Capital city team Beijing Guoan edged lowly club Hangzhou Greentown, 1-0, in a 2016 Chinese Super League season match at the Workers' Stadium in Beijing last Friday to extend their winning run to two games.

Attacking midfielder Zhang Xizhe provided the winning goal for head coach Xie Feng's side at the 83rd minute of the match with the assist coming from striker Yu Dabao, as per Xinhuanet.

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It was a tough match right from the beginning as both teams went scoreless until Zhang finally broke the deadlock with six minutes left before the full time whistle was blown.

Imports Burak Yilmaz, Ralf, and Egor Krimets featured for the Imperial Guards' starting XI in their home win while newly-acquired Uzbek striker Igor Sergeev, who is currently on loan from Pakhtakor Tashkent, came in a substitute to left winger Song Buxuan at the restart, via Soccerway.

Meanwhile, newly-signed import Sammir, Anselmo Ramon, Denilson Gabionetta, and team captain Matthew Spiranovic were the foreign players available on the side of Hangzhou.

The win was Guoan's second straight in the Chinese first division competitions after two-game winless spell which saw them fall to Henan Jianye, 0-1, on July 2 and hold on to a goalless draw with Tianjin Teda on July 9.

Beijing also nipped contending team Hebei China Fortune, 1-0, on the road in their previous match on July 16 prior to this win over the Green Giants.

The team remained at the ninth spot of the league table, eight points clear of the bottom two relegation area.

Hangzhou absorbed their third winless effort in their last four games after the loss, keeping them at 13th place in the overall standings.

Manager Hong Myung-bo's boys were coming off an inspiring 3-1 triumph over Tianjin Teda in their previous game, but they were not able to sustain the momentum against the

While some of the China top flight's other squads are already in their 21st matches this term, the game was only Beijing Guoan's 18th fixture so far in the season after two of their previous home matches were postponed.

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