Anvar Soliev gave the visitors the lead after two minutes and the comfortable victory was wrapped up with further goals from Victor Karpenko (28), Akmal Shorakhmedov (34) and Jasur Khasanov (90).

Pakhtakor Tashkent stayed six points adrift of Bunyodkor after coming from behind to beat Andijan 5-1 at home.

Yuriy Tselikh opened the scoring for Andijan in the second minute, but Stanislav Andreev equalised two minutes later before Farhod Tajiev (15) gave Pakhtakor the lead.

A brace from Sherzodbek Karimov (55, 77) and a fourth from Kakhi Makharadze (81) gave the hosts an easy three points.

Third-placed Nasaf Qarshi lost ground on the leaders after a 57th minute Dilyaver Abibullaev goal gave Samaqand-based Dinamo a surprise 1-0 win.

Sogdiana Jizzah remains bottom of the table after a 3-2 defeat at home to Shurtan Guzar. Igor Taran (30, 64) and Shakhboz Erkinov (53) had given Shurtan a seemingly comfortable three-goal lead but a four-minute double from Bahodyr Pardaev meant the visitors had to hold on for the final 15 minutes.

Navbakhor Namangan came from behind to earn a 1-1 draw at Neftchi Fergana. Alisher Halikov scored a 12th minute penalty for Ferghana, but Abdulaziz Sulanov equalised on the half hour to earn 10th-placed Navbakhor a share of the spoils.