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Watch Scunthorpe United vs Ipswich Town Live StreamingThe Imperial Guard's local stars include internationals Huang Bowen, fellow midfielder Yang Hao and goalkeeper Yang Zhi, who all helped China win this month's East Asian Football Federation Championship. Beijing have also added free-kick specialist Xu Liang, Wang Xiaolong and Wu Hao to their squad.
However, centre-back Lang Zheng is suspended for the clash against Melbourne following on from last year's campaign, when Beijing were among the four Chinese clubs who failed to progress from the group stage.
Hong Yuanshuo's squad recently trained and played six matches in Japan then sacrificed their Lunar New Year holidays, as the club bid to reach the knockout stage for the first time in their third straight appearance.
"The best Lunar New Year present for us and for the fans is a first win in the AFC Champions League," Hong said. "I believe we have a balanced team this year, the right mixture of foreign and local players. I have total confidence in this team."
