Alexander Geynrikh put the AFC Champions League ever-presents one-up in the 33rd minute before Montenegrin U-21 international midfielder Darko Marković sealed the win in the 62nd minute on his Uzbek league debut.

Kuruvchi, who are Uzbekistan’s other representatives in this year’s ACL, defeated Navbakhor 1-0 thanks to Ulugbek Bakaev’s 26 minute goal while AGMK lead the standings following their 3-0 win over Shurtan.

Andijan is joint-second with Pakhtakor after opening their campaign with a 2-0 defeat of Metallurg and Nasaf also made a winning start after a 19th minute Zafar Holmuradov strike was enough for a narrow 1-0 victory over dynamo.

The remaining round 1 fixtures ended all-square as Sogdiana conceded two minutes into second-half stoppage-time to draw 1-1 with Uzdongju and the matches between Kyzylkum and Mash’al and Bukhara and Locomotive finished goalless.