Harambee Stars captain Michael Olunga will start the hunt for another AFC Champions League top scorer award next month in Saudi Arabia when the Western Region matches start.All group stage matches in the competition will be played in Saudi Arabia but in different cities, with Al Duhail playing their matches in Buraidah where all Group D matches will be staged.Duhail are in the same group with the Iranian side Sepahan, Uzbekistan’s Pakhtakor, and the winner in the Playoff Stage tie between Al Taawoun FC from Saudi Arabia and Syrian side Al Jaish.مدينة بريدة السعودية 🇸🇦 تستضيف مباريات المجموعة الرابعة في دوري أبطال آسيا 2022.إليكم جدول المباريات (التوقيتات والملاعب ستحدد لاحقاً)#الدحيل#ACL2022 pic.twitter.com/FUnCwpDdZX— نادي الدحيل ALDUHAIL (@DuhailSC) March 3, 2022 The Qatari club will start their Champions League campaign on April 7 against the winner in the Playoff Stage tie between Al Taawoun and Al Jaish, before playing Sepahan and finally Pakhtakor for the first round of matches on April 10 and April 14 respectively.Last season, Duhail finished second in Group C and thus missed out on the knockout stage in the competition that was eventually won by Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal, and will be out to make amends this season. Meet Kenyan businessman who unveiled Arsenal kitsDespite being bundled out in the group phase, Olunga still managed to finish as the top scorer and walk home with the golden boot and was named in the AFC Champions League team of the season.🙏🏾🙏🏾♥️ pic.twitter.com/94UjEFwOZO— MICHAEL OLUNGA (@OgadaOlunga) November 27, 2021 Olunga’s goals were spread across all six matches in Group C, including a hattrick and a brace both against Iran’s Esteghlal Tehran in the back-to-back matches in April.The former Gor Mahia forward had one goal more than Jeonbuk Hyundai forward Gustavo whose team exited the competition at the quarter-final hurdle, losing 3-2 to Ulsan Hyundai.The Kenyan international has continued his scoring heroics with Duhail in the domestic league this season and leads the scoring charts with 24 goals to his name with one game left to play to the end of the campaign.
