Wellington Phoenix twice came from behind but Sydney FC held firm to close out a 3-2 victory at the Sydney Football Stadium.
But Sunday night's win may have come at a hefty price for the A-League champions, with star Polish winger Adrian Mierzejewski in serious doubt for next weekend's Sydney derby after sustaining a second-half hamstring injury.
Phoenix rose twice, Serbian frontman Andrija Kaluderovic and Dario Vidosic each scoring to threaten a boilover.
But it was not quite enough against the Sky Blues, as left-back Michael Zullo complemented Bobo's brace with his first goal in nearly a decade, a contentious late decision the only barrier to the table's top spot.
That said, all threatened to unravel in the first minute when Andrew Redmayne fumbled a Kaluderovic header off a free-kick and pounced on his spill in the nick of time as Andrew Durante rounded.
A nondescript opening half hour bore negligible chances as Kaluderovic skied a menacing through ball and Alex Brosque fired a sitter wide of Keegan Smith's right upright.
Smith, Wellington's 18-year-old goalkeeper, was less fortunate in the following sequence of play.
Just like the previous scuppered move, Milos Ninkovic was the orchestrator and laid off to Brosque, the skipper feeding a cutting pass for Bobo to ram home.
Six minutes later and Sydney had another, as Mierzejewski chased the ball to the byline down and crossed for Zullo to cannon into the corner - his first A-League goal since 2008 when he was in Roar colours.
Daniel Mullen, off whom both goals had deflected, was at risk of an unfortunate of hat-trick until Kaluderovic stole the attention with a neat half-time finish.
After the break, Bobo cushioned Luke Wilkshire's inch-perfect cross to head home Sydney's third but coach Graham Arnold's cheer was soon replaced with concern as Mierzejewski pulled up and clutched at his hamstring.
The stress was compounded when, no sooner had former Sky Blues fan favourite Ali Abbas' introduction evoked resounding applause from the crowd of 11,284, the Iraqi's new teammates mounted another comeback via Vidosic.
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