Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Beijing Guoan 4th with 57 points, Meizhou Hakka 15th with 21, 36 apart. Meizhou Hakka had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 11th in the league over the last five rounds against 15th overall. Against a league average of 1.61 goals per team per game, Beijing Guoan ran at 2.3 scored and 1.53 conceded, Meizhou Hakka at 1.2 and 2.37.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 3 for Beijing Guoan, 0 for Meizhou Hakka and 2 drawn, at 3.4 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 20% of those meetings. History points to goals: 80% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
Workers' Stadium in Beijing, capacity 68,000, hosted the game. Beijing Guoan led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 5-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Beijing Guoan: Fábio Abreu (87'), Fábio Abreu (18'), Fábio Abreu (45'), Zhang Yuning (56'), Fábio Abreu (71') · Meizhou Hakka: Elías Már Ómarsson (64')