Palmeiras will face Chelsea or Al Hilal in the final of the Fifa Club World Cup after beating Al Ahly in Tuesday’s semi-final.
Raphael Veiga fired home Dudu’s flick-on to give the Brazilian side the lead six minutes before half-time.
Winger Dudu settled the outcome in the UAE with a powerful 49th-minute finish from a tight angle.
Egyptian outfit Al Ahly had Ayman Ashraf sent off in the 81st minute for a dangerous challenge on Rony.
European champions Chelsea face AFC Champions League winners Al Hilal in the other last-four tie on Wednesday.
The final takes place on Saturday 12 February, kicking off at 16:30 GMT.
Line-ups
Palmeiras
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 21Pereira da Silva
- 2Rocha Aquino
- 15Gómez
- 13Garcia Teixeira
- 22Piquerez
- 28dos Santos de Oliveira
- 8VivianSubstituted forAtuestaat 86′minutes
- 7Pereira Rodrigues SoteroSubstituted forRibeiro Silvaat 78′minutes
- 23Cavalcante VeigaSubstituted forMarques Siqueiraat 79′minutes
- 14Furtado ScarpaSubstituted forVasconcelos Lopesat 89′minutes
- 10da Silva BarbosaSubstituted forBrum Silva Acostaat 88′minutes
Substitutes
- 4Kuscevic
- 6de Oliveira Moraes
- 11Ribeiro Silva
- 12Rocha de Oliveira
- 16Brum Silva Acosta
- 19Vasconcelos Lopes
- 20Atuesta
- 26Cerqueira Paim
- 29Navarro Leal
- 30Marques Siqueira
- 31Oliveira Mendes
- 42Lomba do Nascimento
Al Ahly
Formation 3-4-3
- 16Lotfi Mostafa
- 6Ibrahim El Hanafi
- 5Aziz RabiaSubstituted forAbdul Fattahat 54′minutes
- 12AshrafBooked at 81mins
- 30Hany Eldemerdash
- 15Dieng
- 17El SoleyaSubstituted forAbdelkader Radwanat 54′minutes
- 21Maaloul
- 14El ShahatSubstituted forMohamed Ragaei Bakrat 54′minutes
- 27MahmoudSubstituted forSoliman Saidat 74′minutes
- 19Magdi MorsyBooked at 90mins
Substitutes
- 8Abdul Fattah
- 10Mohamed Ragaei Bakr
- 11Soliman Said
- 20Wahid
- 24Abdelmonem Elsayed Mohamed Ahmed
- 28Mahmoud
- 29Miquissone
- 31Shobeir
- 33Alaa Abdallah
- 35Abdelkader Radwan
- 45Tarek
- 66Maghraby
Live Text
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Match ends, Palmeiras 2, Al Ahly 0.
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Second Half ends, Palmeiras 2, Al Ahly 0.
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Walid Soliman (Al Ahly) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Mohamed Hany with a cross.
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Corner, Al Ahly. Conceded by Weverton.
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Attempt saved. Mohamed Hany (Al Ahly) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Walid Soliman.
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Mohamed Sherif (Al Ahly) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Gustavo Gómez (Palmeiras).
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Offside, Palmeiras. JoaquÃn Piquerez tries a through ball, but Breno Lopes is caught offside.
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Attempt missed. Deyverson (Palmeiras) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
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Afsha (Al Ahly) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Jailson (Palmeiras) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Substitution, Palmeiras. Breno Lopes replaces Gustavo Scarpa.
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Substitution, Palmeiras. Deyverson replaces Rony.
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Ahmed Abdelkader (Al Ahly) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Marcos Rocha (Palmeiras).
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Corner, Palmeiras. Conceded by Yasser Ibrahim.
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Substitution, Palmeiras. Eduard Atuesta replaces Zé Rafael.
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Foul by Aliou Dieng (Al Ahly).
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Zé Rafael (Palmeiras) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
