📏 Form Guide

Henan Jianye

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Henan Jianye will be hoping to bounce back here after the 4-1 Super League losing effort in their last game against Zhejiang Professional.

In that match, Henan Jianye had 37% possession and 10 shots on goal with 4 on target. Zhejiang Professional had 18 attempts at goal with 10 of them on target. Leonardo (16') scored for Zhejiang Professional.

It’s been all too rare in recent games where Henan Jianye have shown defensive steel. In fact, Henan Jianye have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 11 goals in the process. Such a pattern won’t necessarily be continued here, however.

Tianjin Jinmen Tiger

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Beijing Sinobo Guoan in Super League action, Tianjin Jinmen Tiger and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that match, Tianjin Jinmen Tiger had 58% possession and 31 shots on goal with 7 on target. Beijing Guoan had 7 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

The stats tell the story, and Tianjin Jinmen Tiger have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 10 goals in all. At the back, Tianjin Jinmen Tiger just haven’t been too solid at all.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head to head meetings going back to 15/12/2021 shows us that Henan Jianye have won 1 of these & Tianjin Jinmen Tiger 2, with the number of drawn matches being 3.

A combined total of 7 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 3 from Henan Jianye and 4 for Tianjin. That’s an average goals per game of 1.17.

The previous league game between these sides was Super League match day 22 on 13/08/2023 which ended up with the score at Henan Jianye 1-0 Tianjin Jinmen Tiger.

On that occasion, Henan Jianye had 41% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 4 on target.

On the other side, Tianjin Jinmen Tiger got 10 shots on goal with 2 on target.

📋 Team News: Henan Jianye

The Henan Jianye manager Ki-il Nam has zero fitness worries whatsoever before this clash owing to a fully healthy group available for selection.

📋 Team News: Tianjin Jinmen Tiger

With a fully injury-free squad available for selection, the Tianjin Jinmen Tiger boss Yu Genwei does not have any fitness worries to speak of coming into this match.

🧠 Prediction

We feel that in this game, Tianjin Jinmen Tiger are capable enough to score against this Henan Jianye team, however it possibly won’t be enough to avoid a loss.

Our tip is for a close game with a 2-1 win for Henan Jianye by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

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

Lucas Pereira, 11:11 04/05/2024