At 19:35 on April 5, Beijing time, the fourth round of the Chinese Super League ushered in a key battle, Beijing Guoan hosted Shanghai Shenhua, which was the first home game of the new season for Guoan. In the first 3 rounds, both teams remained undefeated, with 2 wins and 1 draw and 7 points, closely chasing Shanghai Shenhua, who won 3 consecutive games and scored 9 points.
Guoan is unbeaten in the first three rounds
The story of Guoan and Haigang, although not as long as the "grievances" between Guoan and Shenhua, but because it is a competition between Beijing and Shanghai teams, there is no need to mobilize for tomorrow's night's game, and I believe that both teams will go all out and insist on fighting. Although the personnel of Guoan are not neat, Zhang Xizhe is still in the ban period in the first three rounds, Wang Gang only played two rounds of calf fracture and had to be suspended, Zhang Yuning represented the national team in the World Preliminaries, and was absent in the last round. However, Guoan still overcame various difficulties, scored points in three consecutive rounds, and what is even more gratifying is that they have not conceded a goal in three away games, and the back line has done a good job.
Zhang Xizhe lifted the ban
Returning to the home stadium, can Guoan continue the momentum of grabbing points? The home debut is under pressure, and the strength of the Harbour team is good, which tests Guoan's offensive and defensive balance; secondly, there is so much support from the fans on the scene, if they can't achieve the desired result, it can be imagined that the fans will be disappointed. For Guoan players, it is still necessary to keep a normal heart, this is just an ordinary Chinese Super League, and play the technical level it should be. It is worth mentioning that Zhang Xizhe is back from the ban in this round, and it will be interesting to see if his training level can impress coach Ricardo Suarez and whether he can get the opportunity to play.
Harbour have six points at home
Harbour won the Chinese Super League title last season, the second in the team's history, and will certainly have a lot of problems as the defending champions this season. In the first three rounds, Harbour got 6 points in two home games, 3-1 Wuhan Three Towns and 3-1 Henan, and faced Zhejiang away from home, 0-0 to each other. Oscar has come off the bench in the last game, indicating that he has shaken off the effects of injury. Wu Lei has scored 3 goals in the new season, and as the top scorer in the country, he continues to refresh the number of goals. Zhang Linpeng encountered pressure and difficulties in the national team, and scored against Henan in the last game, which was a good catharsis.
Zhang Linpeng broke the door
Harbour have won 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in the past 6 matches against Guoan, and last season they retreated 2-1 in Gongti Harbour, Lu Wenjun and Maitijiang scored goals, and it was Fang Hao who helped Guoan recover a goal. Tomorrow night's game enforcement referee is Maimaitijiang, and VAR is Liu Wei. We hope that tomorrow night's referees will improve the level of enforcement, Guoan and Harbour can play at a high level, and fans will watch the game in a civilized manner.