Contending club Jiangsu Suning FC (7-1-4, 25 points) will look to build a new winning streak as the team clashes with middling squad Guangzhou R&F FC (4-6-2, 14 points) at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre on June 15, Wednesday as the 2016 Chinese Super League season moves forward.

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Jiangsu occupied the first and second spots of the league table for the first several weeks of the China top flight competitions as they started out strong, winning four of their first five assignments. Much is caused by their new and improved Brazilian reinforcements of Alex Teixeira, Ramires, and Jô.

However, after only a single win, two draws, and a loss in the past month, the team was passed by Hebei China Fortune as they are now settled at third place in the overall standings.

Head coach Dan Petrescu was then sacked after those lackluster performances and interim manager Tang Jing was appointed.

Jiangsu pulled off a much-needed 2-1 victory over fellow contenders Shanghai SIPG FC also at their home ground of Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre last Saturday during Coach Tang's debut game, as per Soccerway.

Midfielder Ramires opened the scoring at the 20th minute of the match as Teixeira gave the assist. SIPG's comebacking forward Asamoah Gyan then equalized the count at the 62nd minute in the second half, but striker Jô grabbed back the lead just six minutes later as the team held on for the win.

Meanwhile, Guangzhou R&F also nipped Hangzhou Greentown, 1-0, at the Yellow Dragon Sports Center last Saturday, Goal reported.

Another Brazil international, Renatinho, provided the lone goal for the Blue Lions during the match as manager Dragan Stojković's boys snapped their three-game losing streak.

The predicted result is a 2-0 rout for Jiangsu Suning.

Jiangsu Suning starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Gu; Zhang, Sainsbury, Ren, Zhou; Liu, Wu; Ji, Ramies, Teixeira; Jô

Guangzhou R&F starting lineup (5-4-1 formation): Cheng; Tang, Jang, Zhang, Yu, Chao; Renatinho, Svensson, Wang, Lu; Xiao

TagsChina Football, Chinese Super League, Chinese Super League 2016, Jiangsu Suning FC, Guangzhou R&F FC