On Tuesday and Wednesday the teams from the Central, South and East Zones will play their penultimate group matches with top spots in Groups D, E and I all still to play for.

A glut of penalties and away wins, as well as the competition's leading scorers continuing to produce the goods are among the highlights of the-AFC.com's look back at the most eye-catching statistics from the latest round of fixtures.

The visitors were in control of the match throughout the 90 minutes and scored four goals in a game for the third time this campaign as they made it four wins from six in one of the competition's most hard-fought groups.

Coming off the back of defeat in the reverse fixture a week ago, Maldivian club New Radiant started strongly at the National Stadium and were rewarded on the half-hour mark when forward Ali Fasir calmly converted after fine play from strike-partner Ali Ashfaq to open the scoring.

Going into the break the hosts continued to grow in confidence, but it was only after half-time that they doubled their advantage. On this occasion, Ashfaq took advantage of a mistake from defender Rahul Bheke to extend his side’s lead after 47 minutes.

The side from DPR Korea, who top the group on 12 points, ended the hopes of Benfica Macau, having twice defeated the side who sit six points behind them.

Niki Torrao threatened for the hosts early on when he drove through several challenges and shot into the side netting.

But the visitors soon asserted themselves and Gilchrist Nguema received a yellow card for a tug on An Il-born. Il-born took the resulting free kick and his dipping effort forced Batista to beat it out.

Il-born, however, would not be denied as the away side took the lead in the 24th minute, when a deep cross from An Song-il broke to him at the far post and he drilled into the corner from 12 yards.

4.25 SC made it 2-0 in the 31st minute as Il-born slotted home a penalty after Kim Yu-song was fouled.

The crowd at the Suyinbaev Stadium were treated to a five-goal thriller with the action heating up after seven minutes when Istiklol midfielder Fatkhullo Fatkhulloev opened the scoring from the penalty spot.

Shortly before half-time, a Ulugbek Riskulov free-kick levelled proceedings for Alay but the hosts were unable to maintain their lead heading into the break as Romish Dzalilov restored Istiklol’s advantage moments later.