Hamdallah doubled the advantage for Al Nassr after Abdullah Madu broke the deadlock for the Saudi Arabia side as the Moroccan increased his tally in the 2020 AFC Champions League to five in four matches, having scored twice in the Matchday Three fixture against the Iran side.

Goals from Abdullah Madu and top scorer Abderrazak Hamdallah sealed the points for Al Nassr to keep them at the summit of the group, while Sepahan were left trailing second placed Al Sadd SC by five points with two matches to go.

With two games to spare, Al Nassr joined their countrymen Al Ahli, becoming the second team to advance to the 2020 AFC Champions League Round of 16. But Vitoria insists his side will not take their foot off the gas in the remaining two matches.

Al Sadd led 1-0 going into the half-time break but turned on the power in the second period to score an emphatic win which took them to eight points and well in sight of a berth in the Round of 16.

In the match between the two sides on Tuesday, Al Nassr managed a comfortable 2-0 win courtesy of an Hamdallah brace either side of half time.

The 2018-19 UAE Pro League champions were winless in the three matches going into Friday's Group C tie but goals from Khaled Bawazir, Majed Surour, Igor Coronado and Caio steered Sharjah to an impressive victory which revived their chances of advancing to the knockout stage.

The Iraqi midfielder was the hero of the night as he notched the match's only goal from the penalty spot to take the Islamic Republic of Iran side to the top of the group with seven points.

With Al Duhail SC suffering a 4-2 defeat to UAE's Sharjah, there is still all to play for in Group C.

Fayyadh etched his name in Al Shorta's history when he scored the second goal in the 65th minute to steer the Iraqi club to their first-ever AFC Champions League win.

Al Shorta opened the scoring through a header from defender Saad Natiq with Mohammed Al Majhad levelling the tie for the Jeddah-based club in the 56th minute before Fayyadh netted his history-making goal.