East Bengal face Al Arabi test in AFC Champions League Two qualifier

KOLKATA: (Aug 11) Reigning Indian Super League champions East Bengal face their biggest test of the new season when they take on Kuwaiti league runners-up Al Arabi SC in a one-off AFC Champions League Two preliminary-stage knock-out fixture here on Wednesday, with a place in the group stage at stake.

It will be a single-leg qualifier in the West Region, with FC Goa facing Turkmenistan outfit FK Arkadag away in the other preliminary-stage tie on Wednesday.

The winners of the two matches will join Bahrain’s Al-Khaldiya and Oman’s Al-Nahda in Pot 4 for the group-stage draw, which will be held in Kuala Lumpur on August 18.