D1 - Football - China - Super League

The first stage, rounds 1 to 10, is being held in three bio-secure hubs (Meizhou, Dalian and Haikou) which has enable the competition to carry on as intended. The second stage, expected to start in August could resume home and away games.

After an opener 1-2 defeat against Cangzhou Mighty Lions, Beijing Guoan has not been defeated. Four victories and three ties have them climb the standing and remained on the fifth position since four rounds ago. Beijing Guoan normally take advantage scoring first, and then has to relay on their defense which most of the time concedes but gets ties and victories. The key elements here the forwards, Zhang Yuning with six goals in eight games, and newcomer Bosnian Samir Memišević with three goals in eight games.

The promoted side Meizhou Hakka accumulated five games unbeaten, four ties and a victory before their first 1-0 defeat in Chinese Super League against Tianjin Jinmen Tiger. Meizhou bounce back from it quickly and accumulates two consecutive victories, netting four against against Cangzhou Mighty Lions for a 4-1 and 1-0 against Shenzen.


Five of their eight games have ended with less then 2. 5 goals. In general Meizhou has struggle to find their attacking acumen, with midfielders Brazilian Rodrigo Henrique, three goals in eight games, and Montenegrian Nebojša Kosovic, two goals and four assists, taking the primary roles. Last season, Nigenian Chisom Charles Egbuchulam ended as China League One top scorer, but has struggle for goals and minutes as the main playing time has been for two newcomers Serbian Aleksa Vukanovic, one goal in eight games, and Chaosheng Yang scoreless in six games. It is their two victories and good defending that has then in the sixth position, but if the attacking struggle continue, they might fall behind.

In the previous game between them this season, Beijing Guoan hold a 0-2 advantage but their defense concede two goals and the game ended in a tie. This time around things might be different, it depends if Meizhou Hakka can score again.

It might be a low scoring game because both teams have shown solid defending, but the scoring power and tendency to get the advantage of Beijing Guoan might tilt things towards the other side. Initially Meizhou Hakka will look to build from their defense, but Beijing Guoan positive momentum, with a powerful attack, specially Zhang Yuning and Samir Memišević will bring a good result for them.

07/07/2022 04:47, read 591 times