Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Khujand: A Dilshod Vasiev brace and a late Jahongir Ergashev penalty secured FC Khujand a 3-1 come-from-behind win over Dordoi FC at 20 Years of Independence Stadium on Wednesday.
Khujand and Dordoi both failed to win their respective opening games in Group D two weeks ago, which only increased the pressure heading into the Matchday Two tie.
A vocal crowd backing the hosts saw Ergashev unleash a curling shot just over the bar in the opening minutes after dancing his way around two Dordoi defenders.
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Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Bacolod City: Indonesia's PSM Makassar rose to the top of Group H on Matchday Four of the 2019 AFC Cup after beating Kaya FC-Iloilo 2-1 with two first-half goals on Wednesday.
In what was a clash of Group H’s top two teams, the game handed the winners the chance to open up a three-point lead on the losers and in turn secure the potentially important better head-to-head record.
A handball by Kaya defender Jalsor Soriano opened the door for Makassar in the 14th minute but a well-worked free kick came to nothing as Muhammad Rachmat’s pass into the penalty area narrowly avoided finding Eero Markkanen just a few yards out from goal.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Yangon: A hat-trick from Pape Omar Faye helped Hanoi FC to a come-from-behind 5-2 victory over Yangon United at the Thuwunna Stadium on Wednesday.
Having lost to the Myanmar champions in their previous Group F encounter two weeks ago, the Vietnamese side knew they had to collect all three points to keep alive their hopes of progressing from the group stage, a feat they haven’t achieved since 2014.
With that in mind the visitors made the perfect start when they took the lead in just the third minute when star midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai squared the ball across the box, allowing Pape Omar Faye a simple tap in at the back post.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Pyongyang: Defending 2019 AFC Cup East Asia Zonal champions 4.25 SC maintained their perfect run in their Group I campaign after they defeated Hong Kong’s Kitchee SC 2-0 at the Kim Il Sung Stadium on Wednesday.
The DPR Korea club went as far as the penultimate stage of the tournament last year, and following their 3-0 win away at Chinese Taipei’s Hang Yuan on Matchday One, they recorded a second successive victory against the visiting Hong Kong Premier League champions.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Dhaka: Midfielder Souvik Das believes that a strong run in the 2019 AFC Cup can take Minerva Punjab to even greater heights as the Indian side prepare to face Bangladesh’s Abahani Limited Dhaka in Group E on Wednesday.
Unheralded Minerva came from nowhere to be crowned I-League champions for the first time in their history in 2017-18 after only gaining promotion to the top flight two seasons earlier.
That success granted them entry into the 2019 AFC Champions League’s qualifying rounds and, although they fell to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Saipa, the Punjab side were then placed into the AFC Cup’s South Zone group.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Manama: A brace from Bader Al Mutawa earned Kuwait's Qadsia SC a 2-1 win over Bahrain’s Malkiya Club on Matchday Three of the 2019 AFC Cup on Tuesday.
Malkiya came into the match on the back of three unbeaten games, while Qadsia were eyeing their first-ever AFC Cup triumph against Bahraini opponents.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Amman: Jordan's Al Wehdat came back from a goal down to salvage a 1-1 draw against Al Jaish of Syria, courtesy of Hassan Abdel Fattah's late second half strike on Matchday Four of the 2019 AFC Cup Group A on Tuesday.
Al Jaish were unbeaten this campaign going into the match while Al Wehdat had not conceded on home soil in the 2019 AFC Cup.
Saeed Al Murjan set up Bahaa Faisal with a through pass and the Jordanian international striker advanced on goal, but fired high from a narrow angle in what was Al Wehdat’s first real chance 16 minutes into the match.