Matchday Three: The Week In Numbers

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Matchday Three: The Week In Numbers

Kuala Lumpur: The group stage of the 2019 AFC Champions League has reached its midway point after another action-packed round of fixtures.

Goals, saves, flowing moves and much more all make it onto the list following Matchday Three as the-AFC.com looks back at the week in numbers.

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The Week In Numbers

ACL2019 MD3 Toyota Player of the Week: Anderson Talisca

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

ACL2019 MD3 Toyota Player of the Week: Anderson Talisca

Kuala Lumpur: Guangzhou Evergrande's Anderson Talisca has been named the Toyota Player of the Week for Matchday Three of the 2019 AFC Champions League.

Guangzhou Evergrande midfielder Anderson Talisca's two goals in his side's 4-0 win at home to Australian club Melbourne Victory in their Group F Matchday Three clash on Wednesday saw the Brazilian earn this week's accolade.

Talisca's double came in the opening ten minutes of the match at Tianhe Stadium which is the fastest on record since 2013. The exciting attacker also provided 55% of his team's crosses in Matchday Three.

Talisca had a total of five shots on goal and tallied 33 passes to go along with his two goals as he was awarded a 9.3 rating to top the Toyota Player of the Week standings.

Cedric Bakambu (below) likewise shone on Matchday Three with the Beijing FC forward scoring a hat-trick in the Chinese side's 3-1 win at Buriram United.

ACL 2019 Allianz Goal of the Week: Shojae Khalilzadeh (Persepolis FC)

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

ACL 2019 Allianz Goal of the Week: Shojae Khalilzadeh (Persepolis FC)

Kuala Lumpur: The-AFC.com has announced that Persepolis FC's Shojae Khalilzadeh is the winner of this week’s Goal of the Week presented by Allianz for Matchday Three of the 2019 AFC Champions League after amassing over 140,000 votes.

Fellaini: It was an important three points for us

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Fellaini: It was an important three points for us

Jinan: Marouane Fellaini was on target for the first time in the AFC Champions League as Shandong Luneng recorded their maiden victory in the 2019 edition after a 2-1 win at home against Johor Darul Ta'zim on Tuesday. 

The former Manchester United midfielder headed home from a corner on the half hour mark to open the scoring, before fellow ex-English Premier League star Graziano Pelle doubled the advantage.

JDT's young talent Safawi Rasid pulled a goal back in spetacular style just before the hour, but Fellaini and his teammates were able to hold out for a crucial win that sees them take hold of second place in Group E.