There is little respite before the knockout round matches kick off on Saturday but, before which, the-AFC.com highlights some of the stats and facts that have stood out over Matchdays Five and Six.
4 – The 4-0 win over Sharjah was the first time Persepolis have scored four in a game since defeating Al Wahda 4-2 in the 2017 group stage.
10 – Pakhtakor have waited a long time to reach the knockout rounds but, 10 years after their last appearance, the Uzbeks are back again.
355 – Al Taawoun had gone 355 minutes without scoring in Doha when Mitchell Duke popped up with a crucial late goal to seal a place in the last 16.
7 – Seven of the 13 Matchday Six goals were headers with Esteghlal (above) scoring two of their three against Al Ahli Saudi with the head.
3 – Welliton became the first player to score a hat-trick in Qatar when Sharjah beat Al Taawoun 6-0. Vissel Kobe's Keijiro Ogawa is the only other player to net a treble at ACL2020.
106 – The weekly high number of touches by Pakhtakor defender Anzur Ismailov in his side's 1-0 win over Shahr Khodro.
5 – The week's results mean teams from five countries will appear in the Round of 16 (West): IR Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Uzbekistan.
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