August 31, 19:30 Beijing time, the Chinese Super League
In a bye match of the 12th round of the league, Shanghai Shenhua
will face Shandong Taishan at the Jinzhou Stadium in Dalian.
[Prehistoric tournament]
The two sides have met 47 times in all competitions, with Shandong Taishan winning 21, drawing 10 and losing 16.
Shanghai Shenhua
After suffering a difficult 4 rounds without a win, Shanghai Shenhua
In the last round, with goals from Yu Hanchao and Bassogao, the team defeated Guoan 2-0.
The team is now up to the 5th position in the table with 26 points.
Shenhua's entire offense this season is average, but the defense is relatively solid, with only 13 goals conceded in 14 games. This game facing to control the main Shandong Taishan, Shenhua can fully utilize their counter-attack speed, considering Yu Hanchao and Bazhoguo last round of condition is very superb, this round they are expected to continue to come up with good offensive data.
[Shandong Taishan]
Shandong Taishan defeated Wuhan Changjiang 2-1 in the last round with Chen Pu's superb performance to win 9 consecutive victories. The team continued to put pressure on Wuhan Sanzhen, but the top scorer, Cressan, also stopped the record of consecutive goals. In addition, before the game, Taishan team manager Hao Wei also returned to Shandong due to family matters, the game by the assistant coach Kurosaki Hisashi command.
Shandong Taishan's winning streak continues, but the team's recent condition is very general, and Wuhan three towns of the top of the list battle is coming soon, Taishan team does need to adjust their own condition. This round's opponent, Shenhua, has been in good shape lately, especially with their excellent counterattacks, defeating Guoan 2-0 in their last match with sharp counterattacks.
The Taishan side, in addition to Cressan need to rebound, occupying the main center Guo Tianyu should come up with a better athletic condition.
Estimated starters for both sides:
Shanghai Shenhua (soccer team)
: 19 - Zeng Cheng, 4 - Jiang Shenglong (U23)
), 22 - Jin Yangyang, 24 - Xu Yougang, 38 - Wen Jiabao (U23)
), 7-Qian Jie to, 12-Wu Xi, 20-Yu Hanchao, 33-Wang Haijian (U23)
), 9-Yang Xu, 17-Basogo
Shandong Taishan: 14-Wang Dalei, 5-Zheng Zheng, 11-Liu Yang, 27-Shi Ke, 10-Moises, 28-Sun Junhao, 33-Jin Jingdao, 37-Ji Xiang, 9-Cressan, 29-Chen Pu, 7-Guo Tianyu (U23)
