ACL 2017 MD2 – Group B: Al Jazira vs. Esteghlal Khouzestan [PREVIEW]

AFC – ABU DHABI, Al Jazira go into Monday’s 2017 AFC Champions League Group B encounter with Esteghlal Khouzestan at Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium desperate to end a miserable run of form in the competition.

The Emirati side’s 3-0 reversal to Lekhwiya on Matchday One was their 10th game without a win on the continent, while their record against Iranian opposition does not read much better, having lost three and drawn one of their past four matches.

No such worries for Esteghlal Khouzestan, however, as the debutants celebrated a 1-0 victory over Saudi Arabia’s Al Fateh on their first ever AFC Champions League appearance as they joined Qatar’s Lekhwiya as the early pace-setters in Group B.