Persib stay perfect and FC Seoul hit five in ACL Two Group E
Balsa Sekulić scored twice as Persib Bandung beat Melbourne Victory 2-0 for a third straight win, while K League 1 champions FC Seoul won 5-0 away to The Cong-Viettel in Hanoi.
By Emily · 28 Oct 2026, 15:50 WAT
Persib Bandung are still the only team with a perfect record in Group E of the AFC Champions League Two. The Indonesian club beat Melbourne Victory 2-0 at home on Wednesday 28 October, while FC Seoul won 5-0 away to The Cong-Viettel. Both games kicked off at 13:15 WAT.
At the Si Jalak Harupat Stadium in Soreang, the first half ended goalless. Balsa Sekulić broke the deadlock two minutes after the restart, finishing a pass from Danijel Lončar, and added his second in the 67th minute after a through ball from Berguinho, the AFC and Bola.com report.
The win takes Igor Tolić's side to nine points from three games. Melbourne Victory, coached by Giovanni Savarese, lost for the first time in the group and stay second on four points.
In Hanoi, FC Seoul picked up their first points of the campaign at the Hang Day Stadium. The result came days after Kim Gi-dong's team won the K League 1 title for the first time in a decade, the AFC said.
Moon Seon-min opened the scoring in the eighth minute. Anderson Oliveira (21'), Hwang Do-yun (29') and Cho Young-wook (34') made it 4-0 before half-time, and Leonardo Ruiz added the fifth in the 54th minute, according to Yonhap and Chosun Biz.
Seoul finished with ten men. Defender Yazan Al Arab, already booked in the first half, was shown a second yellow card in the 66th minute for a foul on Khuat Van Khang.
After three of the six group games, Persib have 9 points, Melbourne Victory 4, FC Seoul 3 and The Cong-Viettel 1 in the race for the round of 16.
Sources: www.the-afc.com · www.the-afc.com · www.bola.com · www.yna.co.kr · biz.chosun.com
