📏 Form Guide

Shanghai Shenhua

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Shanghai Shenhua are hoping to win again after their last result, a 3-2 Super League success vs Qingdao Hainiu.

In that match, Shanghai Shenhua had 59% possession and 21 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. For Shanghai Shenhua, the goals were scored by André Luís (16') and João Teixeira (54'). On the other side, Qingdao Hainiu had 8 shots on goal with 2 on target. Wellington Silva (4') and Elvis Sarić (26') scored for Qingdao Hainiu.

It has been seldom in recent games where Shanghai Shenhua have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that Shanghai Shenhua have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 11 goals during that time. That pattern won’t necessarily be sustained into this next game, however.

Wuhan Three Towns

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In their last game, Wuhan Three Towns drew 4-4 in the Super League match with Beijing Sinobo Guoan.

In that game, Wuhan Three Towns had 34% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 11 of them on target. For Wuhan Three Towns, the goalscorers were Zhong Jinbao (88') and Gustavo Sauer (90'). On the other side, Beijing Guoan got 14 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Yuning Zhang (23') and Serginho (34') scored for Beijing Sinobo Guoan.

The stats don’t lie, and Wuhan Three Towns have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 15 goals overall. Defensively, Wuhan Three Towns certainly have room for improvement.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 12/06/2022 shows us that Shanghai Shenhua have won 3 of these games & Wuhan Three Towns 1, with the tally of drawn results standing at 2.

A combined sum of 20 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 12 of them from Flower of Shanghai and 8 coming from Three Towns. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.33.

The previous league contest between these sides was Super League match day 20 on 29/07/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Wuhan Three Towns 0-2 Shanghai Shenhua.

On that day, Wuhan Three Towns had 47% possession and 10 shots at goal with 1 on target.

At the other end, Shanghai Shenhua had 8 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Cephas Malele (70') scored.

🔮 Prediction

We feel that in this game, Wuhan Three Towns have the firepower to score a goal against this Shanghai Shenhua outfit, although it might not quite be enough to avoid a loss.

We reckon that it will be a very close game with a 2-1 winning score for Shanghai Shenhua at the end of the 90 minutes.

Lucas Pereira, 10:37 19/04/2025