Persija Jakarta have hit the headlines with their record-breaking crowds while Air Force Club remain on course for a third successive title, but there is no shortage of other statistics that have caught the eye, so join the-AFC.com as we hand-pick some of the best.

Inter-Zone playoff Semi-final 1 - Home United-Ceres Negros v 4.25
Date: August 21, 2018; Venue: TBC

East Zone champions 4.25 of DPR Korea who will be hoping to better their record in the competition, will face either Home United or Ceres Negros, who will meet in the ASEAN Zonal Final on August 1 and 8.

Pak Sung-jin’s side have never made it past the Inter-Zone Playoff Semi-finals, with their only appearance coming last year where they lost to Bengaluru over two legs.

Home United and Ceres Negros will go head to head in the ASEAN Zonal Final after seeing off Persija Jakarta and Yangon United respectively in the the Zonal Semi-finals.

Inter-Zone playoff Semi-final 2 - Bengaluru v Altyn Asyr
Date: August 22, 2018; Venue: Sree Kanteerava Stadium

Bengaluru, who will be making their fourth consecutive appearance in the knockout stage of the AFC Cup, will face an Altyn side who produced a remarkable 4-3 win over last year’s runners-up Istiklol on Matchday Six - scoring the winner deep in added time.

Both sides have never played each other with Altyn making their first appearance in the knockout stage of the AFC Cup following their record of four wins and two draws in the group stages.

In the Zonal Finals, Al Jazeera from Jordan will play host to defending champions Air Force Club of Iraq at the Amman International Stadium while Ceres Negros of the Philippines will take on Singapore's Home United at the Pana-ad Park and Football Stadium in the ASEAN Zonal Final.

The winners of the Inter-Zone Playoff Semi-finals will advance to the two-leg Inter-Zone Playoff Final - on September 9 and October 3 - with the winners going on to face either Al Jazeera or defending champions Air Force Club, who will play in the West Asia Zonal Final on September 18 and October 2.

The AFC Cup Final will be played on October 27.

The 22-year-old lifted the roof off at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium on Matchday Two when he became the first Indonesian to score for Persija at the 2018 AFC Cup in a 4-1 victory over Singapore's Tampines Rovers. His sensational strike was a popular one as he secured 50% of the vote to win the poll.

We knew a first-half lead would really help us because we didn't go there just to defend, we went there to put up a fight. It was quite intimidating at the start, but once we settled in we proved that even as a young team we could cope well and hold them back.

Home United coach Aidil Sharin admits that the huge crowd at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium made the task of overcoming Persija Jakarta even more difficult after his side claimed an excellent 3-1 victory to progress to a second successive AFC Cup ASEAN Zonal final.

That's the last of the AFC Cup action until the competition resumes in just over two months' time but, after an exhilarating week, join the AFC.com as we look at the facts and figures that stood out across the continent.

The Iraqi side are chasing an unprecedented hat-trick of titles after winning the last two AFC Cup titles, and they showed in a powerful display why they are so difficult to beat.

The visitors looked the more assured side all night and never looked like surrendering the 3-2 advantage they held from the first leg, eventually running out 6-3 winners on aggregate.