Wuhan Zall and Henan Jianye meet at Dalian Sports Center, in a second leg for this stage of the CSL (9th ‑ 16th Place Play ‑ offs), after Henan Jianye’s home victory by (1‑0) in the Going match. The record of direct confrontations of the last 3 years is favorable to the visiting team, which in the last 3 games won 1 and drew 2. Particular attention is needed for the home / away condition, since both teams present significantly different results at home and outside.
Wuhan Zall :
After the defeat in the first leg, the home team comes to this deciding match at a disadvantage, as they need to recover 1 goal from disadvantage and have not scored an away goal in the previous match. This is a stronger team with the support of its fans, since in the last 30 games it has registered 3 victories, 4 draws and 8 losses as a visitor, with 15 goals scored and 20 suffered; against 7 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats in his stadium, with 24 goals scored and 21 suffered. For the championship, Wuhan Zall won 13 points out of 21 possible, after 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in the last 7 games they played in their stadium. Their defense has not been very solid, since they have conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. There is a tendency to have goals in their home matches, since 10 of the last 10 matches they have played have ended with Over 1.5 goals. In 15 matches in the competition, he conceded the first goal 9 times and only managed 1 comeback. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 8 home matches for all competitions: they have scored 4 of their 11 goals between minutes (61′ ‑ 75 ‘).
Despite starting the championship well and making a positive first round on the regular day, Wuhan Zall’s poor form since September was crucial to Li Pang’s side not getting to a good moment in the first leg of the quarterfinals. final of the play-offs of the ninth and sixteenth Superliga. In last Sunday’s match, Wuhan Zall lost 1×0 to Henan Jianye, reaching the fourth straight game without a win, in what was their third loss in the last four matches. Perhaps the fact of having suffered a goal at minute 31, in a relatively early phase of the game, has put Wuhan Zall down, as he put on a poor display and had great difficulty creating his offensive plays.
Henan Jianye :
The away team comes to this second leg with a 1 goal lead, 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 recorded 2 wins, 3 draws and 10 losses as a visitor, with 20 goals scored and 34 suffered; against 7 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats in his stadium, with 21 goals scored and 23 suffered. In their last 7 away matches for the championship, Henan Jianye has recorded 1 win, 1 draw and 5 losses, for which they have won 4 points out of 21 possible.
For this competition, record a sequence of 5 losses in the last away matches. Their defense has not been very solid, since they have conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. There is a tendency to have goals in their away matches, since 10 of the last 10 matches they have played have ended with Over 1.5 goals. This is a team that tends to score few times first: it only opened the scoring in 3 of its last 15 games for the CSL, of these 3 it reached the break in advantage in all of them and won at the end of the 90 ‘in 1. In 15 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 11 times and only managed 1 comeback. In the last 8 home matches for all competitions there are 2 periods that stand out: they have scored 4 of their 8 goals between minutes (31’ ‑ 45 ‘); they have conceded 6 of their 16 goals between minutes (0’‑ 15 ‘).
During the regular phase of the Chinese championship, Henan Jianye was one of the teams that stood out the most for the refusal. Despite being among the teams that would normally struggle not to fall apart, the very weak campaign in Group A generated concern in the team. After an incredible 11-game winless streak, with 10 losses, Henan Jianye managed to win again and then in one of the biggest games in recent memory. In the first leg of the play-off quarterfinals, the team coached by the Spanish Javier Pereira beat Wuhan Zall by 1×0 with a goal scored by the Brazilian Henrique Dourado at minute 31, scoring in the sequence of a missed penalty itself.
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1,87
