Qingdao Hainiu, Recent Form

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With Shanghai Shenhua sitting a clear 15 places above them in the table, Qingdao Hainiu won't feel totally dejected with their 2-0 away defeat by them last time out.  Their share of possession in that meeting was 39%, while racking up 6 shots along the way, 3 of which were on target, in contrast to Shanghai Shenhua, who had 25 shots on goal with 10 on target.  

Their boss Yasen Petrov is sure to be taking a close look at his defence, who have given away 12 goals over the last 6 matches and yet amazingly still managed to collect some valuable points during this poor defensive spell due to their 5 goals scored.  They have only kept 1 clean sheet in their last 6 home games, and this season overall, they have failed to score in 9 of their 12 games.  

It's been a bad run of form of late for them, having racked up 4 losses and only a single victory in their last 6 league matches, so they'll need to turn things around if they want to start climbing the table.  They've had a poor start to their season losing 8 of 12 league games.  

Beijing Guoan, Recent Form

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The 3-2 away defeat to Changchun Yatai will not have sat easily with the Beijing Guoan squad, who would not have been pleased to squander all three points.  In that game they recorded 56 % of the possession, with 4 attempts on goal, 1 on target. Their opponents found the target on 2 of their 5 shots on goal.  

With 14 goals notched up in their last 6 matches, their manager Ricardo Soares will be very pleased with his team's form going forward, but he will be casting a cautious eye over his defence, who have shipped 8 goals in the same period.  They have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games; however, they've scored in 11 of their 12 games this season.  

They have had an excellent run of form recently, winning 5 out of their last 6 games.  

Yuning Zhang has scored 2 goals in the last 6 away games and will be looking to add more in this fixture against Qingdao Hainiu.