📊 Form Guide

Meizhou Hakka

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Meizhou Hakka head into this match after a 0-0 Super League drawn game against Tianjin Jinmen Tiger.

In that match, Meizhou Hakka managed 35% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Tianjin Jinmen Tiger had 15 shots at goal with 7 on target.

Meizhou Hakka have really struggled up front of late. Their goals record stands at just 3 vs opposition teams over their previous 6 fixtures. In those games, Meizhou Hakka have also seen the number of goals against them come to 7. We will have to see if that trend will be continued on here.

Shanghai Port

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Shanghai Port will go into the meeting after a 4-3 Super League win against Shandong Luneng in their most recent outing.

In that game, Shanghai Port managed 56% possession and 26 attempts at goal with 13 of them on target. For Shanghai Port, the goalscorers were Gustavo (6'), Zhang Linpeng (12' Own goal), Leonardo Cittadini (33') and Wu Lei (54', 73'). For their opponents, Shandong Taishan got 16 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Pedro Delgado (23') was the scorer for Shandong Luneng.

Demonstrating their partiality to productive encounters, goals have been celebrated 22 times in the last six games in which Shanghai Port have taken to the pitch, making it a mean average of 3.67 goals per meeting. Their opponents have hit 7 from this total.

↔️ Head to head

The previous league encounter featuring these sides was Super League match day 23 on 18/08/2023 when it finished Shanghai Port 1-1 Meizhou Hakka.

In that match, Shanghai Port managed 55% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Their only player to score was Oscar (90').

For their opponents, Meizhou Hakka got 14 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Andrej Kotnik (67') scored.

📋 Team News: Meizhou Hakka

The Meizhou Hakka manager Pablo Villar has no fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this game thanks to a completely injury-free group available for selection.

🗞️ Team News: Shanghai Port

From a largely available squad, there is only a single fitness problem for the Shanghai Port manager Kevin Muscat to be concerned about. Shuai Li (Cervical spine injury) won’t be playing here.

🧠 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Meizhou Hakka have it in them to put one past this Shanghai Port team, although one goal likely won’t prevent defeat.

Therefore, we think that it’s going to be a close game with a 1-2 advantage for Shanghai Port when the full-time whistle blows. Hopefully this is a good one.

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Andre Moura, 10:21 21/04/2024