Shenzhen vs Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Match Analysis and Prediction

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Tianjin Jinmen Tiger will be looking to pick up a third successive victory for the first time since October 2017, when they make a trip to the Meixian Tsang Hin-Chi Stadium to take on Shenzhen on Wednesday.

Meawhile, the hosts head into the game winless in each of their last five home matches against the visitors and will be looking to end the poor run.

Shenzhen continue struggling for consistency in the new Chinese Super League season as they played out a 2-2 draw with Chengdu Rongcheng on Sunday.

Ruibao Hu scored an own goal 20 minutes after putting Rongcheng ahead, and after Chae-min Im put the visitors ahead in the 59th minute, Tao Liu restored parity with 12 minutes left to force a share of the spoils.

Lee Jang-Soo’s side have now failed to win three of their last four matches, picking up one draw and losing two, with a 1-0 victory over Cangzhou Mighty Lions on June 17 being the exception.

On the other hand, Tianjin Jinmen Tiger made it two wins from two for the first time this season when they narrowly defeated Meizhou Hakka 1-0 last time out.

In the contest at the Wuhua Olympic Sports Center Huitang Stadium, forward Farley Rosa scored the only goal of the game in the 13th minute.

Prior to that, the Tigers went winless in their opening four matches of the season, picking up just two points from the first 12, before securing a comfortable 2-0 victory against Cangzhou Mighty Lions on June 21.

Tianjin JMT’s recent upturn in form has been owing to the solid job done at the defensive end of the pitch, where they have kept two successive clean sheets for the first time since ending last season with a run of four matches without conceding back in January.

Shenzhen vs Tianjin Jinmen Tiger head to head

The two teams have previously met on 28 occasions across all competitions, where Shenzhen have claimed four victories while Tianjin have won 14, and they have drawn in 10. Tianjin have scored 42 goals and conceded 25. In their last five meetings, Tianjin have won twice, Shenzhen once with two draws.

Shenzhen 0-0 Tianjin JMT 16/06/19

Tianjin JMT 3-0 Shenzhen 23/11/19

Tianjin JMT 2-0 Shenzhen 16/10/20

Shenzhen 1-1 Tianjin JMT 21/10/20

Tianjin JMT 1-2 Shenzhen 09/06/22

Shenzhen latest home form

Shenzhen have recently failed to keep a good run of form at home, having won just two of their five most recent matches. They defeated Cangzhou Mighty Lions 1-0 in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored four goals and conceded four.

Shenzhen 0-1 Changchun Yatai 29/12/21

Shenzhen 0-1 Beijing Guoan 04/01/22

Shenzhen 2-0 Rongcheng 04/06/22

Shenzhen 1-2 Meizhou Hakka 13/06/22

Shenzhen 1-0 Cangzhou Mighty Lions 17/06/22

Shenzhen latest away form

Shenzhen have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having won just two of their eight most recent matches. They drew 2-2 with Rongcheng in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored seven goals and conceded 10.

Shanghai Port 3-1 Shenzhen 26/12/21

Hebei FC 0-1 Shenzhen 01/01/22

Tianjin JMT 1-2 Shenzhen 09/06/22

Beijing Guoan 4-1 Shenzhen 21/06/22

Rongcheng 2-2 Shenzhen 26/06/22

Tianjin Jinmen Tiger latest home form

Tianjin have recently been on a relatively good run of form at home, having lost just one of their five most recent matches. They managed to defeat Meizhou Hakka 1-0 in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored four goals and conceded three.

Tianjin JMT 0-0 Henan SSLM 28/12/21

Tianjin JMT 1-0 Cangzhou Mighty Lions 03/01/22

Tianjin JMT 1-2 Shenzhen 09/06/22

Tianjin JMT 1-1 Rongcheng 16/06/22

Tianjin JMT 1-0 Meizhou Hakka 25/06/22

Tianjin Jinmen Tiger latest away form

Tianjin 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 Cangzhou Mighty Lions 2-0 in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored five goals and conceded two.

Chongqing Liangjiang 0-1 Tianjin JMT 25/12/21

Qingdao FC 0-1 Tiajin JMT 31/12/21

Meizhou Hakka 1-1 Tianjin JMT 04/06/22

Beijing Guoan 1-0 Tianjin JMT 13/06/22

Cangzhou Mighty Lions 0-2 Tianjin JMT 21/06/22

Shenzhen news

Jang-Soo is likely to name a similar starting side that got on the pitch against Chengdu Rongcheng, with midfield three of Tsun Dai, Yuanyi Li and Yuan Zhang.

Forward Frank Acheampong, who boasts four goals, should spearhead the attack once again, while Romain Alessandrini will push for a starting role.

Tianjin Jinmen Tiger news

Farley Rosa played a crucial role for Tianjin as they claimed a victory over Meizhou Hakka at the weekend and we expect him to retain his spot at the centre of the pack.

Xie Weijun is a doubt for the visitors after he came off with a 67th-minute injury last time out.

Prediction and Odds

With just two points between the teams in the league standings, there is little to separate them and we expect a closely-contested affair on Wednesday.

Tianjin Jinmen Tiger have been solid defensively in recent matches, and we are backing them to hold out for a share of the spoils in this contest.

Odds: 1 2.30 X 2.05 2 2.20