📏 Form Guide

Henan Jianye

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Henan Jianye, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 1-3 Super League victory vs Sichuan Jiuniu.

In that game, Henan Jianye had 45% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. For Henan Jianye, the goalscorers were Lucas Maia (42'), Iago Maidana (59') and Bruno Nazário (74'). Shenzhen Peng City had 12 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

Henan Jianye have not been the best at stopping their opponents recently, although they have also managed to convert their own chances into goals. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that Henan Jianye have conceded in 5 of them while also getting on the scoresheet in 5 of those matches.

Shanghai Port

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In their previous fixture, Shanghai Port drew 1-1 in the Super League tie with Shanghai Shenhua.

In that match, Shanghai Port had 47% possession and 10 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Shanghai Shenhua had 16 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Yu Hanchao (82') scored for Shanghai Shenhua.

The stats tell the story, and Shanghai Port have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 10 goals in all. In defence, Shanghai Port have some weaknesses to address. That kind of trend won’t necessarily be carried forward into this game, of course.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Inspecting their prior head to head clashes going back to 20/09/2022 shows us that Henan Jianye have won 2 of these games & Shanghai Port 4, with the number of drawn matches being 0.

A combined total of 21 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 10 from Henan Jianye and 11 created by The Red Eagles. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.5.

The last league match featuring the two was Super League match day 18 on 05/07/2024 when the final score was Henan Jianye 0-1 Shanghai Port.

In that game, Henan Jianye managed 52% possession and 13 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

On the other side, Shanghai Port had 9 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Oscar (44') was the scorer.

📰 Team News: Shanghai Port

Shanghai Port manager Kevin Muscat has some current player fitness concerns. Tyias Browning (Muscle strain), Lei Wu (Tear of the lateral meniscus) and Zhen'ao Wang (Cruciate ligament tear) are not ready for selection.

🔮 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Henan Jianye have the capability to find the net against this Shanghai Port side, however a single goal likely won’t prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

Our tip is for a narrow 1-2 winning score for Shanghai Port at full-time. There looks to be little in this one.

Peter Guest, 09:08 12/04/2025