A titanic 2016 Chinese Super League clash between two of China's strongest clubs, Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao FC (10-1-3, 33 points) and Jiangsu Suning FC (8-1-5, 29 points), are scheduled to take place at the Tianhe Stadium on June 24, Friday.

Guangzhou and Jiangsu boast off two of the most solid lineups in the China top flight competitions after much spending and beefing themselves up during the recent winter transfer window.

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Evergrande, the defending five-straight CSL champions, are somewhat reeling at the moment, though, as they had been held to draws in three of their last four matches. The setbacks came after they went through a nine-game winning streak that propelled them to the top of the overall standings.

Manager Luiz Felipe Scolari's boys are coming off a 1-1 draw with newly-promoted side Yanbian Funde FC at the Yanji Nationwide Fitness Centre Stadium last Saturday, as per Soccerway.

Gambian import Bubacarr Trawally opened the scoring for the hosts at the 18th before Guangzhou midfielder Yu Hanchao was able to equalize it with only two minutes left before full time to avoid an embarrassing defeat.

Meanwhile, Jiangsu is doing better as they had been unbeaten in their last four games to settle at the third spot of the league table.

Interim head coach Tang Jing, who replaced sacked manager Dan Petrescu, had been handling things quite well at their side as they nipped Chongqing Lifan, 2-1, in their previous round fixture at their home ground of Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre, CCTV English reported.

Brazilian import Alex Teixeira scored the winning goal for Jiangsu during stoppage time to save the win for the hosts after an own goal from Chongqing's Liu Yu equalized the match at the 58th minute.

Lifan midfielder Wang Dong opened the scoring right at the stroke of halftime to threaten Tang's boys right at their home stadium.

The Southern China Tigers are still on top of the league table despite recently failing to find wins and they are favored to win over Jiangsu at home this week.

The predicted result is a close 2-1 win for Guangzhou Evergrande.

Guangzhou Evergrande starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Zeng; Wang, Mei, Kim, Rong; Zheng, Paulinho; Huang, Goulart, Alan; Gao

Jiangsu Suning starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Gu; Ji, Sainsbury, Li, Zhou; Ramires, Zhang; Yang J., Teixeira, Yang X.; Jô

TagsChina Football, Chinese Super League, Chinese Super League 2016, Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao FC, Jiangsu Suning FC