Mohun Bagan Super Giant proved too good for East Bengal, prevailing 2-0 in the 400th Kolkata Derby at a packed VYBK in Kolkata.

A goal from Jamie Maclaren (41st minute) and a penalty conversion from Dimitri Petratos in the 89th minute lifted Mohun Bagan to second on 10 points from five matches, while East Bengal languish at the bottom place with five defeats from as many matches.

Bengaluru FC registered their fourth victory in five matches when they scraped past Punjab FC 1-0 at home. The victory kept BFC at the top spot on 13  - Roshan Singh’s strike in the 43rd minute clinching the points.

In other matches, 10-man Chennaiyin FC rallied to beat NEUFC 3-1, while Mumbai City FC prevailed 2-1 over FC Goa.

Aluminium Arak halted Foolad’s winning streak, triumphing 4-2 in the Iran Pro League to garner three crucial points with league leaders Sepahan, second placed Persepolis and third ranked Malavan not in action.

A brace from Mohammad Amin Kazemian and a strike each from Aref Haji Eydi and Rahman Jafari saw Aluminium cross the line even as Foolad scored in a span of two minutes late in the second half through Ehsan Palavan (42nd) and Sasan Ansari (44th).

Foolad are fourth with 14 points from eight matches, with Aluminium on 12 points.

In other matches, Esteghlal Khuzsetan got past Mes Rafsanjan 3-2, a dominant Zob Ahan blanked Esteghlal FC 3-0, Chadormalu beat Kheybar 1-0, while Shams Azar split points with Havadar in a 1-1 draw.

FC Nasaf split points with FC Surkhon 1-1 with both teams finishing with 10 men each. Abdugafur Khaydarov pulled it back for Surkhon after Zoran Marusic had put Nasaf in the lead in the 17th minute.

The result didn’t affect Nasaf’s fortunes at the top as they sit pretty on 46 points from 21 matches, eight more than second-placed FC AGMK.

Bunyodkor prevailed 3-1 over Lokomotiv Tashkent in a thriller, while Andijon and Metallurg Bekabad played to a goalless draw.

Abdysh-Ata Kant continued their dominance in the Kyrgyz League, getting past Neftchi Kochkorata 2-1 to jump to 59 points from 23 matches, with a 10-point lead over Dordoi Bishkek.

Dordoi, meanwhile, shared the spoils with Muras United in an exciting 3-3 draw.

In other matches, Alay defeated Bishkek 1-0, while Alga and Talant were involved in a 0-0 draw.

FC Istikol put up a five-star performance to breeze past a hapless CSKA Dushanbe to stamp their authority in the Tajikistan League. Istikol opened a gap of eight points at the top of the table over Khujand.

In another match, Ravshan beat Kuktosh 5-0.

League leaders Paro FC came from behind to hold Thimphu City 2-2 in the Bhutan Premier League. Despite the result, Paro continue to hold on to the pole position on 47 points from 18 matches, while Thimphu City stayed third on 39 points.