Henan, Recent Form

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The Henan players will be feeling somewhat disenchanted with their inability to pick up any points from their home fixture against Wuhan Three Towns recently, that ended in a 3-2 defeat.  Their share of possession in that meeting was 53%, while racking up 6 shots along the way, 3 of which were on target, in contrast to Wuhan Three Towns, who had 9 shots on goal with 3 on target.  

Manager Ki-il Nam will be shining a spotlight on his team's poor defensive record of late, having conceded 15 goals in their last 6 games, despite picking up a modest amount of points due in no small part to the 10 goals they managed at the other end.   They have only kept 1 clean sheet in their last 6 home games; however, overall they've scored in 11 of their 12 games this season.  

Henan will not be enjoying their recent run of poor form, having lost 4 league games in a row.  

Shanghai Shenhua, Recent Form

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Shanghai Shenhua head into this match with some confidence in the knowledge that they recorded a solid 2-0 home win against Qingdao Hainiu in their last league encounter.  They achieved 61% possession in that match and had 25 strikes at goal, with 10 hitting the target, up against Qingdao Hainiu's tally of 6 efforts at goal, 3 of which were on target.  

Manager Leonid Slutskiy will be delighted with his team's performances recently, having scored 13 goals in their last 6 games whilst conceding only 1.  They're currenlty on a run of 4 consecutive clean sheets, and over the course of the season they've scored in 11 of their 12 games played so far.  

There will be mixed feelings from Flower of Shanghai, having been undefeated in their last 8 away league games, but drawn the last 2 of these games.  

On an individual basis, André Luís will be looking to get on the scoresheet again having scored 9 goals in Shanghai Shenhua's 12 league games this season.