Shanghai Seaport's star-studded bench included goalkeeper No. 12 Chen Wei, goalkeeper No. 25 Du Jia, midfielder No. 6 Cai Huikang, defender No. 13 Wei Zhen, winger No. 20 Yang Shiyuan, midfielder No. 31 Bao Shimeng, defender No. 33 Liu Zhurun, midfielder No. 38 Lai Deming, and wingback No. 45 Liu Xiaolong.
For the upcoming AFC Elite League, the team's striker Wu Lei may continue to miss out, while foreigner William Pope will be in the lineup.
Shanghai Seaport drew 2-2 with Malaysian Super League champions Johor Bahru at home in the first round of the AFC East Asian Cup group stage. In the second round, they met South Korea's K-League rivals Pohang Ironmen on the road and ended up with a 0-3 loss. In the third round, they beat Australian Premier League champions Central Coast Mariners 3-2 at home. In the fourth round, they faced Japanese J-League side Kawasaki Frontale on the road, but lost 1-3.
The Ulsan HD team has six strong foreigners, including Bojanic, Salles and Ludvigson, and has signed Kim Young-kwon, who played for Guangzhou (formerly Guangzhou Evergrande), as well as Kim Dae-jeong-woo, who played for Chengdu Rongcheng.
Ulsan Hyundai suffered four consecutive defeats in the group stage of the AFC East Asian Championship, losing 0-1 at home to Kawasaki Striker, 0-4 on the road to Yokohama Marinos, 0-2 at home to Kobe Victory Boat, and finally 0-3 on the road to Johor Bahru. Currently, Shanghai Harbor is in 10th place in the standings, with Shandong Taishan on 4 points. Ulsan HD, on the other hand, is at the bottom of the table with the only scoreless team in the league. The threshold for advancing to the knockout stage is the top eight in the table.
So, how did Shanghai Seaport's away match against Ulsan HD turn out?
