Shenzhen and Tianjin Teda face, in a match for the 13th round of the CSL. There is no recent record of direct confrontations between these two teams, who have not played any matches in the last 3 years. The last time they met was on 10-07-2011, in a match that ended with the final score: Shenzhen FC (1-2) Tianjin Teda. Particular attention is required for the home / away condition, since both teams present significantly different results at home and abroad.
Shenzhen:
The home team is currently in the 13 th position of the league, with 11 points won, after 3 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Guangzhou Evergrande, by (1-0). In the last match, they lost in an away match against Wuhan Zall, by (2-0). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 3 draws and 12 losses in away matches; against 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats in his stadium. In the last 6 home league matches Shenzhen has a record of 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, so they have won 10 points out of 18 possible.
In this competition, he lost the last 4 matches he played. Their defense has not been very strong, since they have suffered at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 12 matches in the competition, they suffered the first goal 7 times and only managed 2 comebacks.
In a season that marks the return of the Shenzhen to the first division of Chinese football, after a hiatus that lasted eight years, the formation under the command of Juan Lopez Caro, a 56-year-old Spanish coach, naturally goes to fight for maintenance. The campaign so far has not been particularly positive and the team’s moment to reach this meeting is even less encouraging. With four defeats in a row, the Shenzhen will try to return to the good results, after the 2-0 defeat in the visit to the recently promoted Wuhan Zall, a direct adversary in the fight for maintenance. In the previous day, Shenzhen had lost by the minimum margin (1-0) in the field of Guangzhou Evergrande. The team’s individual highlights are the Norwegian internationals Ole Selnæs and Ola Kamara, assisted by Senegalese international defender Cheikh M’Bengue and Colombian striker Harold Preciado.
Tianjin Teda:
After 4 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses, the away team is currently in the 7 th position of the league, with 15 points won. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Beijing Renhe, by (2-1). In the last match, they lost in a home match against Beijing Guoan, by (1-2). This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 4 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses in away matches, with 17 goals scored and 25 conceded; against 3 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses at their stadium, with 26 goals scored and 36 conceded. In the last 6 away league matches Tianjin Teda has a record of 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, so they have won 7 points out of 18 possible. The team has conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 matches, so it has not presented great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 12 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 6 games in which he suffered the first goal. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 7 away matches for all competitions: they have suffered 6 of their 10 goals between minutes (46′-60 ‘).
Despite the priority goal of Tianjin Teda, like his opponent of this 13th day, the maintenance, the campaign that the German coach Uli Stielike set in this edition of the Chinese Superliga anticipates that the goal will be achieved without the Team have to be subject to the difficulties of the last season. In the last day, Tianjin Teda lost in the reception the leader Beijing Guoan, by 2-1, in which it was the second defeat followed in the championship, after having lost out of house with the other equipment of the capital, the Beijing Renhe, also 2-1. In the middle, the Tianjin team was happy in the FA Cup, where they qualified for the quarterfinals, after the 3-2 triumph at the home of the Shanghai Shenxin, a team from the second division. The highlights of the team are the Brazilian Johnathan (best score, with 9 goals in 10 games) and Frank Acheampong and Sandro Wagner.
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1,61
