With the teams in India, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates preparing to return to action on Friday and Saturday, the-AFC.com takes a look back at the facts and figures that have stood out so far.
1 – Edu Bedia netted FC Goa's maiden AFC Champions League goal in the loss to Persepolis, and also the first to ever be scored by an Indian side in the competition.
4 – Michael Olunga is now the tournament's top scorer with four goals, while he also scored the first hat-trick of the 2021 AFC Champions League in Al Duhail's 4-3 win over Esteghlal.
11 – Esteghlal are the competition's top scorers with 11 goals. Farshid Esmaeili (above) and Cheick Diabate have netted in all three of their games.
14 – Mehdi Torabi has created a tournament high 14 chances in Persepolis' three wins from three, while the midfielder has also bagged an assist in each game.
21 – Baghdad Bounedjah opened his 2021 AFC Champions League account with a goal against Al Wehdat as the Al Sadd striker took his overall tally to 21.
142 – The number of touches from Mohamed Kanno in Al Hilal's MD3 win over FC Istiklol, which was more than any player has managed in a single matchday.
8 – The number of teams that remain unbeaten at the midway point of the group stage: Sharjah (above), Al Duhail, Al Hilal, Al Nassr, Foolad Khouzestan, Persepolis and Tractor.
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