On October 5, at 1930 hours.
China Super League (soccer league)
In the 21st round of the league, Meizhou Hakka Football Club hosted the strongest team in Wuhua Olympic Sports Center.
Shandong Taishan prefecture level city in Shandong
Team.
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Meizhou Hakka was previously ranked fourth in the table, however, after losing in the last round of matches, they are currently in the sixth place of the table with 8 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses. Despite the last two rounds of draws with Zhejiang and defeat against Shanghai Shenhua, scoring zero goals, the offensive end is slightly weak. However, the overall performance of Meizhou Hakka this season is not bad, facing a number of strong teams have shown tenacious fighting spirit, and the game with Shenhua is even fierce battle until the last moment before being killed. Meizhou Hakka is expected to bring a challenge to Shandong Taishan in this home game.
Meizhou Hakka has a solid performance in both offense and defense, scoring a total of 28 goals and conceding only 16, with a full lineup of foreigners, and Rodrigo, Kosovic, and Vukanovic on the offensive line, all of whom have a strong impact. For this game, Meizhou head coach Milan said: "Facing last year's league champion, we are slightly inferior in strength, this game will be very difficult. But the team has had two weeks of rest and preparation, and our only goal is to go all out for a good result."
[Shandong Taishan Team News]
After a recent 1-2 loss to Shanghai Shenhua and a 1-1 draw with Wuhan Sanzhen, Shandong Taishan's hopes of defending their title have been rekindled with a 4-0 win over Shenzhen in the last round, and they are now 4 points behind leaders Wuhan Sanzhen. However, the team is currently full of injuries, Jadason, Liao Lisheng, Sun Junhao and other players continue to be absent, Jin Jingdao, Liu Binbin, Wang Tong and other people's comeback still need to be determined by the pre-match training. Away from home, Taishan team to grab three points, the difficulty is undoubtedly great.
Taishan's pre-match posters featured the theme of "Rise", but grabbing points on the road is no easy task. Head coach Hao Wei also said: "We will still overcome the difficulties and try to win this game." Defender Song Long also said: "Each of our players is ready to go on the field, like Hao said, we have to keep 90 minutes of focus and intensity, I hope this is a wonderful game."
[Review of historical encounters]
The two teams have met once in their history, with Meizhou Hakka losing 0-3 at home to Shandong Taishan in the 3rd round of the 2016 AFC Cup.
[Projected starting lineup]
Shandong Taishan prefecture level city in Shandong
: 14 - Wang Dalei, 5 - Zheng Zheng, 11 - Liu Yang, 27 - Shi Ke, 39 - Song Long, 13 - Zhang Qi, 10 - Moises, 29 - Chen Pu, 25 - Fellaini, 37 - Ji Xiang, 9 - Cressan
Meizhou Hakka: 22-Hou Yu, 6-Liao Junjian, 20-Dugalić, 21-Wang Wei, 29-Ru Zinan, 11-Jisen, 12-Yin Congyao, 13-Shi Liang, 19-Yang Yilin (U23), 27-Kosovic, 9-Vukanovic
