The Puwan Stadium will be the venue for a top-of-the-table clash in the Chinese Super League as Wuhan Three Towns and Shanghai Shenhua square off on Sunday.
The hosts are currently sitting at the summit of the league standings with 17 points from seven matches so far, two points and a place above the Sunday’s visitors.
Wuhan Three Towns continue to keep a good run of form in the new Chinese Super League campaign as they claimed a 2-1 victory at Guangzhou FC on Thursday.
After falling behind in the 21st minute to Dinghao Yan’s penalty, Nicolae Stanciu restored parity just two minutes later before Pengfei Xie scored in the 48th minute to turn the game around.
Pedro Morilla’s side have announced their arrival in grand style following their promotion to the top tier, winning six of their opening seven matches to sit at the top of the Super League table.
The newly-promoted side have now only dropped points at the Jinzhou Stadium on June 12, when they were held to a 1-1 draw by Shanghai Shenhua.
Wuhan Three Towns head into Sunday’s contest on a blistering run of 12 successive victories on home soil across all competitions, stretching back to a 2-2 draw with Nanjing City back in August 2021.
Meanwhile, Shanghai Shenhua were denied a fourth win in a row last Wednesday when they were held to a 1-1 draw by local rivals Shanghai Port.
Like this Sunday’s hosts, Wu Jingui’s side are unbeaten in the league so far this season, securing five wins and two draws from their opening seven matches.
Shanghai Shenhua have also not lost a single game in 2022, with their last defeat coming back on December 21 2021 when Henrique Dourado scored a second-half brace to hand Henan Songshan Longmen a 2-0 victory.
Wuhan Three Towns vs Shanghai Shenhua head to head
The two teams have previously met on just one occasion in the Chinese Super League, where they played out a 1-1 draw. They now meet for the second time in a competitive match in the same league.
Shanghai Shenhua 1-1 Wuhan Three Towns 12/06/22
Wuhan Three Towns latest home form
Wuhan have recently been on a good run of form at home, and they have won each of their five most recent matches. They managed to defeat Hebei FC 5-0 in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 16 goals and conceded just one.
Wuhan Three Towns 2-0 Kunshan 13/12/21
Wuhan Three Towns 1-0 Meizhou Hakka 18/12/22
Wuhan Three Towns 6-0 Guangzhou FC 07/06/22
Wuhan Three Towns 2-1 Shanghai Port 19/06/22
Wuhan Three Towns 5-0 Hebei FC 26/06/22
Wuhan Three Towns latest away form
Wuhan have recently been on a good run of form on the road, having been unbeaten in their four most recent matches. They managed to defeat Guangzhou FC 2-1 in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 11 goals and conceded five.
Zhejiang Professional 2-1 Wuhan Three Towns 22/12/21
Hebei FC 0-4 Wuhan Three Towns 03/06/22
Shanghai Shenhua 1-1 Wuhan Three Towns 12/06/22
Wuhan Yangtze 1-3 Wuhan Three Towns 15/06/22
Guangzhou FC 1-2 Wuhan Three Towns 30/06/22
Shanghai Shenhua latest home form
Shanghai Shenhua have recently been on a good run of form at home, having been unbeaten in their eight most recent matches. They managed to defeat Guangzhou FC 2-1 in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 10 goals and conceded just two.
Shanghai Shenhua 3-0 Henan SSLM 03/01/22
Shanghai Shenhua 2-0 Shanghai Port 08/06/22
Shanghai Shenhua 1-1 Wuhan Three Towns 12/06/22
Shanghai Shenhua 2-0 Wuhan Yangtze 20/06/22
Shanghai Shenhua 2-1 Guangzhou FC 26/06/22
Shanghai Shenhua latest away form
Shanghai Shenhua have recently been on a good run of form on the road, having been unbeaten in their five most recent matches. They drew 1-1 with Shanghai Port in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored six goals and conceded two.
Qingdao FC 0-1 Shanghai Shenhua 25/12/21
Chongqing Liangjiang 0-0 Shanghai Shenhua 31/12/21
Guangzhou FC 0-1 Shanghai Shenhua 03/06/22
Hebei FC 1-3 Shanghai Shenhua 16/06/22
Shanghai Port 1-1 Shanghai Shenhua 29/06/22
Wuhan Three Towns news
Following his goal against Guangzhou FC, Nicolae Stanciu now boasts eight goal involvements in seven appearances this season and he will certainly be a goal threat.
He should be joined at the centre of the pack by Xiaobing Zhang, while Senwen Luo will push for his third start of the season.
Shanghai Shenhua news
Xi Wu is a doubt after he came off injured midway through the Shanghai derby, meaning Shilin Sun could come in for his second start of the season.
Roufan Liu returned from a two-game injury lay-off when he came on a substitute last time out and he could come in the starting XI.
Prediction and Odds
The sides head into the contest as the only two teams yet to lose a game this season and is has all the makings of an exciting affair.
While they are both firing on all cylinders, we are backing Wuhan to maintain their super goalscoring form and outscore Shanghai Shenhua.
Odds: 1 1.90 X 2.05 2 2.20
Probable outcomes
Wuhan Three Towns 1-0 Shanghai Shenhua
Wuhan Three Towns 2-0 Shanghai Shenhua
Wuhan Three Towns 2-1 Shanghai Shenhua
Wuhan Three Towns 3-2 Shanghai Shenhua
Wuhan Three Towns 2-2 Shanghia Shenhua
