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Melbourne Victory vs Guangzhou Evergrande: Asian Champions League live scores, blog

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23rd April, 2019
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Melbourne Victory vs Guangzhou Evergrande

2019 Asian Champions League, Group stage, Matchday 4

Venue: AAMI Park, Melbourne
Match time: Fulltime
Melbourne Victory Guangzhou Evergrande
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Goals

Melbourne Time Guangzhou
24' H.Bowen
J.Ingham 26'

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The Melbourne Victory will look to keep their mathematical chance of advancing to the knockout stages of the Asian Champions League alive when they clash with Guangzhou Evergrande on Matchday 4. Join The Roar for live scores and coverage from 7:30pm (AEDT).

Melbourne come into this game with zero points from their first three games, and to qualify from here, will need something of a miracle.

The biggest problem for the Victory is that all three teams above them have shared points, meaning it’s a six-point gap between the three and the Victory, who can end up on no more than nine points with three back-to-back wins.

Of course, that’ll be easier said than done for the club, who are battling to be competitive on the Asian scene.

They will bring no confidence into this match either, having lost 4-0 to Guangzhou away from home in their last match, and while they are at home this time, it may not help up against the deadly attack of players like Anderson Talisca and former Brazilian international Paulinho, who were deadly in their combination last time against the Victory.

What Melbourne must do though is build confidence ahead of the A-League finals, which is the part of their season yet to disappear up the river.

Guangzhou, on the other hand, have been far from poor recently, but not at their best. They have split the two matches since their clash with the Victory, losing to Beijing, but then beating Shandong Luneng. All in all, they have won four of their last five clashes as a club across all competitions, and it’s hard to fault where they are at on both ends of the park.

In saying all of that, their away record hasn’t been all that impressive, winning just one of their last five as a club on the road, so the Victory will look to start strongly and make the most of whatever opportunities they can create through Keisuke Honda and Ola Toivonen, among others.

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Prediction
The Victory simply must win, and while they have just been awful in the Asian Champions League, a turnaround – a fast-paced, high-scoring turnaround – has to come at some point.

Melbourne 3 – Guangzhou 2

Be sure to join The Roar for live coverage of this Asian Champions League fixture from 7:30pm (AEDT) and don’t forget to add a comment in the section below.

Kick-off: 7:30pm (AEDT)
Venue: AAMI Park, Melbourne
TV: Live, Fox Sports

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