Qatar Stars League champions Lekhwiya have picked up just one point in Group A following last week’s draw at home to Al Nassr having lost 3-0 to Persepolis at the start of the campaign.
 
Head Coach Michael Laudrup is certain to be without striker Sebastian Soria after the striker suffered an injury during Saturday’s 2-1 win over Umm Salal in the Qatar Stars League, while defender Ahmed Yasser is also set to miss the clash at Bunyodkor Stadium.
 
“I expect an interesting and difficult match against Bunyodkor. We watched three games regarding Bunyodkor and we have studied our opponent well,” said Laudrup.
 
“The game is very important for us and Qatari football. We will try to play attacking football to achieve a victory.”
 
We have four more matches in the group and we want to win all of them. Bunyodkor likes to play attacking football too.
 
“Sebastian Soria was injured in the last game in the Qatar Stars League. He will miss some matches and he won`t play tomorrow as he has stayed in Qatar.”
 
Two-time semi-finalists Bunyodkor still harbour ambitions of winning the AFC Champions League this year despite making a winless start to Group A and Sergey Lushchan’s side are out to make belated start to their campaign against Qatar’s Lekhwiya today.
 
Bunyodkor began their campaign with a hard-fought 1-1 draw in Saudi Arabia with Al Nassr last month, but failed to follow up two weeks ago and lost 1-0 at home to Iran’s Persepolis.
 
The result leaves Bunyodkor, who reached the semi-finals in both 2008 and 2012, five points adrift of Persepolis but importantly just a point behind second placed Al Nassr.
 
“Both teams need a victory, so the match will be tough. We will try to show our best on the field. We have studied Lekhwiya very well and we know their strong and weak points,” said Lushchan.