Most popular picks from each Matchday 

MD1: EAST - Sydney FC to beat Eastern 95.88% / WEST - Al Quwa Al Jawiya to beat Altyn Asyr 94.43% 

MD2: EAST - Sydney FC to beat Kaya FC-Iloilo 97.40% / WEST - Sepahan SC to beat FC Istiklol 91.31% 

MD3: EAST - Muangthong United to beat Dynamic Herb Cebu 90.27% / WEST - Al Taawoun to beat Altyn Asyr 97.25% 

MD4: EAST - Bangkok United to beat Lee Man 71.40% / WEST - Tractor SC to beat FC Ravshan 93.73%  
MD5: EAST - Nam Dinh FC to beat Lee Man 95% / WEST - Sharjah FC to beat FC Istiklol 92.10% 
MD6: EAST - Sanfrecce Hiroshima to beat Eastern FC 97.87% / WEST - Al Khaldiya to beat Altyn Asyr 97.26%  

Last 16 Leg 1: EAST - Muangthong United to beat Lion City Sailors 86.48% / WEST - Al Hussein to draw Sharjah FC 63.41%  

Last 16 Leg 2: EAST - Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors to beat Port FC 97.07%  / WEST - Shabab Al Ahli to beat Al Wehdat 91.88%  

Quarter-Final Leg 1 : EAST - Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors to beat Sydney FC 81.38% / WEST - Shabab Al Ahli to beat Sharjah FC 85.93%  

Quarter-Final Leg 2 : EAST - Sanfrecce Hiroshima to beat Lion City Sailors 89.59% / WEST - Shabab Al Ahli to beat Sharjah FC 55.81%  

Semi-Final Leg 1: EAST - Sydney FC to beat Lion City Sailors 76.47% / WEST - Al Taawoun to beat Sharjah FC 71.29%  

Semi-Final Leg 2: EAST - Sydney FC to beat Lion City Sailors 83.42%  / WEST - Sharjah to beat Al Taawoun 47.37% 

Final: Sharjah to beat Lion City Sailors 80%  

Sydney FC were the only team that was backed multiple times across both regions in the Group Stage, with the A-League side winning both matches as they defeated Eastern of Hong Kong, China and Kaya FC-Iloilo of the Philippines to make a flying start, while Shabab Al Ahli were the most picked team in the knockout stages before they bowed out on penalties in the Quarter-Finals. 

Most popular team (East) 

Overall, Sydney were the most favoured team from the East Zone after being picked by the highest number of Match Predictor users four times across the campaign. On three of those four occasions, our players were proved right. however a 2-0 semi-final first leg defeat at the hands of Lion City Sailors meant they fell just short of making it to the final. 

Most popular team (West) 

Over in the West Zone, Emirati duo Sharjah and Shabab Al Ahli were the most picked teams as our Match Predictor players favoured them heavily three times apiece. The two teams topped their groups before squaring off in the quarter-finals where, after a 1-1 draw in both legs, eventual champions Sharjah edged out Shabab Al Ahli 5-4 in a penalty shootout. 

EAST - MD6: Sanfrecce Hiroshima to beat Eastern (97.87%) 
A whopping 97.87% backed Sanfrecce Hiroshima to beat Eastern on the final matchday of the group stage. The J1 League heavyweights cruised to a 4-1 victory in Hiroshima to conclude an unbeaten group stage campaign. 

 The most accurate pick in the West Zone also came on the final matchday of the group stage as 97.26% of you backed Bahrain’s Al Khaldiya to defeat Altyn Asyr of Turkmenistan and they did so by comfortably cruising to a 4-0 win powered by Oussama Bellatreche’s hat-trick. 

Biggest upsets  

There were surprises aplenty in this season’s AFC Champions League Two with Thailand’s Muangthong United heavily favoured to defeat Dynamic Herb Cebu. However, the Filipino side produced a memorable performance away from home to draw 2-2 courtesy of Rintaro Hama’s 93rd-minute equaliser. Not many of you saw that one coming! 

UAE champions Shabab Al Ahli were backed to comfortably beat domestic rivals Sharjah in the quarter-finals first leg but Caio Lucas’ 68th-minute equaliser helped Sharjah grab a 1-1 draw before they knocked out their domestic rivals on penalties in the return leg and ended up as the eventual champions.