Match Report
9 points for Vissel Kobe (1st), 5 for Guangzhou Evergrande (2nd): a 4-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Guangzhou Evergrande: only 18th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 2nd. Against a league average of 1.28 goals per team per game, Vissel Kobe ran at 1.8 scored and 1.2 conceded, Guangzhou Evergrande at 1 and 1.
Vissel Kobe entered with five wins in a row. Guangzhou Evergrande entered with three losses in a row. The five-game form split read 15/15 points for Vissel Kobe against 4/15 for Guangzhou Evergrande.
The venue was Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, with room for 300 spectators. With 100 matches recorded and 1.7 yellow cards per game, A. Faghani was the man in the middle. On the scoreboard, Guangzhou Evergrande led 2-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-2 the final score.