Malaysia will play their Group G opening tie against Indonesia on September 5 in Jakarta in what is standout match on Matchday one of the Asian Qualifiers.

Indonesia hold a slight advantage in terms of the recent head-to-head, having won three of their last five matches and Tan has called for calm ahead of their visit to the Bung Karno Stadium.

Bento unveiled his 26-man roster on Monday and will use the friendly against Georgia on September 5 as a tune-up before they play Turkmenistan in their opening Qualifiers' tie five days later.

Korea Republic will also face Lebanon, DPR Korea and Sri Lanka in Group H, as they seek to qualify for their 10th consecutive FIFA World Cup.

Head coach Noureddin Ould Ali has called up 28 players for his preliminary squad including Yaser Hamed Mayor of Spanish club Club Portugalete, Nazmi Albadawi - who is on loan at North Carolina FC from MLS franchise FC Cincinnati and Tamer Seyam of Moroccan club Hassania Agadir.

Also called up are Islam Batran of Jordan’s Al Jazeera Club, Mahmoud Wadi of Egypt’s Al Masry SC, Saleh Chihadeh of Swiss Super League outfit FC Thun and Oday Dabbagh of Kuwait’s Al Salmiya.

Head coach Jamie Day has called up 26 players for the nine-day training camp ahead of their Group E campaign which will see Bangladesh facing Qatar, Oman, India and Afghanistan.

The Abahani Limited Dhaka players, however, will report for the camp after the second leg of their 2019 AFC Cup Inter-Zone Semi-final against DPR Korea's 4.25 SC on Wednesday. Abahani won the first leg 4-3.

The White Wolves – ranked 84th in the world and 10th in Asia – will meet the Palestinians at Al Ram Stadium on September 5 in the first step of their bid to reach a maiden senior World Cup.

Veterans such as captain Odil Ahmedov (pictured above), 31, and defender Anzur Ismailov ,34, will be joined by the likes of 18-year-old Lokomotiv midfielder Oston Urunov, with 21-year-old Aziz Ganiev the youngest of a host of players in their early 20s.

Kuala Lumpur’s cavernous near-90,000 capacity Bukit Jalil National Stadium is one of football’s great sights, with its relentless noise and colour matching up well to most venues around the world.

Malaysia’s home venue was filled to the brim on three occasions within a matter of weeks late last year to support Harimau Malaya (Malayan Tigers) during the AFF Cup.

Abdulrahman has been out of national team action after suffering a knee injury last October that saw him miss out on the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, where UAE ended their campaign in the semi-finals.