📊 Form Guide

Shanghai Port

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Shanghai Port will be wanting a better result here after a 3-1 Super League loss in their previous game against Qingdao Hainiu.

In that match, Shanghai Port had 64% possession and 10 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. At the other end, Qingdao Hainiu got 11 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Yaw Yeboah (68') scored for Qingdao Hainiu.

It has not been often in recent games that Shanghai Port have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that Shanghai Port have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 8 goals along the way. In any event, we must now wait to see whether that trend might persist here in this game or not.

Sichuan Jiuniu

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Since being beaten in their last game against Zhejiang Professional in Super League action, Sichuan Jiuniu will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Sichuan Jiuniu had 45% possession and 9 shots at goal with 6 on target. Zhejiang Professional had 16 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. Marko Tolić (45') was the scorer for Zhejiang Professional.

Looking at their form, and Sichuan Jiuniu have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 11 goals overall. In defence, Sichuan Jiuniu seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The previous league clash between the two was Super League match day 16 on 30/06/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Sichuan Jiuniu 1-2 Shanghai Port.

On that occasion, Sichuan Jiuniu managed 28% possession and 11 shots at goal with 3 on target.

Shanghai Port got 19 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Leonardo (77') scored.

ℹ️ Team News: Shanghai Port

Huan Fu (unknown injury), Shiyuan Yang (concussion), Shuai Li (unknown injury), Gabrielzinho (Patellar tendon tear), Léo (unknown injury), Jean Claude (Knee injury) and Jiwen Kuai (Laceration) are not available for Shanghai Port boss Kevin Muscat. Umidjan Yusup will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

✨ Prediction

In our view, Shanghai Port should really create enough chances to score more than one when they meet Sichuan Jiuniu, who may well find it hard scoring a goal of their own.

We can therefore see a comfortable 2-0 winning score for Shanghai Port at the end of this one.

Peter Guest, 07:08 06/05/2026