Jeonbuk Motors coach Choi Kang-hee has backed his free-scoring attack to power them to victory in Saturday's AFC Champions League final against Al Sadd.

The 2006 continental champions, who finished at the top of the K-League regular season table this year, have plundered 31 goals in just 11 games in the competition this season and are on course to keep the AFC Champions League crown in Korean hands for a third consecutive season.

Jeonbuk's Lee Dong-gook tops the goalscoring charts with nine goals, although the Korea Republic striker is an injury doubt ahead of the final having missed last week's semi-final second leg win over Saudi Arabia's Al Ittihad.

Should Lee be unavailable, Jeong Shung-hoon is again set to lead the line in front of a potentially explosive midfield which includes Brazilian Eninho, who has scored four goals in his last three AFC Champions League outings to take his personal tally to six this season.

"We have researched Al Sadd's strategy and we know that they have a lot of good players and we know that they will be well organised and that they have good defenders," said Choi, who claimed the 2006 AFC Champions League crown in his first full season in charge.

"But we have already produced good performances domestically and in the Champions League and we know how to play against a team with a good defence."

Choi, who is bidding to win his fourth trophy as Jeonbuk coach after also masterminding the K-League title success in 2009 after lifting the Korean FA Cup in 2005, will definitely be without influential captain Cho Sung-hwan and Croatian striker Kruno Lovrek against Al Sadd on Saturday.

Centre-back Cho, who scored in the 3-2 semi-final first leg win against Al Ittihad last month, picked up a second yellow card of the knockout stage in the return fixture in Korea last week, while Lovrek was sent-off in the closing stages of the 2-1 win at Jeonju World Cup Stadium.

"It is sad that some of the players cannot play in the match, but we have prepared for this and we have very good players available," added Choi, who played all three games for Korea at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy.

"The mood amongst the team is very good. We are also very strong at home and that will be a big advantage for us."

And despite his obvious disappointment about not being able to lead Jeonbuk out at Jeonju World Cup Stadium at the weekend, captain Cho is confident Choi's side can succeed having won all six matches at home in the AFC Champions League this season.

"I am sad that I cannot play in the final, but the coach has planned to win two trophies this season in the league and the Champions League, and we are a bit closer to achieving that," said Cho.

"Every player will focus on that and play their best, which will hopefully be enough for us to win this match."

Al Sadd are only set to arrive in Korea on Friday morning, but are boosted by the availability of Ivorian forward Abdul Kader Keita and Senegalese striker Mamadou Niang.

Both were sent-off in the semi-final first leg victory over Korea's Suwon Samsung Bluewings, but after sitting out last week's second leg defeat, the pair are set to feature for Jorge Fossati's side in an equally dangerous Al Sadd attack which also boasts 2006 Asian Player of the Year Khalfan Ibrahim.