Sports Mole previews Saturday’s Chinese Super League clash between Wuhan and Port of Shanghai, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.
The sixth round of the 2022 Chinese Super League season is coming up Wuhan and Shanghai port Renew hostilities at Wuhan Sports Center Stadium.
After both suffering defeats last time out, the teams will try to bounce back straight away this weekend.
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Shanghai Port’s winning streak ended with a 2-1 loss to Wuhan Three Towns at Puwan Stadium on Sunday.
Ivan Lekos’ side were two goals down at half-time thanks to goals Marcao and reindeer hanging before pulling back through one in the second half Cherif Ndiaye.
The Red Eagles have slipped to 11th in the league standings and are now seven points behind the aforementioned Wuhan Three Towns at the top of the pile.
Next up is the challenge of an opposing side who have won just one of the last 10 meetings between the sides since 2013.
That lone win, however, came in their last encounter on June 4, as the visitors were left stunned after a 1-0 defeat on Saturday.
Wuhan Yangtze River lost for the second consecutive season with a 2-0 loss to Shanghai Shenhua at Jinzhou Stadium on Monday.
Li Jinyu‘s men followed Jianrong Zhu‘s Strike on the beat of the interval after Alexander N’Doumbou established the result beyond doubt in the 72nd minute.
With nine points out of a possible 15 this season, the Han Army currently sit seventh in the standings, three points ahead of this weekend’s opponents.
Having won just one of their last five home games on home turf, the hosts need to get going in front of their fans on Saturday if they look to improve last time out after a largely disappointing season.
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Team News
Bruno Viana scored the winner in the last edition of this game and the Brazilian will be hoping for a similar success on Saturday.
Xu Dong missed his side’s last game through a stroke and it remains to be seen if the defender will be fit enough to take part in this game.
Chunxin Chen was substituted after just 36 minutes in Shanghai’s last game, making the 24-year-old a huge doubt for the trip to Wuhan.
Cherif Ndiaye was Chen’s back-up and could start this time after scoring last time.
Wuhan possible starting lineup:
Wang; Liu, Viana, Li, Chen; Liu, Nie, Kajevic, Hu; Whoa, brown
Shanghai Port possible starting grid:
Jan; Li, Wang, Zhang; Lu, Yang, Muzepper, Ndiaye; Liu Feng Paulinho
We say: Wuhan 1-2 Shanghai Port
Shanghai Port will certainly be ready to take revenge for a defeat in the teams’ last meeting. While we’re expecting another close game, we’re counting on the visitors to secure a narrow victory in the end.
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