Tuesday, April 25 2006 16:23 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Singapore: China's Dalian Shide face a crunch match Wednesday (Apr 26, 2006) against Japan's Gamba Osaka and are out for revenge as the AFC Champions League race hots up.

Group E is on a knife-edge as the teams prepare for their fourth match of the campaign with Gamba, Chonbuk Motors and Dalian all on six points and separated only by goal difference.

With South Korea's Chonbuk expected to demolish the fourth club in the group, Da Nang of Vietnam, the pressure is on the Chinese champions to down their J-League opponents.

Only the top team from each group will progress to the quarter-finals, along with two-time defending champions Al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia which has a bye.

Dalian are second behind runaway leaders Shandong in the Chinese Super League after four successive victories and will fancy their chances of reversing their 3-0 defeat to Gamba a fortnight ago.