Chinese Super League will see Cangzhou Mighty Lions and Shenzhen lock horns at Wuhua County Olympic Sports Centre in the ninth round of the campaign. Kickoffs schedules for July 7 at 14:30 EAT.
The hosts have dropped down to 14th spot in the league standings but they still boast a relatively healthy four-point gap over the bottom three. Thursday’s hosts set out to end a barren run in front of their fans and get their season after a winless run in all of their four home games since the turn of the year.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions held each other to 1-1 Super League stalemate with Chengdu Rongcheng in their previous match. In that game, Cangzhou had 34 % possession, five shots with three of them on target and a goal scored by Oscar Maritu (77’P). Chengdu Rongcheng got 17 shots with four of them on target and a goal by Kim Min-woo (21’).
Meanwhile, with 10 points from a possible 24 this term, Shenzen are 12th in the standings right now, two points and two places clear of Thursday’s opponents. Since they have shipped a whopping seven goals in their most recent three games on the road, Thursday’s visitors will need to turn things around defensively to stand any chance of coming away with a positive result this time.
Shenzhen FC will be aiming to make amends here following 1-0 Super League losing efforts to Meizhou Hakka in their last outing. In that game, Shenzen managed 53% possession and 10 shots with four of them on target. Meizhou Hakka got six shots with two of them on target and a goal by Chen Guokang (49’).
Cangzhou Mighty Lions vs. Shenzhen FC head to head
Each side claims six victories from the 16 head to head encounters between Cangzhou Mighty Lions and Shenzhen FC since 2012, while four matches ended in draws.
- Shenzhen FC 1-0 Cangzhou Mighty L. 17/06/22
- Cangzhou Mighty L. 1-3 Shenzhen FC 19/10/21
- Cangzhou Mighty L. 2-1 Shenzhen FC 08/08/21
- Shenzhen FC 2-1 Cangzhou Mighty L. 18/07/21
- Cangzhou Mighty L. 2-2 Shenzhen FC 02/11/20
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- Chengdu Rongcheng 1-1 Cangzhou Mighty L.
- Meizhou Hakka 4-1 Cangzhou Mighty L.
- Cangzhou Mighty L. 1-1 Beijing Guoan
- Cangzhou Mighty L. 0-2 Tianjin Jinmen Tiger
- Shenzhen FC 1-0 Cangzhou Mighty L.
Away
- Meizhou Hakka 1-0 Shenzhen FC
- Shenzhen FC 2-3 Tianjin Jinmen Tiger
- Chengdu Rongcheng 2-2 Shenzhen FC
- Beijing Guoan 4-1 Shenzhen FC
- Shenzhen FC 1-0 Cangzhou Mighty L.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions team news
Kaimu Zheng is the only injury concern for boss Svetozar Sapuric.
Shenzhen FC team news
Boss Jang-Soo Lee will be without Romain Alessandrini who is nursing Fractured Rib.
Prediction and odds
Both Cangzhou Mighty Lions and Shenzhen are struggling to for positive results out results recently, though the visitors were slightly superior in the final third could give them the edge they need here.
- Shenzhen FC Win
- Draw
- Goals under 2.5
