they successfully managed to opent he scoring in the 30th minute when Cristian Guanca floated a cross into the penalty area, and Canedo climbed above Al Dhafra's defence and fired a powerful header into the back of the net.
Al Dhafra had to finish the game with ten men as defender Khalaf Al Hosani was sent off in the 48th minute after he brought Caio down.
In the 72nd minute, Al Ain could have cemented their lead when Guanca sent in a perfect header but was flagged offside.
The hosts kept searching for the equaliser as Guilherme fired a powerful shot in the dying embers, but it was denied by Al Ain goalkeeper Khaled Issa.
Sergiy Rebrov's men are now within one win of securing the league title, having extended their lead to ten points with four games to go, while Al Dhafra remained in 12th place with only 18 points.
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