Having sat out last week's fixtures, Korea Republic duo FC Seoul and Suwon Samsung Bluewings, Australian pair Perth Glory and Sydney FC and China PR's Beijing FC all make their first starts in this year's competition.

After a narrow 1-0 loss away to Melbourne Victory in their debut in the 2020 AFC Champions League, Chiangrai United are set to appear in the home debut when China's Beijing FC journey to northern Thailand.

A qualifier via the Play-offs, FC Seoul comprehensively defeated Malaysia's Kedah FA to return to the AFC Champions League having missed out on the 2019 and 2018 editions.

The club did not play last week and so their 2020 campaign belatedly gets underway with a visit from Australia's Melbourne Victory, who defeated Thailand's Chiangrai United on Matchday One.

Seven sides from the A-League have previously appeared on Asia's grandest club stage, with Western Sydney Wanderers' 2014 title-winning campaign proving the most memorable to date.

And at the helm of Australia's eighth entrant to the AFC Champions League competition is a man who knows what it takes to go all the way: former Wanderers coach Tony Popovic.

Al Ahli entered the game led by interim boss Mazen Bahkali, after the club had earlier in the day announced the termination of manager Christian Gross’ contract on the back of poor results in the Saudi Pro League.

Shahr Khodro came into their second-ever AFC Champions League game dreaming of collecting their first point or scoring their first goal in the group stage, but at the end of the 90 minutes, they would have neither as the home side added another three points to their haul after having opened their campaign with a 2-1 win over Shabab Al Ahli Dubai last week.

The reigning champions had started their campaign with a home win against Shahr Khodro FC, while Shabab Al Ahli lost their opening game in Tashkent to Pakhtakor.