Henan Songshan Longmen vs Guangzhou City Match Analysis and Prediction

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Two sides in highly contrasting forms have an encounter at Wuyuan River Stadium on Thursday as Henan Songshan Longmen take on Guangzhou City.

The hosts will be looking to pick up a third victory in four matches, while Guangzhou City will seek to avoid a ninth defeat in a row.

Fresh off the back of their first defeat of the campaign, Henan Songshan Longmen immediately returned to winning ways as they saw off Zhejiang Professional 1-0 on away territory.

The Red Devils found the opener just two minutes before the hour mark through Yihao Zhong, which proved enough to secure them all three points.

As a result, Javier Pereira’s side have moved up to third spot in the league standings, one point behind second place and a further four adrift of current leaders Wuhan Three Towns.

Next up for Henan is a task of facing an opposing side who are yet to come out on top in any of the last five meetings between the sides.

Having failed to taste defeat in any of their last seven home fixtures, the Red Devils will fancy themselves heavily to claim victory.

Guangzhou City are yet to pick up their first point this season following a 2-0 defeat to Shandong TaiShan at the Mission Hills Football Base Stadium.

Goals from Crysan and Zheng Zheng in the first half left The Blue Lions with a tough task which eventually prove to be too difficult.

Unsurprisingly, Thursday’s visitors remain rooted to the bottom of the league table and are now six points adrift of safety after eight matches.

Jean-Paul van Gastel’s side currently boast the worst record at both ends of the pitch in the entire division, highlighting the amount of work there is to be done by the club in order to turn their fortunes around.

Henan Songshan Longmen vs Guangzhou City head to head

The two teams have previously met on 29 occasions, where Henan have claimed 14 victories while Guangzhou have won nine, and they have drawn in six. Henan have scored 41 goals and conceded 31 in the process. In their last five meetings, Henan have won three while they have drawn twice.

Guangzhou City 1-2 Henan SSLM 27/10/20

Henan SSLM 3-2 Guangzhou City 01/11/20

Guangzhou City 1-1 Henan SSLM 21/07/21

Henan SSLM 1-1 Guangzhou City 11/08/21

Guangzhou City 0-3 Henan SSLM 15/06/22

Henan Songshan Longmen latest home form

Henan SSLM have recently been on a good run of form at home, having been unbeaten in their seven most recent matches. They managed to defeat Zhejiang Professional 3-1 in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 11 goals and conceded four.

Henan SSLM 1-0 Dalian Pro 25/12/21

Henan SSLM 1-0 Wuhan Yangtze 31/12/21

Henan SSLM 2-2 Dalian Pro 04/06/22

Henan SSLM 4-1 Shandong TaiShan 08/06/22

Henan SSLM 3-1 Zhejiang Professional 11/06/22

Henan Songshan Longmen latest away form

Henan SSLM have recently been on a relatively good run of form on the road, having lost just one of their five most recent matches. They defeated Zhejiang Professional 1-0 in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored six goals and conceded two.

Guangzhou City 0-3 Henan SSLM 15/06/22

Changchun Yatai 0-0 Henan SSLM 20/06/22

Dalian Pro 0-2 Henan SSLM 24/06/22

Shandong TaiShan 2-0 Henan SSLM 28/06/22

Zhejiang Professional 0-1 Henan SSLM 03/07/22

Guangzhou City latest home form

Guangzhou City have recently been on a poor run of form at home, having lost each of their five most recent matches. They lost 3-0 to Dalian Pro in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored just three goals and conceded 14.

Guangzhou City 0-1 Shandong TaiShan 12/06/22

Guangzhou City 0-3 Henan SSLM 15/06/22

Guangzhou City 2-4 Zhejiang Professional 20/06/22

Guangzhou City 1-3 Changchun Yatai 24/06/22

Guangzhou City 0-3 Dalian Pro 28/06/22

Guangzhou City latest away form

Guangzhou City have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having been winless in their eight most recent matches. They lost 2-0 to Shandong TaiShan in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored three goals and conceded 11.

Changchun Yatai 2-1 Guangzhou City 26/12/21

Beijing Guoan 1-1 Guangzhou City 01/01/22

Changchun Yatai 4-1 Guangzhou City 04/06/22

Dalian Pro 2-0 Guangzhou City 08/06/22

Shandong TaiShan 2-0 Guangzhou City 03/07/22

Henan Songshan Longmen news

Henan Songshan Longmen are set to welcome back the services of Jinbao Zhong who served a one-game suspension in the victory over Zhejiang Professional.

Henrique Dourado was on fire in the reverse fixture against Guangzhou City and the Brazilian forward will be looking to deliver once again for his side.

Guangzhou City news

Jiaqi Han is expected fight off competition from Yuelei Cheng and retain his spot between the sticks for a fourth game in a row.

Zhizhao Chen missed out in the 2-0 defeat to Shandong TaiShan on Sunday, but the 34-year-old could be handed a recall to the starting XI for this contest.

Prediction and Odds

While Guangzhou City will be looking to secure their first victory of the season, up next is a task of an opposing side who are among the in-form teams in the division this season.

The have failed to get going and we expect Henan to pick up all three points.

Odds: 1 1.68 X 2.00 2 2.25