Shanghai Port won’t want a repeat of their last result here following the 2-3 Chinese FA Cup defeat last time out to Shanghai Shenhua.
For Shanghai Port, goals were scored by Gabrielzinho (46') and Gustavo (59'). Luís (45', 50', 67') scored for Shanghai Shenhua.
It has not been often in recent times that Shanghai Port haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Shanghai Port have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 games, shipping 8 goals during that time. With no two games being the same, we must now wait to see whether that pattern might be replicated in this upcoming match.
In their last game, Dalian Yingbo drew 1-1 in the Chinese FA Cup tie with Beijing Sinobo Guoan.
The only scorer from Dalian Yingbo was Cephas Malele (45'). Dawhan (90') was the scorer for Beijing Sinobo Guoan. The game was won 5-6 by Beijing Sinobo Guoan on penalties.
Looking at their form, and Dalian Yingbo have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 9 goals in total. At the back, Dalian Yingbo can certainly do much better.
Regarding absentees, there’s just one fitness concern for the Shanghai Port manager Kevin Muscat to be concerned with from an otherwise complete group. Zhen'ao Wang (Cruciate ligament tear) will miss out.
Our assessment is that Shanghai Port should dominate on the ball and be rewarded with decent chances.
At the same time, Dalian Yingbo may well find it hard getting on the scoresheet but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be getting the chances to score, too.
We’re predicting a controlled 3-1 win for Shanghai Port at full-time.