“Obviously it’s a must-win or [we need] some kind of result,” Troisi told the Melbourne Victory club website.

"They've got some very, very good players, some experienced and world-class players we'll have to come up against but that's the good thing about coming into games like this and being in a competition like this.

"You get to test yourself out against some of the strongest teams in Asia and it's something we're definitely looking forward to coming up against."

The attacking midfielder, who famously scored Australia’s winning goal in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup final, also netted when the sides last faced each other, in the 2014 group stage, as Melbourne won 2-0 on home soil.

The A-League side had earlier lost the game 4-2 in Guangzhou as the Chinese team eventually advanced and Melbourne were eliminated.

The Victoria club go into the game on the back of a 2-1 defeat to Sydney FC at the weekend as they missed the chance to leapfrog their rivals into second place in the A-League.

"We've got to move on and we've got a very important game against Guangzhou on Wednesday night in difficult [hot and humid] conditions, but we can't make any excuses, we just have to get on with it," added the 30-year-old.

"We go into every game wanting to win and obviously being away from home in conditions like this it's going to be very different.

"In our past history we've got results against teams like Guangzhou although it's a completely different team. We'll do our research, get fresh and ready to go for Wednesday night, but, no shying away from it, we definitely need a result."