📊 Form Guide

Nantong Zhiyun

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Nantong Zhiyun enter this match following on from a 1-1 Super League drawn game against Henan Jianye.

In that match, Nantong Zhiyun had 63% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Nantong Zhiyun was Jesús Godínez (65'). Henan had 9 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.

Nantong Zhiyun have not been in good attacking form in more recent games. Their goals record equals just 4 vs opposing sides during the course of their previous six outings. In those meetings, Nantong Zhiyun have also seen the number of goals scored against them come to 9. We will just have to find out whether or not that trend will be sustained into this next match.

Shanghai Shenhua

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In their previous fixture, Shanghai Shenhua drew 1-1 in the Super League match with Beijing Sinobo Guoan.

In that game, Shanghai Shenhua managed 51% possession and 9 shots at goal with 2 on target. The scorer for Shanghai Shenhua was André Luís (25'). Beijing Guoan got 13 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Yuning Zhang (5') scored for Beijing Sinobo Guoan.

Over the course of their last six clashes, Shanghai Shenhua have helped themselves to a total of 14 goals. Shanghai Shenhua have also managed to score in every single one of those games. Over that period, their defenders have seen 3 goals scored by their opponents.

↔️ Head to head

The previous league game between the two was Super League match day 28 on 21/10/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Nantong Zhiyun 0-1 Shanghai Shenhua.

On that occasion, Nantong Zhiyun had 47% possession and 14 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

Shanghai Shenhua had 5 shots on goal with 3 on target.

ℹ️ Team News: Nantong Zhiyun

The Nantong Zhiyun boss Qi Zhu has no fitness worries to speak of coming into this match owing to a fully healthy squad to pick from.

📋 Team News: Shanghai Shenhua

Owing to a fully healthy group available to select from, the Shanghai Shenhua manager Leonid Slutskiy has zero fitness concerns to report before this match.

🧠 Prediction

In this match, Shanghai Shenhua certainly have the ability to score at least once when they face Nantong Zhiyun, who may well struggle to break down their defence.

We’re therefore expecting to see a routine 0-2 win for Shanghai Shenhua come full-time.

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

Victor Martins, 11:09 20/04/2024