Dhofar joined Fanja SC as the most successful clubs in the competition with nine trophies and they added more silverware to their trophy cabinet after finishing the league as runners-up last season.

It may be Asia’s premier competition, but there has been a decidedly Brazilian flavour present during the past two weeks of AFC Champions League East Zone matches in Qatar.

Shanghai SIPG’s Oscar and Hulk have both featured prominently for the Brazilian national team in the past, as have Renato Augusto and Fernando of Beijing FC, while no less than five players in the competition’s most recent Team of the Round hail from the country which blessed the world with Pele, Ronaldo and Ronaldinho

Appearing in the premier Asian competition for the first time, Perth have lost all four of their matches to date, leaving them out of Round of 16 contention with two group stage matches still to play.

Shanghai Shenhua, on the other hand, sit one point behind second placed FC Tokyo, and remain well and truly in the race for a first trip to the knockout stage since 2006, but it’s a target which may slip out of reach by Monday night should they lose to the Australians.

Both teams met back in February in the group stage opener with Melbourne Victory taking all three points thanks to a penalty converted by Swedish forward Ola Toivonen. Nine months and three games later, those three points remain their only in the competition so far.

Doha: Chiangrai United's Bill has been voted by the fans as the 2020 AFC Champions League (East) Toyota Player of the Week after the striker's exceptional performance against FC Seoul last Friday.

The Brazilian striker's double saw the Thai side defeat their Korean opponents with his two goals coming from three shots on target, while he also made 26 passes for his 8.2 rating.

SIPG took the lead in the Group H tie through Cai Huikang’s powerful header early on before Ado Onaiwo struck the equaliser a few minutes later. Ricardo Lopes had the final say though, putting the Chinese Super League side ahead midway through the second half after combining with Oscar who sent the former in on goal.

Anderson Talisca gave them the lead with a penalty, with Ai Kesen then perfectly placing a free-kick to double the Chinese Super League side’s advantage in the first half. They held on to see off the game with their first win in eight attempts in the competition.