Wuhan Yangtze will be looking to get back to winning ways when the play host to Guangzhou FC at the Jinzhou Stadium on Monday in matchday eight of the 2022 Chinese Super League season.
Both teams suffered defeat in their respective most recent league matches and will now be looking to get themselves back on track in this contest.
Wuhan Yangtze suffered a fourth consecutive defeat following a disappointing 2-1 loss against Hebei FC in Thursday’s clash at the Puwan Stadium.
The Han Army went behind early on to Wei Zhang’s penalty but restored parity through Tian Ming in the second half before Zhang scored his second of the game which proved to be the decisive strike three minutes from time.
Since kicking off the current campaign with three straight victories, Li Jinyu’s side have failed to pick up any point from the subsequent four matches and now sit 13th in the league standings.
They now face an opposing side who have lost the most recent two of the previous seven meetings between the teams after winning each of the first five encounters.
Meanwhile, Guangzhou FC suffered a second successive league defeat in the encounter with Wuhan Three Towns on Thursday, which ended 2-1 in favour of the latter.
The South China Tigers opened the scoring in the 20th minuted through Dinghao Yan but strikes from Nicolae Stanciu and Pengfei Xie in either half turned the game around in favour of the visitors in that occasion.
With three points collected from a possible 21, Guangzhou FC sit 16th in the table, two points adrift of safety.
Liu Zhiyu’s side must turn things around defensively to prevent an eight straight defeat away from home since the turn of the year, having conceded the most goals on the road in the entire division.
Wuhan Yangtze vs Guangzhou FC head to head
The two teams have previously met on seven occasions across all competitions, where Wuhan have claimed two victories while Guangzhou have won four, and they have drawn once. Wuhan have scored seven goals and conceded 15. In their last five meetings, Wuhan have won two while Guangzhou have won three.
Wuhan Yangtze 1-4 Guangzhou FC 01/07/13
Guangzhou FC 5-0 Wuhan Yangtze 03/11/13
Wuhan Yangtze 2-3 Guangzhou FC 17/05/19
Guangzhou FC 0-1 Wuhan Yangtze 22/09/19
Guangzhou FC 0-1 Wuhan Yangtze 11/06/22
Wuhan Yangtze latest home form
Wuhan Yangtze have recently failed to keep a good run of form at home, having won just one of their six most recent matches. They lost 2-1 to Shanghai Port in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored six goals and conceded nine.
Wuhan Yangte 1-1 Qingdao FC 28/12/21
Wuhan Yangtze 1-2 Chongqing Liangjiang 03/01/22
Wuhan Yangtze 2-1 Hebei FC 07/06/22
Wuhan Yangtze 1-3 Wuhan Three Towns 15/06/22
Wuhan Yangtze 1-2 Shanghai Port 25/06/22
Wuhan Yangtze latest away form
Wuhan Yangtze have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having won just two of their seven most recent matches. They lost 2-1 to Hebei FC in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored three goals and conceded five.
Henan SSLM 1-0 Wuhan Yangtze 31/12/21
Shanghai Port 0-1 Wuhan Yangtze 04/06/22
Guangzhou FC 0-1 Wuhan Yangtze 11/06/22
Shanghai Shenhua 2-0 Wuhan Yangtze 20/06/22
Hebei FC 2-1 Wuhan Yangtze 30/06/22
Guangzhou FC latest home form
Guangzhou FC have recently failed to keep a good run of form at home, having lost six of their seven most recent matches. They lost 2-1 to Wuhan Three Towns in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored two goals and conceded six.
Guangzhou FC 0-2 Johor Darul Ta’zim 27/04/22
Guangzhou FC 0-1 Shanghai Shenhua 03/06/22
Guangzhou FC 0-1 Wuhan Yangtze 11/06/22
Guangzhou FC 1-0 Hebei FC 19/06/22
Guangzhou FC 1-2 Wuhan Three Towns 30/06/22
Guangzhou FC latest away form
Guangzhou FC have recently been on a poor run of form on the road, having lost each of their seven most recent matches. They lost 2-1 to Shanghai Shenhua in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored just one goals and conceded 13.
Ulsan 3-0 Guangzhou FC 21/04/22
Kawasaki Frontale 1-0 Guangzhou FC 30/04/22
Wuhan Three Towns 6-0 Guangzhou FC 07/06/22
Shanghai Port 1-0 Guangzhou FC 15/06/22
Shanghai Shenhua 2-1 Guangzhou FC 26/06/22
Wuhan Yangtze news
Wuhan Yangtze’s Peng Li scored the winning goal in the 81st minute in the last meeting with Guangzhou FC, and the 31-year-old will be looking to add onto his tally.
Jiali Hu will be pushing for a start after the midfielder failed to feature for the first time this season last time out.
Guangzhou FC news
Afrden Asqer recently made his return to action from a one-game suspension and he is expected to retain his starting spot here.
Jiaheng Li is yet to score in 2022 and could be dropped to the bench for this contest as head coach Liu Zhiyu aims to fix his misfiring attack.
Prediction and Odds
The teams head into the contest off the back of dismal runs of form and will sense an opportunity to heap more misery on each other.
We are expecting an open affair with chances at both ends of the pitch, and we are backing for a share of the spoils.
Odds: 1 2.15 X 2.01 2 2.26
Probable outcomes
Wuhan Yangtze 0-0 Guangzhou FC
Wuhan Yangtze 1-1 Guangzhou FC
Wuhan Yangtze 2-2 Guangzhou FC
Wuhan Yangtze 1-0 Guangzhou FC
Wuhan Yangtze 0-1 Guangzhou FC
