SYDNEY (AP) - Brazil’s Bobo scored his 19th and 20th goals of the season as defending champion Sydney FC beat third-placed Melbourne City 4-0 to move 12 points clear atop the A-League.
Bobo’s 20th-round double kept him on pace to beat Bruno Fornaroli’s 2016 record of 25 goals in an A-League season.
Sydney also remains on course to break its own record, set last year, of 66 championship points in a season. It has 49, two more than at the same point last season.
Second-placed Newcastle plays Western Sydney on Friday in a split round.
Melbourne City lags four points behind Newcastle in third place after its heaviest home defeat.
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