Meizhou Hakka, the promoted team, had their home debut at the Wuhua Olympic Sports Center in this round of fixtures. However, due to the epidemic prevention and control measures, their home field had to be empty for the game. Compared with the lively home fields of Dalian Ren and Henan Songshan Longmen, Meizhou Hakka's home field advantage was almost lost, making it seem as if they were in a tournament system game. Facing such a challenge, Meizhou Hakka will have to work twice as hard if they want to win at home.
It is worth mentioning that this game is about the important battle for 6 points. In the table, Meizhou Hakka and Wuhan Changjiang ranked 10th and 12th with 14 and 13 points respectively, the importance of this game is self-evident.
For Wuhan Changjiang, an empty stadium might reduce the distraction of the home fans and allow them to concentrate more on the game. It is expected that manager Li Jinyu and his team will try their best to win. Nonetheless, Wuhan Changjiang is still facing other difficulties due to factors such as penalties, and these may affect the team's performance.
Cangzhou vs. Guangzhou: who will be the first of the two teams to get out of trouble?
Cangzhou Lions, a team with strong foreign aid, was highly expected at the beginning of the season. However, after 10 rounds of the first stage, they only collected 1 win, 4 draws and 5 losses, accumulating 7 points and dropping to the 15th place, only 1 point higher than Guangzhou, which is playing with a full Chinese class. Now, both teams have become friends in distress in the league.
Against this backdrop, the matchup between Cangzhou Lions and Guangzhou is also a six-point battle. Both teams are eager to win all three points and get out of the predicament early, a fierce competition is inevitable.
In terms of paper strength, Guangzhou doesn't seem to have an advantage, but compared to the first stage, they have added strong players such as Li Xuepeng and Zhang Xiuwei in this stage, together with the power players such as Wei Shihao, Yang Liyu and Yan Dinghao, the overall strength has been significantly improved. It will not be easy for Cangzhou Lions to win easily.
However, Guangzhou is facing the problem of integration of the new lineup, they need to realize the perfect connection of the lineup in the shortest possible time. Otherwise, even if the strength is improved, it will be difficult to get all three points.
