Newly promoted Meizhou Hakka had their first home game in this round of the tournament. However, due to the need of epidemic prevention and control, compared with Dalian Ren and Henan Songshan Longmen in their home stadiums full of spectators, Meizhou Hakka's Wuhua Olympic Sports Center could only be empty for the game. This undoubtedly weakened the advantage of the home field, making it seem like a return to the atmosphere of the tournament system. Faced with such a situation, Meizhou Hakka will have to work harder to win the game at home.
It's worth mentioning that this game is an important matchup with 6 points at stake. On the table, Meizhou Hakka and Wuhan Changjiang are ranked 10th and 12th with 14 and 13 points respectively, making the competition fierce. Against this background, the importance of this match is self-evident.
For Wuhan Changjiang, an empty stadium might help them reduce the distraction of home fans and better focus on the game. It is expected that both manager Li Jin Yu and his team will go all out to score. Nonetheless, issues such as penalties faced by the team may have a negative impact on the team's performance.
Cangzhou Lions and Guangzhou: a life-and-death duel against the odds
Cangzhou Lions were highly anticipated in the early stage of the season as their foreigners were not bad. However, after 10 rounds of the first phase of the game, they only gained 1 win, 4 draws and 5 losses, accumulating 7 points, ranking dropped to the fifteenth place, only one point more than the full Chinese class of the Guangzhou team. The two teams have thus become the same disease of the difficult brother.
Against this backdrop, the meeting between the two teams was naturally a do-or-die match with six points at stake. Both teams are eager to get all three points in order to get out of this predicament as soon as possible, and a fierce battle is inevitable.
Although Guangzhou is still at a disadvantage in terms of paper strength, they have introduced strong players such as Li Xuepeng and Zhang Xiuwei compared to the first stage, together with power players such as Wei Shihao, Yang Liyu and Yan Dinghao, the overall strength has been significantly improved. It will not be easy for Cangzhou Lions to win easily.
However, Guangzhou's new lineup still needs to integrate, and they need to realize the perfect connection of the lineup in the shortest time. Otherwise, even if the strength is improved, it will be difficult to take all three points in the game.