On the night of June 26th, as the lights went on, the 16th round of the Chinese Super League (CSL) saw a key battle take place in the capital city. Beijing Guoan welcomed Cangzhou Lions to their home ground.
Guoan's starting lineup for the campaign is as follows: goalkeeper Han Jiaqi, Li Lei, Wang Gang, and Ngaardew in the backline, Li Ke, Guga, Zhang Xunzhe, and Lin Liangming in the midfield, as well as Adebenelo and Fabio in the forward line.
On the bench, Guoan has prepared a host of powerhouse players including Nur Airi, He Yupeng, Ji Zhongguo and Feng Boxuan for the occasion.
Cangzhou Lions, on the other hand, started with Han Rongze in goal, Stephen Obileye, Zhao Yingjie and Wang Peng on the defensive end, while the midfield and forward line were led by Zheng Kaimu, Zhukov, Darren Zheng, Ewell, Oscar, Solomon Otabor and Sun Mingqian, respectively.
On the bench, Cangzhou Lions are also equipped with a number of players such as Sun Jianxiang, Han Feng and Zhu Yue to enhance the team's resilience at critical moments.
Prior to the encounter, Guoan was in fifth place with 28 points, while Cangzhou Lions were in twelfth place with 15 points. In recent form, although Guoan has four games in the books, but only one win, 1 draw and 2 losses, a slightly sluggish record; Cangzhou Lions since the beginning of the season performance is not bad, but recently suffered nine consecutive matches without a win, 2 draws and 7 losses is worrying, the team has two months without a win, and in the AFC Cup, unfortunately, eliminated by the team of the Central League.
