Shanghai SIPG vs Shanghai Shenhua PREVIEW & PREDICTION 23/10/2020

Shanghai SIPG and Shanghai Shenhua meet at Suzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium, in a second leg for this phase of the CSL (Quarterfinals), after a tie (0‑0) in the first leg. The record of direct confrontations in the last 3 years is favorable to the home team, which in the last 7 games won 6 and drew 1. Attention to the home factor, since Shanghai SIPG usually achieve different results at home and away.

Shanghai SIPG :

After the goalless draw away in the first leg, the home team needs to win at home to qualify. This is a stronger team with the support of its fans, since in the last 30 games it has registered 5 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses as a visitor; against 12 wins and 3 draws in his stadium. In their last 7 home games for the championship, the Shanghai SIPG won 6 and drew 1, thus capturing 19 points out of 21 possible.

For this competition, they register a sequence of 4 wins in the last home matches and they did not lose any of the last 7 matches at their stadium. In their home league matches the most frequent final result at half ‑ time was 1‑0 (3 out of 7 matches). His attack has scored regularly, since he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 8 of the last 10 matches have ended with Over 2,5 goals. In 15 matches in the competition, he conceded the first goal 7 times, but got the comeback in 3.

Shanghai SIPG was one of the main candidates to steal the national champion title from Guangzhou Evergrande. They had a good campaign in the regular season, but failed to gain an advantage in the first leg of the play-off quarterfinals. In last Sunday’s game, the team led by Portuguese coach Vítor Pereira did not achieve more than a 0x0 draw against Shanghai Shenhua, despite having been the team with the most offensive initiative and having created some good chances to score. The problem was, in addition to the inspiration of the rival goalkeeper, the lack of efficiency of the Shanghai SIPG forwards, who will have to improve in the finish to be able to reach the semifinals.

Shanghai Shenhua :

The visiting team comes to this second leg after a goalless draw with the advantage of not having suffered goals at home in the first leg. This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, it presents similar results at home and away, since in the last 30 games it has registered 5 victories, 5 draws and 5 losses as a visitor, with 16 goals scored and 17 suffered; against 5 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats in his stadium, with 21 goals scored and 25 suffered. For the championship, Shanghai Shenhua won 12 points out of a possible 21, after 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss in the last 7 away games.

For this competition, they have not lost any of the last 6 away matches. In their home league matches the most frequent final result at half ‑ time was 0‑0 (3 out of 7 matches). In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 8 of the last 9 matches have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 15 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 4 times and never got the comeback.

Shanghai Shenhua has proven to be one of the best teams in this edition of the Chinese Super League, although they have not shown the consistency required in the different stages of the game to face the title candidates head-to-head and equally. However, the truth is that the team led by coach Choi Kang-Hee managed to escape defeat in the first leg of the play-off quarterfinals. In last Sunday’s game, Shanghai Shenhua spent most of their time trying to get the ball back, but with a clear dominance consented to by Shanghai SIPG. Despite allowing Vítor Pereira’s team some scoring opportunities, Shanghai Shenhua did not suffer any goals in the first leg and can greatly appreciate the excellent performance of goalkeeper Zeng.


PREDICTION: Shanghai SIPG to win @ 1,44

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