Rahmatgonj came from behind to hand new league champions Mohammedan their second Bangladesh Football Premier League defeat of the season in a 4-3 thriller.

 

Souleymane Diabate’s brace in the second and fifth minutes and one by Emmanuel Sunday in the 37th were cancelled out by Rajon Howleder (10th minute), Md Taj Uddin (31st) and two strikes from Mamoud Oshie in the 84th and 86th minutes.

Mohammedan drew 3-3 in their penultimate match with Brothers Union, with Diabate landing himself another brace to take his tally for the season to 14 goals.

 

Bashundhara Kings’ Rakib Hossain helped himself to four goals and two assists in their 7-2 rout of Fakirepool while Brothers Union’s Gambian strikeforce of Assan Njie and Zakaria Darboe scored two apiece in their 5-0 demolition of Dhaka Wanderers.

 

Fakirepool bounced back from their earlier defeat to beat Dhaka Wanderers 2-1.

Nigerian Emeka Ogbugh hit two goals in Abahani Limited Dhaka’s 5-0 trouncing of relegated Chittagong Abahani. His side later drew 1-1 with Rahmatgonj.

 

Fortis and Bangladesh Police played out a 1-1 stalemate, with the former going on to repeat the scoreline against Bashundhara Kings. Bangladesh Police handed Chittagong Abahani their 16th defeat of the season with a 2-1 win in their following match.

Defending champions Paro beat Tsirang 4-0 in the Bhutan Premier League to notch their third win in as many matches. The five-time titleholders have scored 11 goals and conceded only one as they look to win a fourth consecutive trophy.

Southern City earned their first win in three matches with a 1-0 defeat of bottom side Tensung, who have lost all three of their games.

Esteghlal FC will meet Malavan in the final of the Hazfi Cup after the former defeated second-tier club Sanat Naft 2-0 and the latter beat Gol Gohar by a single goal.

Malavan, who finished seventh in the Iran Pro League, will play seven-time titleholders Esteghlal on May 29.

Bottom club Asiagoal Bishkek secured their first win in 11 games after stunning Kyrgyz Republic Premier League leaders Alay Osh 2-1. Alay Osh fell behind by two goals in the first half and only scored their consolation goal seven minutes into time added on.

 

The table-toppers, on 27 points, saw their lead whittled down to one point after second-placed Muras United and Dordoi Bishkek battled out a 1-1 stalemate.

FC Abdysh-Ata remained in third after beating FC Ozgon 5-2, with Erbol Abduzhaparov scoring a second-half brace to help the defending champions to their fourth consecutive win.

 

In other matches, FC Bars Issyk-Kul beat Oshmu-Aldier 2-1 while Talant beat Bishkek City by a similar scoreline. Ilbirs Bishkek FC halted their five-match losing streak with a 2-2 draw with Neftchi Kochkor-Ata while Kyrgyzaltyn lost 1-0 to Alga Bishkek.

 

FC Nasaf retained their top spot in the Uzbekistan Super League with a 2-1 win over second-placed FC AGMK. The defending champions are on 25 points after 11 matches, two points clear of AGMK who had drawn 2-2 with Neftchi Fargona in an earlier game.

Fargona defeated bottom side FC Shurtan 4-0 in their next match, with the latter reduced to 10 men as early as the sixth minute. 

 

Dinamo Samarqand, who alongside Nasaf remain the two unbeaten teams in the league, are in third behind AGMK on goal difference after beating Qizilqum Zarafshon 3-2 courtesy of Sanzhar Kodirkulov’s match-winner seven minutes into time added on.

Fourth-placed Navbahor Namangan came away 3-0 winners over Kokand 1912 while sixth-placed Pakhtakor defeated Khorezm Urgench 2-1. The 16-time titleholders’ second goal came from a mistake by Vladimir Bubanja, who put the ball into his own net deep into stoppage time.

 

Andijan beat FC Surkhon 2-1 to stop their five-game losing streak while Sogdiana, third from the bottom, drew 1-1 with FX Buxoro, who are a step below them.

Vakhsh Bokhtar maintained their unbeaten run in the Tajik League with a 1-0 win over Ravshan to move to the top of the standings.

Vakhsh, who have drawn their last three matches, are on 23 points after 11 matches, two clear of second-placed CSKA Dushanbe who beat Khujand 2-1.

 

The other match of the week saw Barkchi Hisor defeat Eskhata Khujand by a solitary goal.