Towhidul Islam separated the two sides four minutes after the break in the last game of the penultimate round of the B. League at the Khulna Stadium, giving the visitors their fourth win in nine games.

With one round to go, Chittagong Mohammedan who returned to winning ways after two defeats, climbed to fifth place with 14 points while Khulna Abahani remained eighth with 10 points. The 11th and final round of the first leg will start on Thursday instead of Friday with the Rahmatganj-Brothers match in Dhaka, which was originally scheduled for Tuesday.