Gameday in Buraidah for the first game of the group D between Pakhtakor & Sepahan.

Pakhtakor will be full line up for this game, they got some missings on their last games but not everybody is back.

On their side Sepahan is going with a very good 11, they have the best squad available, Shahbazzadeh, Hosseini who was injured but now he is back and fit, Soroush Rafiei, important midfield Noorafkan, very important striker Moghanlou that they added from Persepolis, for this campaign they added a new GK, Mazaheri who was the GK from Esteghlal so it's a great addition for them, because of his level but also his experience.

For me the level of both teams is quite close but I still rate iranian football stronger than the football of Uzbekistan, Sepahgan is coached by the same coach since years and he has a great knowledge about this competition.

On their side Pakhtakor added a new coach few months ago, Slavche Vojneski and I'm really not convinced about his level and his knowledge about the AFC CL.

I expect 0-0 or 0-1.