Johor Darul Ta’zim FC picked up their first win of their 2025-26 AFC Champions League Elite campaign as the Malaysia Super League champions handed Chinese Super League outfit Chengdu Rongcheng a 2-0 defeat.
Goals from Óscar Arribas and Nacho Méndez secured victory for Xisco Muñez’s side in Chengdu to move JDT into seventh place in the 12-team eastern league phase after three rounds of matches. The top eight finishers advance to the knockout rounds.
ASEAN Club Championship Shopee Cup™ holders Buriram United FC slipped to a late 2-1 loss against Melbourne City in the club’s first game under new coach Mark Jackson at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium.
The Thai League 1 champions had taken the lead through Goran Čaušić but Elbasan Rashani’s 84th minute goal levelled the scores before Max Caputo hit a 97th minute winner for the home side.
The loss was Buriram United’s second in a row in the competition and leaves the team in 11th position on three points with five rounds of group matches remaining.
In the AFC Champions League Two, Tampines Rovers FC maintained their perfect record in Group H with a 1-0 win over former Asian champions Pohang Steelers at Bishan Stadium after Hide Higashikawa gave the Singapore Premier League side a first minute lead.
The win over the side from Korea Republic, who won the Asian title in 1997, 1998 and 2009, moves Tampines Rovers onto nine points from three games and into a strong position to qualify for the next round.
Pohang Steelers are second with Bangkok United FC in third, a further three points adrift following their 2-0 win over Kaya FC-Iloilo from the Philippines.
Công An Hà Nội FC remain on top of Group E at the halfway point in the group phase schedule following a 1-1 draw with Australian side Macarthur FC at Hang Day Stadium.
Lê Văn Đô’s 30th minute opener was cancelled out by a Tomislav Uskok header 13 minutes from time as Công An Hà Nội move onto five points from three games, one clear of Hong Kong Premier League side Tai Po FC.
Nam Định FC saw their perfect start to Group F ended by Gamba Osaka as the Japanese side notched up a 3-1 win at Suita City Football Stadium to move three points clear of the V.League 1 outfit at the top of the standings.
Muhsen Al-Ghassani’s second half penalty earned Bangkok United FC a 1-0 win over Lion City Sailors FC in Group G that takes the Thai club up to second in the standings with six points, one behind leaders Persib.
The Indonesians registered a 2-0 victory over Malaysia’s Selangor FC, who remain without a point from the first three matches in the competition.
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