Shanghai Shenhua and Henan Jianye meet at Hongkou Stadium, in a match for the 28th round of the CSL. In the last direct match for this edition of the league, on 22-07-2018, the two teams tied (2-2). The record of direct matches played in this stadium indicates total balance between these two teams, since there were 2 draws and 1 win for each team in the last 4 matches. But the last time these two teams met at this stadium was on 10-09-2017, for CSL, which ended with the victory of Henan Jianye by (1-2). Wang Shouting (45 ‘) scored the goals of the match, for Shanghai Shenhua, and Ricardo Vaz Té (51′ e 90 ‘), for Henan Jianye. Particular attention is required for the home / away condition, since both teams present significantly different results at home and abroad.
Shanghai Shenhua:
After 10 wins, 7 draws and 10 losses, the home team is currently in the 6 th position, with 37 points won. In the last match, they have won in an away match against Tianjin Teda by (2-4), after in the previous match they have tied (1-1) at home, against Tianjin Quanjian. 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 4 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses in away matches, with 19 goals scored and 29 conceded; against 6 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses at their stadium, with 24 goals scored and 21 conceded. For the league, Shanghai Shenhua won 19 points out of 30 possible points, after 5 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss in the last 10 home matches. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (6 out of 13 matches). They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 9 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 27 matches in the competition, they suffered the first goal 12 times and only managed 1 comeback.
The Shanghai Shenhua is a club that has already won two titles of the Chinese Super League, being the most recent title won in 2003, in addition to having two FA Cup titles, the most recent being expired in 2017. In the current season, the team has been doing an irregular campaign, winning 37 of the 81 points played so far, thus occupying the sixth position of the national competition, quite a bit of the first classified of the competition and also of the descent zone. In the last eight games that Shanghai Shenhua played at home, in seven of them both the home team and the opposing team scored goals and five of them scored more than 2.5 goals. We believe that in this match the boss will repeat himself and Shanghai Shenhua will play an offensive game.
Henan Jianye:
The away team is currently in the 15 th position of the league, with 28 points won, after 8 wins, 4 draws and 15 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in a home match against Guangzhou R & F, by (2-0). In the last match, they won in a home match against Beijing Guoan, 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 wins, 1 draw and 11 losses in away matches, with 10 goals scored and 25 conceded; against 5 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses at their stadium, with 16 goals scored and 26 conceded. In the last away game in this competition, they lost in by (1-0) against Beijing Renhe. In the last 10 away league matches Henan Jianye has a record of 3 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses, so they have won 10 points out of 30 possible.
In this competition, he has lost the last 5 games away. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 27 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 17 times and never got the comeback.
The Henan Jianye is a club that has not yet won the Chinese Super League, but throughout its history has won a title of the Chinese League, in the 2013 season. In the current season, the team has been making a very bad campaign within the national championship, conquering only 21 of the 81 points played so far, occupying the fifteenth position, with the same score of the first team outside the relegation zone. In the last eight games that Henan Jianye played as a visitor, six of them scored more than 1.5 goals and in five of them both Henan Jianye and the rival scored goals. We believe that in this match the Henan Jianye will make a game more offensive and with many goals.
PREDICTION: Henan Jianye to win @ 1.95
