In the 20th round of the 2022 Chinese Super League bye, Beijing Guoan and Guangzhou battled it out at 19:30 on October 29 at the Rizhao International Football Center Stadium. The match was a climax, and Guoan finally sealed the victory with a score of 4-1. In the 10th minute of the first half, Zhang Yuning and Adebenelo scored consecutively; in the second half, Zhang Xizhe's assist from a corner kick and Memisevic's header further increased the score. Adebenelo added another goal, while Yang Liyu came off the bench to equalize. With this victory, Guoan climbed to 6th place in the table with 37 points from 10 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses, winning two consecutive games and winning 4 and drawing 3 in the last 7 rounds. Guangzhou, on the other hand, dropped to the bottom two with 12 points from 3 wins, 3 draws and 16 losses, and suffered three consecutive losses, with only 3 draws and 6 losses in the last 9 rounds. Since the Chinese Super League resumed the home-and-away system, non-Guangzhou teams have won only 1 draw and 6 losses in 7 matches.
Looking back at the first 22 rounds of the Chinese Super League (the 20th round was not played), Guoan is in the 7th place with 9 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses and 34 points, while Guangzhou is in the bottom 3 with 3 wins, 3 draws and 15 losses and 12 points. 13 wins, 14 draws and 14 losses for Guoan in the history of Chinese Super League meetings between the two teams. In the last 6 rounds of matches, Guoan won 3, drew 3, and won 1 and drew 2 in the last 3 home matches; Guangzhou won 3, drew 5, and conceded 3 goals in the last 8 rounds. After the Chinese Super League resumed the home and away system, non-Guangzhou teams have 1 draw and 5 losses in 6 matches. For this match, Guoan's lineup remains stable, with 11 players including Wang Shilong and Zhao Wenzhe on the roster, and Wei Shihao unable to play due to injury.
[Highlights In the 10th minute, Zhang Xizhe shot a cold arrow from a position at the top of the arc, and Zhang Jianzhi bravely parried the ball out. Immediately after that, Zhang Xizhe's corner kick from the left was delivered to the back point, and Zhang Yuning leaped up to head the ball towards the player on the right side of the penalty area. Zhang Yuning scored consecutively to reach 14 goals in the Chinese Super League this season, leading to the 14th-0! In the 21st minute, Zhang Xizhe passed a precise pass from the right rib, Zhang Yuning leaped high on the left side of the penalty area, and Adebenelo scored his first goal in the Chinese Super League from close range, giving Guoan a 2-0 lead! In the 27th minute, Zhang Xizhe's corner kick from the right side of the field was delivered to the front, and Memisevic scored with a header from the right side of the penalty area. Memisevic's goal tally reached 4 in this season's Chinese Super League, and Guoan took a 3-0 lead! Zhang Xizhe accumulated his sixth assist in four consecutive rounds. In the 33rd minute, Zhang Xizhe sent a free kick from the left into the penalty area, Gao Tianyi led the turn in front of the goal, and Adebenelo scored from the left side of the penalty area. Adeben Lo scored twice, Guoan 4-0 lead! In the 76th minute, Fan Hengbo sent a curved ball from the right side to the back point, and substitute Yang Liyu scored with a leaping header from the left side of the penalty area. Yang Liyu's goal tally reached 6 in this season's Chinese Super League and Guangzhou scored for the first time in the match, making the score 1-4! In the 89th minute, Ji Zhongguo took a long-distance shot from the top of the arc, the ball hit a defender and formed a hanging shot, Zhang Jianzhi put the ball over the crossbar with one palm. In the 85th minute, Dabrow fired a shot from the left side of the penalty area, and Zhang Jianzhi went down and pounced on the ball. In the end, Guoan beat Guangzhou 4-1.
[Both sides lineups Beijing Guoan (4141): 14-Zou Dehai; 19-Liu Huan, 22-Yu Dabao, 5-Memishevich; 27-Wang Gang; 6-Chi Zhongguo; 11-Adebenro, 17-Jiang Xiangyou, 15-Gao Tianyi, 10-Zhang Xizhe; 9-Zhang Yuning; Substitutes: 3 Yu Yang, 25 Guo Quanbo, 26 Bo Yang, 28 Zhang Chengdong, 34 Nai Bijiang (U23) 37 Cao Yongjing Guangzhou (4231) (U23): 20-Wang Shilong (U23), 3-Zhao Wenzhe (U23), 6-Li Yang, 18-Fan Hengbo (U23); 33-Cai Mingmin (U23); 22-Aifeldin; U23; 14-Zhang Zili (U23); 40-Tan Kaiyuan (U23) Substitutes: 11 - Xie Zifeng, 21 - Zheng Shengxiong (U23), 23 - Li Jiaheng (U23), 24 - He Xinjie (U32), Huo Shenping (U23), 41 - Xu Bin (U23), 42 - Zhang Jihao (U23)
