Guangzhou FC will play host to Wuhan Three Towns at the Jinzhou Stadium on Thursday, with the two sides in highly contrasting forms in the Chinese Super League.
The hosts are seeking to avoid a sixth defeat in seven matches so far, while Wuhan Three Towns are looking to record a fourth consecutive victory.
Guangzhou failed in their quest to claim back-to-back wins for the first time since January as they suffered a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Shanghai Shenhua on Sunday.
The South Chine Tigers found themselves two goals down after 70 minutes through goals from Haijian Wang and Cao Yunding before Wei Shihao scored the consolation goal nine minutes from time.
Liu Zhiyu’s side remain 16th in the Chinese Super League standings but can take solace from the fact that they are just a point adrift of safety.
Having conceded the third-most goals in the entire division, Guangzhou will need to be wary of being picked apart by the side with most goals scored.
Meanwhile, Wuhan Three Towns maintained their perfect record on home soil this season thanks to an impressive 5-0 thrashing of Hebei FC on Sunday.
Goals from Marcao, Ademilson and Nicole Stanciu put Wuhan on the lead before a brace from Davidson in the second half sealed all the three points in fashion.
Having picked up 16 of a possible 18 points, Pedro Morilla’s side currently sit at the summit of the Chinese Super League table and have laid down an early title marker.
Next up is the challenge of an opposing side who suffered a heavy 6-0 defeat in the only previous meeting between the sides on June 7.
Ahead of a top-of-the-table contest against Shanghai Shenhua three days later, Wuhan Three Towns go in search of a morale-boosting victory in this clash.
Guangzhou FC vs Wuhan Three Towns head to head
The two teams have previously met on just one occasion in the Chinese Super League, where Wuhan Three Towns claimed a 6-0 victory on home soil. They meet for the second time in a competitive match in the same league.
Wuhan Three Towns 6-0 Guangzhou FC 07/06/22
Guangzhou FC latest home form
Guangzhou FC defeated Hebei Fc 1-0 in their last home game in the league. However, they have recently been on a poor run of form at home, having lost each of their five matches prior to that. In their last five matches, they have scored just one goal and conceded nine.
Guangzhou FC 0-5 Ulsan 24/04/22
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 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 goal 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 Three Towns latest home form
Wuhan have recently been on a good run of form at home, and have won each of their five most recent matches. They managed to defeat Hebei FC 5-0 in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 16 goals and conceded just one.
Wuhan Three Towns 2-0 Kunshan 13/12/21
Wuhan Three Towns 1-0 Meizhou Hakka 18/12/21
Wuhan Three Towns 6-0 Guangzhou FC 07/06/22
Wuhan Three Towns 2-1 Shanghai Port 19/06/22
Wuhan Three Towns 5-0 Hebei FC 26/06/22
Wuhan Three Towns latest away form
Wuhan have recently been on a relatively good run of form on the road, having been unbeaten in their three most recent matches. They managed to defeat Wuhan Yangtze 3-1 in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored eight goals and conceded five.
Rongcheng 1-0 Wuhan Three Towns 08/12/21
Zhejiang Professional 2-1 Wuhan Three Towns 22/12/21
Hebei FC 0-4 Wuhan Three Towns 03/06/22
Shanghai Shenhua 1-1 Wuhan Three Towns 12/06/22
Wuhan Yangtze 1-3 Wuhan Three Towns 15/06/22
Guangzhou FC news
Guangzhou’s Afreden Asqer missed his side’s most recent encounter due to a one-game suspension but the 18-year-old is now eligible to feature once again.
After ending a 10-game goalless streak for club and country last time out, Wei Shihao will be looking to string together a good run of matches in front of goal.
Wuhan Three Towns news
Nicolae Stanciu and Davidson are men to keep an eye on as no player has been directly involved in more goals than them, with seven each.
Both of the players contributed to two goals each in the last edition of Wednesday’s contest and Wuhan will be hopeful of a similar impact here.
Prediction and Odds
Wuhan Three Towns seem unstoppable at the moment and Guangzhou are the latest side to try to prevent their good run of form from rolling on.
The hosts enter the contest having lost 12 of their 13 most recent matches, and we are expecting that poor run to extend in this contest.
Odds: 1 2.32 X 2.00 1 1.72
Probable outcomes
Guangzhou FC 0-2 Wuhan Three Towns
Guangzhou FC 1-2 Wuhan Three Towns
Guangzhou FC 0-3 Wuhan Three Towns
Guangzhou FC 1-3 Wuhan Three Towns
Guangzhou FC 1-4 Wuhan Three Towns
