For the second season running Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT) are in the premier club competition under the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) banner after their first group stage appearance in the 2019 tournament last year. The 6-time Malaysia Super League champions are grouped together with Guangzhou Evergrande, Vissel Kobe and Suwon Bluewings this season.
The first postponement came before the start of the first match with matches involving Guangzhou being the first to be postponed and initially scheduled for May but after only three matches played thus far in the group, the entire schedule has been disrupted by the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.