The sides will be meeting for the first time with Frontale having never previously played against a team from Saudi Arabia. For Al Nassr, it will opposition from Japan for the second successive match - having defeated Yokohama F. Marinos in the quarter-finals on Saturday.

Frontale have not lost in any of their previous three matches against West Asian teams on the continental stage, drawing 0-0 twice with Islamic Republic of Iran's Sepahan in 2007 and winning 3-2 against Qatar's Al Sadd in this season quarter-finals.

Al Nassr will be appearing in the semi-finals for the third time since 2020. Only Saudi Pro League rivals Al Hilal SFC (4) have reached the semi-finals more often in the last five editions. Al Nassr, however, have never advanced to the final.

Having reached the semi-finals for the first time, Frontale will now be aiming to become the fifth Japanese team to reach the AFC Champions League Elite final after Urawa Red Diamonds, Gamba Osaka, Kashima Antlers and Marinos.

The teams will go into their encounter confident of scoring, with both having netted 24 times enroute to their last four showdown. Frontale, in fact, are three short of matching their best ever haul on the continent - having achieved that in 2021.

Al Nassr were lethal against Marinos, registering 13 shots on target with four settling in the back of the net. Frontale would have been proud of their own record, with three of their seven shots resulting in goals against Al Sadd SC.

Cristiano Ronaldo's strike against Marinos on Saturday took his AFC Champions League Elite tally for this season to eight, the highest for an Al Nassr player in a single edition as the Portuguese icon surpassed Abderrazak Hamdallah's seven goals in 2020. The last time Ronaldo scored more in a continental club competition was in the 2017-2018 UEFA Champions League (15 goals).

Marcinho's five goals for Frontale this season sees him trailing Leandro Damião (2021) and Yu Kobayashi (2017) by one for most goals scored by a player for the Japanese side in a single edition. The Brazilian will be hoping for another goal-den show on Wednesday.