Match Report
Melbourne Victory went into the game 2nd in the table on 7 points; Beijing Guoan sat 1st on 16 — a 9-point gap. Melbourne Victory's recent output lagged their position: 25th on form over five rounds while 2nd in the table. Per game in the league, Melbourne Victory were scoring 1 and conceding 1.5, Beijing Guoan 2 and 0.67, against a competition average of 1.28 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Beijing Guoan, winners of their last six, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 9/15 points for Melbourne Victory, 15/15 for Beijing Guoan.
The match was played at AAMI Park in Melbourne (capacity 8,000). Beijing Guoan led 2-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-2.