Chengdu Rongcheng vs Shanghai Shenhua Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Chengdu Rongcheng

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Chengdu Rongcheng head into this match following a 3-3 Super League stalemate against Wuhan Three Towns.

In that match, Chengdu Rongcheng had 45% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. For Chengdu Rongcheng, goals were scored by Romulo (15'), Elkeson (52') and Richard Windbichler (67' Own goal). At the other end, Wuhan Three Towns had 16 shots on goal with 4 on target. Abdul-Aziz Yakubu (45') and Ademilson (79') scored for Wuhan Three Towns.

Matches involving Chengdu Rongcheng have often been absorbing ones lately with a lot of goalmouth action being a real hallmark. Over their past six clashes alone, the sum of 21 goals have been scored for both teams combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 12 of these coming from Chengdu Rongcheng.

Shanghai Shenhua

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In their previous game, Shanghai Shenhua drew 1-1 in the Super League match with Beijing Sinobo Guoan.

In that game, Shanghai Shenhua managed 33% possession and 11 shots at goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Shanghai Shenhua was Yu Hanchao (18'). Beijing Guoan had 12 shots at goal with 6 on target. Samuel Adegbenro (67') was the scorer for Beijing Sinobo Guoan.

For 5 of the past 6 clashes involving Shanghai Shenhua, a notably low volume of goals have been struck between them and their opposition. The overall average goals scored per game within that spell is just 2, with the average goals for Flower of Shanghai being 1.33. That pattern isn’t assured to be sustained into this game, of course.

↔️ Head to head

The last league contest between these sides was Super League match day 25 on 12/11/2022 when it ended Chengdu Rongcheng 3-2 Shanghai Shenhua.

On that occasion, Chengdu Rongcheng managed 70% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 11 of them on target. Their only player to score was Min-Woo Kim (57').

Shanghai Shenhua got 4 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Yu Hanchao (19') was the scorer.

🗞️ Team News: Chengdu Rongcheng

The Chengdu Rongcheng manager Jung-won Seo has no fitness worries to speak of before this match with a fully healthy group to choose from.

🗞️ Team News: Shanghai Shenhua

Due to a fully injury-free group to choose from, the Shanghai Shenhua boss Wu Jingui has no fitness worries at all before this clash.

🧠 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Chengdu Rongcheng can score at least once when they meet Shanghai Shenhua, who won’t find it easy to break down their defence.

We’re therefore expecting to see a controlled 2-0 winning margin for Chengdu Rongcheng after 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 10:48 21/05/2023