Down to 10 men for the entire second half, Tractor produced a stellar performance to defeat Gol Gohar 2-0 to stay top of the Iran Pro League.

After a barren first half which saw Igor Postonjski being flashed his marching orders (45+2), Tractor rode on strikes from Tomislav Srtkiaj and Mehdi Hashemnejad to move to 25 points from 11 matches – one ahead of Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan SC who were not in action.

Defending champions Persepolis overcame a fighting Malavan 2-1 to move to 23 points. Soroush Rafiei and Farshad Faraji scored one apiece for the winners after Ghaem Eslamikhah had put Malavan in the lead.

Persepolis meet Sepahan later on Monday where victory for either will see them assume pole position.

In other matches, Chadormalu and Aluminium Arak played to a 1-1 draw, Esteghlal Khuzestan and Zob Ahan split points in a goalless stalemate, while Foolad flew 3-0 past Shams Azar.

Mohun Bagan Super Giant came from behind to score a dramatic 3-2 win over Kerala Blasters, netting the winner in second half added time.

Trailing 2-1, Mohun Bagan scored twice in the last 13 minutes, including Alberto Rodriguez’s vociferous strike five minutes into added time which helped the club consolidate top spot with 26 points from 11 matches.

They are being chased by Bengaluru FC, who split points with FC Goa in a 2-2 draw to fall four points behind. Third-placed Odisha FC overcame 10-man East Bengal 2-1 to move to 19 points.

Jamshedpur FC beat Punjab FC 2-1, Mumbai City FC scraped 1-0 past 10-man Mohammedan Sporting while Chennaiyin FC – also reduced to 10 men - prevailed over Hyderabad FC by an identical margin.

Dhaka Mohammedan beat Abahani Limited Dhaka by a solitary goal to register their third successive victory in the Bangladesh Football Premier League.

A Souleymane Diabate strike on the stroke of half-time sealed the points with Abahani dropping to fifth after their first defeat of the season.

Defending champions Bashundhara Kings shrugged off their defeat in the previous round to return to winning ways – rallying to beat Rahmatgonj 4-1. The Kings are third on six points.  

Brothers Union proved too strong for Chittagong Abahani in a 2-0 win, Police beat Dhaka Wanderers 4-0 while Fortis defeated Fakirer Phool 3-0.

Champions Istiklol wrapped up their campaign in style, beating third-placed Ravshan 1-0 to sign off from their amazing Tajikistan League campaign.

A late strike by Ilieski saw Istiklol finish on 59 points - 16 ahead of runners-up FK Khujand  with  Ravshan two adrift in third.