The Super League fixture at Yellow Dragon Sports Center on Friday sees home team Zhejiang Professional go into battle with opponents Beijing Sinobo Guoan.
All of our predictions, stats and the user poll for Zhejiang Professional v Beijing Sinobo Guoan are shown below - as well as up-to-date odds.
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Form Guide
Zhejiang Professional
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Zhejiang Professional are hoping to win again following the 3-2 Super League triumph against Tianjin Jinmen Tiger.
In that game, Zhejiang Professional managed 70% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 10 of them on target. The only player to score for Zhejiang Professional was Leonardo (80'). Tianjin Jinmen Tiger got 12 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Wang Qiuming (13') was the scorer for Tianjin Jinmen Tiger.
It has been seldom in recent times where Zhejiang Professional have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Zhejiang Professional have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 10 goals during that time.
Beijing Sinobo Guoan
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Beijing Sinobo Guoan go into this meeting following a 4-1 Super League win vs Qingdao Youth Island in their previous match.
In that game, Beijing Sinobo Guoan managed 64% possession and 34 shots at goal with 17 of them on target. For Beijing Sinobo Guoan, the goalscorers were Michael Ngadeu (6'), Nico Yennaris (63') and Samuel Adegbenro (90'). Qingdao West Coast got 8 shots on goal with 4 of them on target.
Ricardo Soares's Beijing Sinobo Guoan have fired home a total of 9 times throughout their latest 6 matches. The overall goals that they have conceded during that period adds up to 6.
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Head to head
Checking on their most recent head-to-head clashes going back to 17/04/2016 shows us that Zhejiang Professional have won 3 of them & Beijing Sinobo Guoan 2, with the number of drawn matches being 1.
A sum of 16 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 8 for ZE Greentown and 8 created by Imperial Guards. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.
The last league meeting between these sides was Super League match day 25 on 15/09/2023 when the final score was Beijing Sinobo Guoan 0-1 Zhejiang Professional.
On that occasion, Beijing Sinobo Guoan had 55% possession and 13 shots at goal with 4 on target.
Zhejiang Professional got 17 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Leonardo (57') was the scorer.
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Team News: Zhejiang Professional
The Zhejiang Professional boss Jordi Vinyals has zero fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this game thanks to a completely healthy group available for selection.
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Team News: Beijing Sinobo Guoan
Thanks to a completely healthy squad available to select from, the Beijing Sinobo Guoan manager Ricardo Soares doesn’t have any fitness concerns to report coming into this clash.
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Prediction
We’re of the view that Beijing Sinobo Guoan and Zhejiang Professional should both be able to find the back of the net here although it’s difficult to select a clear winner.
It could well end in a draw. We’re therefore expecting a very close game with a 1-1 scoreline after 90 minutes.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura,
12:10 25/04/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Zhejiang Professional
Formed: 1998
Stadium: Yellow Dragon Sports Center (51,971)
Captain: Franko Andrijašević
Chairman: Zhang Weidong
Manager: Jordi Vinyals
Competitions: Super League position 8