UAE's Shabab Al Ahli and Sydney FC of Australia were the high hitters in the group stage with 17 goals each. Trailing one behind were Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors of Korea Republic, Thailand's Muangthong United and Islamic Republic of Iran's Tractor FC while Lion City Sailors of Singapore found the back on the net 15 times.

Tractor's Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh and Seia Kunori of Tampines Rovers ended the group stage as the joint leading scorers with six goals. Kunori, however, will have no chance to add to his tally with the Singaporean side not advancing. Hosseinzadeh has a battle on his hands though as Sydney FC's Anas Ouahim, Rafaelson of Nam Dinh FC, Al Khalidya SC's Komail Al Aswad, Sharjah FC's Luanzinho and Song Ui-young of Lion City Sailors FC are on five each heading into the knockout stage.

A whopping 308 goals were scored in the 90 matches contested in the group stage with Muangthong United's 9-2 win over Dynamic Herb Cebu FC the highest scoring affair. Tractor were also big winners against FC Ravshan, hitting seven past the side from Tajikistan.

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors's group stage campaign may have ended in a 1-0 defeat to Thailand's Muangthong United but the Korea Republic side will head into the knockout stage confident of their chances with a tournament high 13 players finding the back of the net for them. Japan's Sanfrecce Hiroshima had 11 with UAE's Shabab Al Ahli one behind.

Al Wakrah SC will be in Thursday's draw after finishing second in Group A as they joined fellow Qatari sides Umm Salal (2009), Al Jaish and Al Rayyan (both 2010) in qualifying for the knockout stage in their debut continental appearance.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima comfortably topped Group E with 16 points, four ahead of Sydney FC and what made the Japanese side's total haul even more impressive that seven points were collected from losing positions, winning two and drawing the other.

Kim Jeong-hoon had the safest pair of hands in the group stage, with the Jeonbuk custodian keeping three clean sheets. Tractor goalkeeper Alirez Beiranvand leads eight other with two clean sheets each.

Matchdays Two and Six were clean affairs with no red cards flashed but in total, nine were brandished in the group stage with Turkmenistan's Altyn Asyr on the receiving end of two. The yellow card was flashed a total 278 times in the group stage.