On Thursday, at 13:00, Guangzhou R&F receives the visit of the rival Guangzhou Evergrande, in the 2nd stage of the Chinese league. At Jinzhou Stadium in Dalian (the city where the two teams were assigned to play) there will be no advantage of their own field, and the guests start with the first chance to succeed.
After the first match played, Guangzhou Evergrande has 3 points, because it defeated Shanghai Shenshua, after a surprise of the debut round. Guangzhou R&F lost the game to Shenzen (0-3) and is last in the standings. The match was decided after the break, by the goals of Preciado (’64 – penalty) and Gao Lin (’70). No less than 15 sutures allowed the R&F to their goal! Instead, Evergrande won with a “double” to Wei Shihao (‘7 and ’65) in front of Shanghai.
In preparation for the new season, the two teams from Guangzhou met in a friendly match, ended in a draw, 1-1. It was the first draw after 10 consecutive direct duels! At the same time, we know that this match often caused high scores, including a 7-2 recorded in 2017, for Guangzhou Evergrande. A few months later, R&F got its revenge away and won 5-4! The white-reds have an advantage in this statistical chapter, of the “directs”.
Guangzhou Evergrande has won the last 3 official matches between the two (3-0, 5-0, 2-0);
In 10 of the last 11 direct matches, at least three goals have been scored;
58 goals have been scored in the last 11 games between the two rivals in Guangzhou;
In 3 of the last 4 matches played by Evergrande he scored only one team;
Guangzhou R&F has 6 defeats in the previous 7 championship matches in China;
PREDICTION: Guangzhou Evergrande to win @ 1,30
