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AFC Champions League game between Singha Chiangrai United and FC Seoul to take place at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar, therefore a neutral ground. Group E situation has Singha Chiangrai United with zero point from three defeats in which they have not been able to score, meanwhile FC Seoul has six points from two victories and one defeat.

Last year Singha Chiangrai United failed to qualify for the group stage as they fall in penalties against Sanfrecce Hiroshima, in the previous round they have won 3-1 against Yango United. This time around Singha Chiangrai United get to play the group stage for the first time after winning the 2019 Thai League for the first time.

Singha Chiangrai United debut has been bad, as one could expected, three consecutive defeats, but before the game against FC Seoul, they were avoiding disaster as they have lost by one goal margin against important teams as Beijing Guoan and Melbourne Victory, but then fall 0-5 against FC Seoul. They have shown fair defending, but not much use when their attack has gone scoreless. For this game, Brazilian striker Bill could be on the lineup after missing last game injured.

FC Seoul struggles in the K League 1 were followed by a defeat against Beijing Guoan at the restart of AFC Champions League, in the positive aspect they scored again. For the game against Singha Chiangrai United caretaker manager Lee Won-jun made a couple of changes from the defeat to Beijing Guoan bringing in youngsters while also switching Yang Han-been for Yu Sang-hun in goal. Changes that delivered good results. The silver lining for FC Seoul season are precisely the youngsters, the average age of the starting XI last match was 26. 5, with four players under 22.

It has been only three days since the previous game between, and one in which Singha Chiangrai United fair defending crumbled conceding more goals than their previous five AFC Champions League games combined. It might seem as the main objective for Singha Chiangrai United will be to return to that fair defending, and try to hold an FC Seoul attack that exploded after games struggling with goals. FC Seoul knows the victory would put them in the driving seat for the second place, but also that the goal average could come into play later. FC Seoul will be confidence after the previous result against Singha Chiangrai United and will look to deliver another good performance, but this time it might not be that many goals, yet the victory should be for FC Seoul.

27/11/2020 06:47, read 272 times