📏 Form Guide

Qingdao Hainiu

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Qingdao Hainiu are hoping to win again after their last result, the 1-3 Super League success over Sichuan Jiuniu.

In that game, Qingdao Hainiu had 37% possession and 9 shots on goal with 4 on target. For Qingdao Hainiu, the goalscorers were Evans Kangwa (9') and Martin Boakye (23'). On the other side, Shenzhen Peng City got 18 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Thiago Andrade (57') scored for Sichuan Jiuniu.

An interesting theme in more recent Qingdao Hainiu games is the number of results with a nil in them.

Taking their prior 6 clashes before this one, in as many as 5 of them a wager on both teams scoring would've lost.

Shanghai Port

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Last time out, Shanghai Port drew 1-1 in the Super League tie with Shanghai Shenhua.

In that game, Shanghai Port had 47% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 2 on target. The only player to score for Shanghai Port was Gustavo (59'). Shanghai Shenhua had 12 shots on goal with 3 on target. João Teixeira (90') was the scorer for Shanghai Shenhua.

Showing their involvement in eventful matches, goals have been celebrated 20 times in the last 6 games in which Shanghai Port have taken to the field, yielding an average of 3.33 goals per clash. Opposing teams have got 7 of those goals. Previous results aside, it remains to be seen whether such a trend will continue on here in this game or not.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The previous league clash featuring the two was Super League match day 21 on 08/08/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Qingdao Hainiu 0-5 Shanghai Port.

That day, Qingdao Hainiu managed 41% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 5 on target.

Shanghai Port got 12 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Wu Lei (66', 87') and Issa Kallon (71', 91') scored.

ℹ️ Team News: Qingdao Hainiu

The Qingdao Hainiu manager Yasen Petrov will be happy not to have any fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this game owing to a fully injury-free group available for selection. Dong Xu is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

🗞️ Team News: Shanghai Port

In an otherwise full-strength group, there’s just a single fitness issue for the Shanghai Port boss Kevin Muscat to be concerned with. Shuai Li (Cervical spine injury) won’t be playing here. Zhen'ao Wang cannot play in this game through suspension.

💡 Prediction

We envisage that Qingdao Hainiu are dangerous enough to breach the defence of this Shanghai Port team, but one goal might not be as many as they’ll concede.

We’re therefore expecting both teams to score in a 1-2 winning margin for Shanghai Port when the full-time whistle blows. Should be an interesting one.

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

Lucas Pereira, 09:20 01/05/2024