📊 Form Guide

Yunnan Yukun

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Yunnan Yukun, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 1-2 Super League victory vs Liaoning Shenyang Urban.

In that game, Yunnan Yukun managed 52% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 8 on target. For their opponents, Liaoning Tieren had 13 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Guy Mbenza (90') was the scorer for Liaoning Shenyang Urban.

Yunnan Yukun have been conceding pretty frequently lately, although they have also done enough to hit the back of the net themselves. Over their last 6 matches, Yunnan Yukun have seen their goal breached in 6 of them in addition to scoring in 5 of those matches.

Shanghai Shenhua

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In their last game, Shanghai Shenhua drew 2-2 in the Super League match with Chongqing Tonglianglong.

In that game, Shanghai Shenhua had 63% possession and 20 attempts on goal with 9 of them on target. On the other side, Chongqing Tonglianglong had 8 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Landry Dimata (9') and George Cîmpanu (30') scored for Chongqing Tonglianglong.

In their last six clashes, Shanghai Shenhua have amassed a total of 13 goals. Shanghai Shenhua have additionally got on the scoresheet on each one of those occasions. Over that period, they’ve seen 10 goals go against them. Previous results aside, time will tell whether such a trend will persist in this next game.

↔️ Head to head

The last league clash between these clubs was Super League match day 19 on 02/08/2025 when the final score was Yunnan Yukun 4-4 Shanghai Shenhua.

In that match, Yunnan Yukun had 38% possession and 21 attempts on goal with 6 on target. The goals were scored by Nené (14') and Henrique (65').

Shanghai Shenhua got 25 attempts at goal with 13 on target. Yu Hanchao (77') and Luís (81') scored.

🗞️ Team News: Shanghai Shenhua

Shanghai Shenhua manager Leonid Slutskiy has to currently contend with reduced team options. Nico Yennaris (Leg injury), Shenglong Jiang (Kidney problems) and Makhtar Gueye (Achilles tendon rupture) can’t be considered. The players ineligible for this match because of suspension are Wilson Manafá and Tianyi Gao.

🔮 Prediction

Our assessment is that Shanghai Shenhua and Yunnan Yukun are both more than capable of scoring here.

Let’s see what happens, but it could well be that we get quite a few goals with scores finishing level. We’re therefore expecting a really entertaining tussle with a draw by the conclusion of the match.

Peter Guest, 11:06 16/05/2026