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Zhejiang Professional

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Zhejiang Professional will be hoping to bounce back here following the 1-2 Super League defeat in their last game at the hands of Beijing Sinobo Guoan.

In that match, Zhejiang Professional managed 63% possession and 25 shots at goal with 9 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Zhejiang Professional was Leonardo (90'). For their opponents, Beijing Guoan got 7 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Yuning Zhang (45') was the scorer for Beijing Sinobo Guoan.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times that Zhejiang Professional haven’t conceded. The facts show that Zhejiang Professional have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 games, leaking 12 goals on the way. Let’s find out whether or not that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

Henan Jianye

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Henan Jianye go into this clash following on from a 2-3 Super League win in the defeat of Shijiazhuang Ever Bright in their last game.

In that match, Henan Jianye managed 66% possession and 21 shots at goal with 10 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Henan Jianye was Iago Maidana (79', 83'). On the other side, Cangzhou Mighty Lions got 8 shots at goal with 3 on target. Héber (63') and Viv Solomon-Otabor (72') scored for Shijiazhuang Ever Bright.

The numbers tell their own story, and Henan Jianye have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 10 goals overall. In defence, Henan Jianye have seen their frailties exposed.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 30/04/2016 tells us that Zhejiang Professional have won 2 of these games & Henan Jianye 3, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

A combined total of 16 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 9 for ZE Greentown and 7 coming from Henan Jianye. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.67.

The last league clash between these sides was Super League match day 27 on 30/09/2023 when it ended Zhejiang Professional 3-0 Henan Jianye.

That time, Zhejiang Professional had 54% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The goalscorers were Jean Evrard Kouassi (44') and Franko Andrijašević (71', 87').

Henan Jianye had 7 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

ℹ️ Team News: Zhejiang Professional

The Zhejiang Professional boss Jordi Vinyals will be grateful to have no fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this clash owing to a completely injury-free group available to select from.

ℹ️ Team News: Henan Jianye

With a completely injury-free group ready to go, the Henan Jianye manager Ki-il Nam does not have any fitness worries whatsoever before this clash.

✨ Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Henan Jianye might have a difficult job to see themselves scoring against this Zhejiang Professional team who we think might well get a goal themselves and run out victorious.

We’re therefore anticipating a good battle with a 1-0 victory for Zhejiang Professional at the conclusion of the game.

A close call.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 11:08 30/04/2024