Brazilian winger Malcom scored with his first touch after being introduced from the bench to put Al Hilal in front when Al Dawsari’s 68th minute penalty was saved by Utkir Yusupov, with the former Barcelona man stroking the rebound home for the opener.

Al Dawsari then lobbed Yusupov from distance with five minutes remaining to redeem himself after his struggles from 12 yards earlier in the game.

The result moves Al Hilal onto 13 points from five matches and three clear of second placed Navbahor, with the Saudi side guaranteed to finish in pole position due to their superior head-to-head record over Samvel Babayan’s team.

The hosts, having already qualified, put out a much changed side to the one which faced Pakhtakor in the reverse leg.

The Islamic Republic of Iran side repeated their feat from their opening match in the group with Mohammadreza Azadi getting his name on the scoresheet in both wins.

Elman Tagayew cancelled out Anthony Nwakaeme’s opener but Al Fayha turned on the power in the second half with goals from Fashion Sakala and Sultan Mandash to seal the win.

Jarvey Gayoso gave Kaya a surprise lead in the 21st minute only for Moises to equalise five minutes later. But the visitors were no match for Shandong in the second half as Moises’ second, a Cryzan hat-trick and a header from Song Long sealed their fourth win of the group stage.

Frontale’s 15 points gives them an unassailable lead with the Japanese side to close out their group campaign against Ulsan Hyundai in Korea Republic on December 12.

Veteran playmaker Akihiro Ienaga was instrumental in Frontale’s win, scoring the opener and setting up Leandro Damiao for the second before goals from Marcinho, Yu Kobayashi and Miki Yamane completed a comfortable win for the Japanese side.

An 13th minute own-goal saw Ulsan take the lead with Gustav Ludwigson adding a second before half-time. Lee Myung-jae made it 3-0 after the break, before Igor Sergeev restored some respectability to the scoreline for BG Pathum.

Ulsan’s win, coupled with Kawasaki Frontale’s victory over Johor Darul Ta’zim that saw the J1 League club secure top spot, sees the Korean outfit secure the runners-up place courtesy of a superior head-to-head record against third-placed JDT regardless of results on Matchday Six.

Hong Si-hoo gave the K League 1 side an early lead in the 11th minute before substitute Hernandes Rodrigues doubled their lead in the second half at Incheon Football Stadium. Elber pulled one back for the visitors in the 83rd minute, but Incheon held on to match Yokohama on nine points.