📏 Form Guide

Changchun Yatai

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Changchun Yatai will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 0-1 Super League defeat in their last game at the hands of Tianjin TEDA.

In that match, Changchun Yatai managed 54% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Tianjin Jinmen Tiger got 13 shots on goal with 7 on target. Andrea Compagno (44') was the scorer for Tianjin TEDA.

Matches with Changchun Yatai have tended to be exciting affairs lately with a lot of goalmouth action anticipated. Over their past 6 clashes, the sum total of 20 goals have flown in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 7 of these belonging to Changchun Yatai. That trend might not be carried forward into this match, however.

Shanghai Shenhua

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Shanghai Shenhua come into this encounter following on from a 0-3 Super League win with the eclipse of Shandong Luneng in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Shanghai Shenhua managed 41% possession and 10 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer for Shanghai Shenhua was João Teixeira (5', 30'). Shandong Taishan got 20 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.

A succession of outstanding performances by the Shanghai Shenhua defensive players has seen their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 2 from their previous 6 outings combined. During the same period of time, their forwards have scored 10.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their past head to head meetings stretching back to 06/08/2021 shows us that Changchun Yatai have won 1 of these & Shanghai Shenhua 2, with the tally of drawn matches being 3.

A total of 8 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 3 for Yatai and 5 created by Flower of Shanghai. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.33.

The previous league clash featuring the two was Super League match day 18 on 22/07/2023 when the final score was Changchun Yatai 1-1 Shanghai Shenhua.

That time, Changchun Yatai managed 62% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.

Shanghai Shenhua got 12 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target.

ℹ️ Team News: Changchun Yatai

The Changchun Yatai manager Chen Yang will be thankful to have no fitness worries whatsoever coming into this match with a fully injury-free group to choose from.

In all likelihood, Changchun Yatai look set to employ a 4-4-2 system this time with Yake Wu, Chengjian Liao, Lazar Rosic, Mincheng Yuan, Shenyuan Li, Yaopeng Wang, Huachen Zhang, Peter Zulj, Guilherme, Changcheng Cheng and Long Tan.

ℹ️ Team News: Shanghai Shenhua

Due to a fully healthy squad available to select from, the Shanghai Shenhua manager Leonid Slutskiy doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this match.

We reckon that Flower of Shanghai could decide to elect for a 4-3-1-2 lineup, going with Yaxiong Bao, Wilson Manafa, Chenjie Zhu, Shenglong Jiang, Zexiang Yang, Xi Wu, Ibrahim Amadou, Haoyang Xu, Joao Carlos Teixeira, Pengfei Xie and Andre Luis.

⚡ Prediction

We think that Changchun Yatai might well have a job on their hands to put one past this Shanghai Shenhua side who will likely do enough to score at the other end and edge ahead.

We’re therefore predicting a very competitive game with a 0-1 winning margin for Shanghai Shenhua at the end of this game.

Should be an interesting one.

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

Andre Moura, 07:16 05/04/2024