At 19:30 Beijing time on January 1, the 21st round of the Chinese Super League championship group a focus battle between Beijing Guoan and Guangzhou City will be played at Huadu Stadium, and the starting lineup of both sides of this game has also been released.

Appearances line-up
Beijing Guoan Starters (5-3-2)
Goalkeeper: 1- Housen
Defenders: 26-Bai Yang (U23), 29-Jiang Tao, 36-Liang Shaowen (U23), 19-Liu Huan, 38-Ruan Qilong (U23)
Midfielders: 6-Chi Zhongguo, 15-Gao Tianyi (U23), 37-Cao Yongjing
Forwards: 9-Zhang Yuning, 11-Anderson Silva
Substitutes: 14-Zou Dehai, 25-Guo Quanbo, 33-Ma Kunyue (U23) 24-Yang Fan, 8-Park Sung, 18-Kim Tae-yeon, 22-Yu Dabao, 32-Liu Guobo (U23), 39-Xie Longfei (U23), 20-Wang Ziming, 28-He Zhenyu (U23)
Guangzhou City Starts (5-3-2)
Goalkeeper: 22-Han Jiaqi (U23)
Defenders: 15-Han Pengfei, 18-Yi Teng, 19-Jiang Jihong, 27-Yang Xiaotian, 36-Huang Zhengyu
Midfielders: 6-Fan Yunlong, 10-Titian Lee, 32-Chen Zhizhao
Forwards: 7-Cardona, 9-Thiago
Substitutes: 1-Cheng Yuelei, 26-Long Wenhao, 5-Hu Ruibao, 25-Jin Liangkuan (U23), 35-Wang Huapeng (U23), 4-Zhang Gong, 16-Chen Junle, 37-Wen Yongjun (U23), 29-Song Wenjie, 39-Su Yuliang (U23)
Referee: Gu Chunhan VAR: Liu Wei
The two teams are currently sixth and seventh in the title group with 29 and 25 points, respectively. Although in the first round of the meeting, Guangzhou City had a 5-0 victory over Guoan, but in addition to this victory, they did not taste a single victory in the championship group, including only one point, the team's state is difficult to say outstanding, this time to meet the Royal Forest Army, the victory or defeat is unpredictable.