After Filipino side Kaya FC-Iloilo defeated Shanghai Port FC in the playoff round, the group will largely be made up of ASEAN teams, with Thai champions BG Pathum United and Vietnamese champions Viettel FC also joining Ulsan.

Ahead of the big kick-off, the-AFC.com gives the lowdown on the key players, the games to look out for and the host stadium.

Vulnerability at set-pieces cost Liu Zhiyu’s young Chinese side as the J-League club scored twice from headers at Riki Harakawa corners as Hiroaki Okuno and Tiago Pagnussat both found the target.

The two sides opened their campaigns with wins and with only the group winners assured of a place in the Round of 16, both will be eager for another three points which would see them open a gap at the top of the standings.

Nagoya worked hard to defeat Malaysia’s Johor Darul Ta’zim 1-0 on Matchday One while Pohang beat Thailand’s Ratchaburi FC 2-0.

The first team from the Garden City in a decade to appear on Asian club football’s greatest stage, the Stags arrived in Uzbekistan as outsiders in a group featuring two former AFC Champions League winners.

But despite their decorated Group H rivals, last year’s Singapore Premier League runners-up won't turn their backs on the freewheeling style that has made them one of Southeast Asia’s most watchable teams in 2021.

The 28 teams were drawn into four groups of four and four groups of three, with the winners of each group clinching their place in the AFC Women’s Asian Cup India 2022, scheduled to take place from January 20 to February 6.

Defending champions Japan, 2018 runners-up Australia and third-placed China PR as well as hosts India have already qualified for the Finals, which will see an expanded 12 teams competing for the continent's premier women's national team title.

Guam will face Cambodia in the first playoff, while Indonesia were drawn against Chinese Taipei.

The two-leg playoffs will be contested on September 7 and October 12 with the winners to advance to the AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Qualifiers Final Round.

The victory in the all-Hong Kong affair means Lee Man are well on course to secure a place in the knockout stage and Chan was quick to shift his focus to his team's next match against Chinese Taipei's Tainan City, who opened their campaign with a 3-0 defeat of Mongolia’s Athletic 220.

Victory on Saturday will mean Lee Man will be well placed to progress to the knockout stage and Chan expects his team to regroup for the Tainan City challenge.