Beijing Guoan host Jeonbuk Motors in the AFC Champions League. Guoan have been in fine form on the domestic front, picking up plenty of wins in China's Super League, while Jeonbuk's recent run in South Korea has been far more mixed, with wins, draws and losses fairly evenly spread.
Both clubs opened this season's continental group phase with a win, so they meet with matching records at this early stage. There's also some history between the two sides, though it goes back several years and involves squads that have since changed a lot.
Analysis updated .
Compare bookmakers
Recent form tells two different stories
Beijing Guoan's last 20 matches across the Super League, FA Cup and this Champions League campaign show 12 wins, 7 draws and just 1 loss, with 44 goals scored against 23 conceded. That's a strong scoring record and very few setbacks in that spell.
Beijing Guoan: 20 completed matches; Jeonbuk Motors: 20 completed matches.
Beijing Guoan
- Win
- 60% 12 / 20
- Draw
- 35% 7 / 20
- Loss
- 5% 1 / 20
- Scored
- 44
- Conceded
- 23
- Difference
- +21
Jeonbuk Motors
- Win
- 30% 6 / 20
- Draw
- 45% 9 / 20
- Loss
- 25% 5 / 20
- Scored
- 23
- Conceded
- 20
- Difference
- +3
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFC Champions League Elite | Beijing Guoan | Pohang Steelers | 15.09.2026 | 3-1 |
| Super League | SHANGHAI SIPG | Beijing Guoan | 05.09.2026 | 0-0 |
| FA Cup | Beijing Guoan | Rizhao Yuqi | 01.09.2026 | 3-1 |
| Super League | Dalian Zhixing | Beijing Guoan | 28.08.2026 | 1-1 |
| Super League | Beijing Guoan | Yunnan Yukun | 22.08.2026 | 3-3 |
| Super League | Shanghai Shenhua | Beijing Guoan | 18.08.2026 | 0-3 |
| Super League | Tianjin Teda | Beijing Guoan | 15.08.2026 | 2-4 |
| Super League | Beijing Guoan | Sichuan Jiuniu | 07.08.2026 | 4-0 |
| Super League | Beijing Guoan | Hangzhou Greentown | 01.08.2026 | 2-1 |
| Super League | Chengdu Better City | Beijing Guoan | 26.07.2026 | 2-2 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K League 1 | Jeonbuk Motors | Gwangju FC | 20.09.2026 | 2-2 |
| AFC Champions League Elite | Jeonbuk Motors | Kashiwa Reysol | 16.09.2026 | 2-1 |
| K League 1 | Jeonbuk Motors | FC Seoul | 12.09.2026 | 1-2 |
| K League 1 | Gangwon FC | Jeonbuk Motors | 09.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| K League 1 | Jeonbuk Motors | Pohang Steelers | 05.09.2026 | 2-0 |
| K League 1 | Incheon United | Jeonbuk Motors | 30.08.2026 | 1-1 |
| K League 1 | Gimcheon Sangmu FC | Jeonbuk Motors | 25.08.2026 | 0-0 |
| K League 1 | Jeonbuk Motors | Ulsan Hyundai FC | 22.08.2026 | 1-0 |
| FA Cup | Jeonbuk Motors | Dangjin Citizen | 19.08.2026 | 2-2 |
| K League 1 | Bucheon FC 1995 | Jeonbuk Motors | 16.08.2026 | 3-2 |
Jeonbuk Motors' equivalent run in the K League 1, FA Cup and Champions League Elite reads 6 wins, 9 draws and 5 losses, with 23 goals for and 20 against. It's a far less commanding sample, with draws cropping up more often than wins.
Guoan's form looks the healthier of the two, though it's built mostly on domestic results rather than this competition.
Comparative Team Statistics: Beijing Guoan vs Jeonbuk Motors
History leans towards Jeonbuk, but it's dated
The only recorded meetings between these two came in the 2019 Champions League, when Jeonbuk won both legs, including a 3-1 home victory and a 1-0 away win at Guoan.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFC Champions League | Beijing Guoan | Jeonbuk Motors | 07.05.2019 | 0-1 |
| AFC Champions League | Jeonbuk Motors | Beijing Guoan | 06.03.2019 | 3-1 |
That's seven years old now and neither squad closely resembles those sides today, so it's more a historical footnote than a guide to this fixture.
Early group standings
Both teams have played just one match in this stage of the competition, and both won it. Guoan sit fourth, Jeonbuk sixth, separated by goal difference rather than points.
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Region | |||||||
| 1 | Kashima | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7/1 | 3 |
| 2 | Gamba Osaka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4/1 | 3 |
| 3 | SHANGHAI SIPG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6/4 | 3 |
| 4 | Beijing Guoan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3/1 | 3 |
| 5 | Vissel Kobe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2/1 | 3 |
| 6 | Jeonbuk Motors | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2/1 | 3 |
| 7 | Daejeon Citizen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 3 |
| 8 | Johor Darul Takzim FC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 |
| 9 | Buriram United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 |
| 10 | Kashiwa Reysol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/2 | 0 |
| 11 | Port FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/2 | 0 |
| 12 | Kyoto Sanga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 13 | Ratchaburi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4/6 | 0 |
| 14 | Pohang Steelers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/3 | 0 |
| 15 | Công An Nhân Dân | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/4 | 0 |
| 16 | Newcastle Jets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/7 | 0 |
One game is a very small sample, so these positions say little about who's better placed heading into this match.
Individual notes from the opening group game
The player data available covers just that first group match. Zhang Xizhe scored and assisted for Guoan, C. Akolo also found the net for them, while Italo was Jeonbuk's scorer. Wang Yu picked up a yellow card for Guoan.
x 1
This is a snapshot from one fixture rather than season-long form or a confirmed lineup, so it shouldn't be read as a full picture of either squad's contributors.
Squad lists and player details
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Konte | Mali | 25 | Midfielder | 175 | n/a |
| U. Spajić | Serbia | 33 | Defender | 188 | 82 |
| Dawhan | Brazil | 30 | Midfielder | 177 | 69 |
| Hou Sen | China PR | 37 | Goalkeeper | 188 | 81 |
| Li Lei | China PR | 34 | Defender | 183 | 77 |
| Wang Gang | China PR | 37 | Defender | 188 | 81 |
| Chi Zhongguo | China PR | 36 | Midfielder | 172 | 66 |
| Zhang Xizhe | China PR | 35 | Midfielder | 180 | 69 |
| Zhang Yuning | China PR | 29 | Attacker | 186 | 85 |
| Feng Boxuan | China PR | 29 | Defender | 181 | 75 |
| Yang Liyu | China PR | 29 | Attacker | 180 | 65 |
| Abduhamit Abdugheni | China PR | 28 | Defender | 185 | 75 |
| Han Jiaqi | China PR | 27 | Goalkeeper | 187 | 79 |
| He Yupeng | China PR | 26 | Defender | 182 | 72 |
| Cao Yongjing | China PR | 29 | Midfielder | 180 | 73 |
| B. Nkololo | France | 29 | Attacker | 178 | 75 |
| C. Akolo | Congo DR | 31 | Attacker | 172 | 72 |
| Serginho | Brazil | 31 | Midfielder | 180 | 84 |
| Wu Shaocong | China PR | 26 | Defender | 192 | 81 |
| Fábio Abreu | Angola | 33 | Forward | 182 | 83 |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park Ji-Soo | Korea Republic | 32 | Defender | 187 | 77 |
| Lee Seung-Woo | Korea Republic | 28 | Midfielder | 173 | 65 |
| Bruno Mota | Brazil | 30 | Attacker | 193 | 87 |
| Kim Jin-Gyu | Korea Republic | 29 | Midfielder | 177 | 68 |
| Lee Dong-Jun | Korea Republic | 29 | Midfielder | 173 | 64 |
| Maeng Seong-Ung | Korea Republic | 28 | Midfielder | 183 | 80 |
| Kim Seung-Sub | Korea Republic | 29 | Attacker | 178 | 72 |
| Song Bum-Keun | Korea Republic | 28 | Goalkeeper | 196 | 93 |
| Kim Tae-Hwan | Korea Republic | 37 | Defender | 177 | 72 |
| Kim Young-Bin | Korea Republic | 35 | Defender | 184 | 79 |
| Yeon Je-Un | Korea Republic | 32 | Defender | 185 | 78 |
| Lee Yeong-Jae | Korea Republic | 32 | Midfielder | 175 | 66 |
| João Gamboa | Portugal | 30 | Midfielder | 187 | 80 |
| Kim Tae-Hyun | Korea Republic | 29 | Defender | 173 | 66 |
| G. Paulauskas | Lithuania | 27 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| Tiago Orobó | Brazil | 32 | Attacker | 188 | 75 |
| Oberdan | Brazil | 31 | Midfielder | 175 | 69 |
| Lee Ju-Hyun | Korea Republic | 27 | Goalkeeper | n/a | n/a |
| Dodozinho | Brazil | 25 | Midfielder | 170 | 67 |
| Cho Wi-Je | Korea Republic | 25 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
Guoan's broader recent form looks stronger than Jeonbuk's, but that comes from separate domestic competitions rather than head-to-head evidence in this tournament.
With no market to assess and only a one-match sample in this group phase, there isn't enough here to back a specific angle with confidence, so we're sitting this one out.
Who will win?
