Shenzhen and Tianjin Teda meet at Dalian Sports Center, in a return match for this phase of the CSL (9th ‑ 16th Place Play ‑ offs), after Tianjin Teda’s home victory by (2‑0) in the match outward. The record of direct confrontations of the last 3 years is favorable to the visiting team, which in the last 3 matches won 2 and drew 1. Tianjin Teda presents considerable differences in their results at home and away, so in this match the house factor may be decisive.
Shenzhen :
After the defeat in the first leg, the home team comes to this deciding match at a disadvantage, as they need to recover 2 goals from a disadvantage and have not scored any goals away in the previous match. This is a team that presents similar results at home and away, so it is not usually affected by the home factor, since in the last 30 games it has registered 3 wins, 1 draw and 11 losses as a visitor; against 3 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses in his stadium. For the championship, Shenzhen won 7 points out of 21 possible, after 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses in the last 7 matches they played in their stadium. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition, so they have not been very strong defensively. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 7 of the last 9 matches have ended with Over 2,5 goals. In 15 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 8 times and never got the comeback.
After having a rather negative campaign in the regular phase of the Chinese Super League, the Tianjin Teda team reaches these quarter-finals of the play-off with a 2-0 lead in the tie. Last Friday’s game against Shenzhen could hardly have been better for Wang Baoshan as they did not even need to dominate ball possession and did not need many scoring opportunities to win and then by two goals difference, gaining a remarkable tranquility for this match. In the first four minutes, Acheampong opened the scoring in favor of Tianjin Teda and scored again early in the second half (51 ‘), leaving the team quite comfortable and in a more defensive posture until the end.
Tianjin Teda:
The away team comes into this second leg with a 2 goal advantage, but suffered 0 goals at home in the first leg. This is a stronger team with the support of its fans, since in the last 30 games it has registered 1 victory, 1 draw and 13 losses as a visitor, with 12 goals scored and 39 suffered; against 6 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats in his stadium, with 19 goals scored and 19 suffered. In their last away match for this competition, they lost (3‑0) against Qingdao Huanghai. In their last 7 away matches for the championship, Tianjin Teda recorded 1 draw and 6 losses, for which they won 1 point in 21 possible.
For this competition, they have not won any of the last 7 away matches. In their home league matches the most frequent final result at half ‑ time was 1‑0 (3 out of 7 matches). The team allowed goals to the opponent in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition, so they were not very strong defensively. There is a tendency to have goals in their away matches, as 10 of the last 10 matches they have played have ended with Over 1.5 goals. In 15 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 10 times and never got the comeback.
The Shenzhen team spent most of the regular season in Group A trying to qualify for the champions’ qualifying play-offs, thereby automatically ensuring maintenance. Due to some negative results added in the final part, the team coached by the Dutch Jordi Cruijff did not achieve that goal and the truth is that, in these play-offs, it arrives for the second leg of the quarterfinals after a defeat by 2-0 against Tianjin Teda. Despite the defeat, Shenzhen were the strongest team for most of the time of that match, creating more and better scoring opportunities, but ran into two obstacles that they failed to overcome: the efficiency of the rival goalkeeper and the lack of efficiency of his forwards.
PREDICTION: Shenzhen to win @ 1,85
