Henan Jianye and Dalian Yifang meet at Jinzhou Stadium, in a match for the 9th round of the CSL. In the last head-to-head for this edition of the league, on 07-31-2020, the two teams tied (1‑1). The history of recent head-to-head matches is favorable to the visiting team, which registers 2 wins and 3 draws in the last 5 matches. In this match, the home factor may be decisive, since both teams present considerable differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.
Henan Jianye :
After 1 win, 3 draws and 4 losses, the home team is currently in 8th position, with 6 points won. In their last match, they lost to Jiangsu Suning in an away match by (5‑2), after in the previous match having drawn (0‑0) at home, in a match against Shanghai Shenhua. This is a stronger team with the support of its fans, since in the last 30 games it has registered 2 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats as a visitor, with 19 goals scored and 30 suffered; against 9 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats in his stadium, with 24 goals scored and 16 suffered. In their last 4 home games for the championship, Henan Jianye drew 2 and lost 2, thus winning 2 points out of 12 possible.
For this competition, they did not win any of the last 4 matches at their stadium. Their defense has not been very solid, since they have suffered goals in 7 of the last 8 matches, but their offense has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 8 matches for this competition. This is a team that scores few times in the first place and that only managed to open the scoring in 2 of its last 8 games for the CSL, of these 2 it reached the break in advantage in all but never managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘ . In 8 games in this competition, he only managed 1 comeback in the 5 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 5 home matches for all competitions there are 2 periods that stand out: they have conceded 3 of their 8 goals between minutes (61’ ‑ 75 ‘) and 3 of their 8 goals between (76′ ‑ 90’).
The Henan Jianye team has not been able to live up to expectations, reaching Matchday 8 of the Super League in the 8th and last place in the Group A standings, with six record points, as did Dalian Pro. On the last day of the championship, the team led by Peng Shang added the third defeat of the last four games and the fourth consecutive game without winning. In the confrontation with Jiangsu Suning, Henan Jianye was defeated 5-2, in a match in which he even managed to compete in the first half, having responded to the two goals conceded (9 ‘and 16’) with goals from Henrique Dourado (42 ‘) and Ni Yusong (45 + 1’), before suffering the 3-2, even before the break, at 45 + 3 ‘, in a crazy final stretch of the first half. In the second half, Henan Jianye could not cope with the superiority shown by the rival and would end up conceding two more goals.
Dalian Pro :
After 1 victory, 3 draws and 4 losses, the visiting team is currently in 7th position, with 6 points won. In their last match, they beat Shandong Luneng away by (0‑1), after having drawn at home, in a match against Guangzhou Evergrande, by (2‑2) in the previous match. This is a stronger team with the support of its fans, since in the last 30 games it has recorded 2 wins, 2 draws and 11 losses as a visitor, with 18 goals scored and 41 suffered; against 5 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats in his stadium, with 25 goals scored and 22 suffered. In their last 4 away matches for the championship, Dalian Yifang has recorded 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses, for which they have won 4 points out of 12 possible. Their defense has not been very strong, since they have suffered goals in 7 of the last 8 matches, but their offense has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 8 matches for this competition. In 8 games in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 4 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 5 away matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 3 of their 7 goals between minutes (61’ ‑ 75 ‘).
Dalian Pro has not lived up to expectations, which is why it reaches the ninth day of the Super League in the seventh and penultimate place of the Group A classification, with the same six points as Henan Jianye, last classified and next opponent. With five points away for the qualifying places for the play-offs, the team led by Rafael Benítez believes that it can still get there, among other things because it managed to recover some of the morale lost at the start of the championship, with the last two results. . After drawing a draw (2-2) against champion Guangzhou Evergrande, Dalian Pro finally took the first victory and then in the demanding duel with Shandong Luneng (0-1). Goalkeeper Zhang Chong and midfielder Lin, who scored the only goal of the match in the 62nd minute, were the highlights of a balanced game with multiple scoring opportunities for both sides.
PREDICTION: Dalian Pro to win @ 1,92
