Their place in the second stage was sealed at the expense of Singapore's Home United, the team who had ended Persija's 2018 AFC Cup campaign in the ASEAN Zonal semi-finals.

Ho Wai Loon's own goal in the ninth minute gave the Indonesian side the lead, but Song Ui-young restored parity two minutes from the break. However, second half goals from Beto Goncalves and Marko Simic gave Persija the win.

The win sets up the Indonesian champions with an exciting encounter in the second preliminary round against Australia’s Newcastle Jets on February 12.

The visitors started the match brightly and took control as they went ahead through an own goal by Ho Wai Loon in the ninth minute.

Persija came close to adding in the 23rd minute through Ramdani Lestaluhu’s effort but Home United custodian Rudy Khairullah was at his best to keep his side in the game.

It was a well deserved victory as Yangon United were not fazed with Ceres Negros' home ground advantage as the Myanmar side took the match to their opponents.

Their positive approach paid rich dividends as Brazilian Vinicius de Oliveira gave them the lead in the 29th minute.

Yangon United defeated Philippines champions Ceres Negros at the Panaad Stadium in Bacolod to seal a Preliminary Stage Two encounter with Thailand's Chiangrai United in Bangkok on Tuesday.

The Myanmar side started positively and took the lead through Brazilian attacker Vinicius de Oliviera in the 29th minute, with Philippines international Stephan Schröck equalising for Ceres Negro just before the half time whistle was blown.

Yangon United, however, continued to press and substitute Kaung Htet Soe restored their lead in the 59th minute as they held on for the win.

Down 2-0 by the 31st minute, Kuwait SC fought back to seal a place in Stage Two, with a meeting with Islamic Republic of Iran's Zobahan FC on February 12 up next for them.

It was a thrilling tie from the first blow of the referee's whistle as Jordan's Al Wehdat seized immediate control of the match.

Their sustained pressure had Kuwait SC, appearing in the AFC Champions League for the first time since 2014, camped deep in their half.

The 31-year-old arrived in Hong Kong on Sunday to meet with teammates and sign autographs for fans, but missed training and flew home to Belgium that night for treatment.

Fellaini had been expected to make his first appearance with the club at Hong Kong's annual Lunar New Year Cup invitational on Tuesday.

"Of course we are very happy that he is joining the club," Shandong coach Li Xiaopeng told reporters. "But between his health and the game, we think that his health is the more important."

Li did not say whether the Belgium international would recover for the start of the Chinese Super League (CSL) on March 1.

Nakajima joins Al Duhail, who won the Qatar Stars League, Qatar Cup and Emir Cup in 2018, from Portuguese club Portimonense.

"I will be moving from Portimonense to Al-Duhail," Nakajima wrote on his official blog.

"I'll continue to have fun playing football and work hard to get better at it! I had a wonderful time at Portimonense. I thank the club officials, the staff, and my teammates. I hope to enjoy my days at Al Duhail as much as possible!"