Lowly squad Guangzhou R&F FC (1-3-1, 4 points) will try to bounce back from being winless in their previous three games as the team faces current league leaders Jiangsu Suning FC (4-0-1, 13 points) at the Yuexiushan Stadium on Saturday, April 23rd in a 2016 Chinese Super League season match.

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Guangzhou R&F is currently in the bottom two relegation spots of the young season after three unsuccessful matchdays in the China top flight competitions. Only Changchun Yatai, who is the remaining winless team, has a worse record than the Blue Lions.

Head coach Dragan Stojković's boys lost to last season's runner-up club Shanghai SIPG FC, 0-1, in their previous matchday at the Shanghai Stadium, as per Soccerway.

A sorry own goal from Swede midfielder Gustav Svensson five minutes before the full time whistle blew proved to be the difference in the contest.

Meanwhile, Jiangsu Suning is one of two teams still undefeated this season, with the other one newly-promoted side Hebei China Fortune. They are presently on top of the league table after two consecutive victories.

In their most recent game, Jiangsu blanked SIPG's cross-city rivals, Shanghai Greenland Shenhua FC, 2-0, at their home ground of Nanjing Olympic Sports Center last Saturday, as reported by Cri English.

Chinese defender Ren Hang scored a brace at the 83rd and 90th+1 minutes of the match to lead head coach Dan Petrescu's side to their fourth victory of the season.

The game was goalless for the most part until Ren netted one seven minutes before full time off an assist by teammate Li Ang. The 27-year-old Liaoning native then slotted one past Greenland goalkeeper Li Shuai during stoppage time from a beautiful cross by midfielder Li Zhichao.

It was Petrescu's locals who spearheaded his team to victory this time as imports Ramires, Alex Teixeira, Sammir, and Trent Sainsbury had been all quiet throughout the contest.

The predicted result is another 2-0 win for Jiangsu Suning.

Guangzhou R&F starting lineup (4-4-1-1 formation): Cheng; Wang J., Jang, Zhang, Jiang; Lu, Svensson, Wang S., Chang; Chen; Giannou

Jiangsu Suning starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Gu; Zhou, Sainsbury, Li, Ren; Zhang, Ramires; Ji, Wu, Teixeira; Sammir

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