Al Ittihad, without a win in Asia, travel to a Neftchi side leading the Uzbek league
Al Ittihad have one point from two Champions League Elite matches and sit eleventh in the West. Neftchi lead their league by five points but went out of the cup at home on Tuesday.
Al Ittihad's Asian season has not started. One point from two matches, a 1-1 draw at Al Shamal and a 2-1 home defeat by Shabab Al Ahli, leaves them eleventh in the West group of the Champions League Elite before Monday's trip to Fergana.
Al Ittihad hold a slight advantage in an open game of three goals or more, with both sides scoring.
Neftchi Fergana
- 1Izzatillo Po'Latov
- 2Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev
- 3Khurshid Giyosov
- 4Azizbek Murotov
- 5Asilbek Jumayev
- 6Nurmuhammad Abdug'Aniyev
- 7Bilolkhon Toshmirzaev
- 8Nurbek Sarsenbaev
- 9Yan Sasse
- 10Akbar Turaev
- 11Azizbek Erembitov
- 12Anvarjon G'Ofurov
Al Ittihad
- 1Marwan Al-Sahafi
- 2Ahmed Al Ghamdi
- 3Mohammed Fallatah
- 4Muath
- 5Mohammed Ali Barnawi
- 6Osama Al Marwash
- 7Youssef En-Nesyri
- 8Mukhtar Ali
- 9Mohammed Alabsi
- 10Ahmed Al-Julaydan
- 11Jan-Carlo Simic
Steven Bergwijn starts for Al Ittihad in a 4-2-3-1, with Youssef En-Nesyri on the bench and Ahmed Sharahili absent from the matchday squad; Neftchi Fergana line up 4-3-3, with Alibaev not named.
In the league they have found form, with a 4-1 win at Al Ettifaq and a 2-0 win over Al Diriyah since losing 3-2 at Al Hilal on 10 October, and they are fourth. Jens Wissing is without Hassan Kadesh, Roger Fernandes, Hamed Al Ghamdi and Mahamadou Doumbia, and Ahmed Sharahili is a doubt; Steven Bergwijn, who missed the win over Al Diriyah with a stomach infection, has recovered and is back in the travelling squad.
Neftchi lead the Uzbek Super League by five points and won 3-1 at Pakhtakor on Friday, three days after a 4-2 home defeat by Lokomotiv Tashkent knocked them out of the cup. In Asia they have three points, after a 3-1 defeat at Al Nassr in which Ikromjon Alibaev was sent off.
The clubs have met twice, both in the 2004 group stage, and Al Ittihad won both on their way to the title.
