Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Hong Kong: Kitchee SC will play their maiden home game in the AFC Champions League when they welcome two-time winners Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors to Hong Kong Stadium in Group E on Tuesday.
Kitchee suffered a 3-0 defeat to Tianjin Quanjian on their debut last week and can expect an equally tough time ahead of the visit of one of the continent’s powerhouses, who have lost just one of their past 11 AFC Champions League games.
Jeonbuk were two down at home to Kashiwa Reysol in their opening game, but a brace from the competition’s all-time leading scorer Lee Dong-gook either side of Kim Jin-su’s goal completed a superb comeback and all three points.
The K-League Classic side’s last away game in the tournament was a 1-1 draw with Al Ain in late 2016 that was enough to claim a 3-2 aggregate victory as they were crowned continental champions for a second time.