Chongqing Lifan – Tianjin Teda SOCCER PICKS
Chongqing Lifan and Tianjin Teda meet at Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, in a match for the 28th day of the CSL. Chongqing Lifan out (1-2) won the last time they met in this league edition, on 07-21-2018. In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations indicates total balance between these two teams, since there was 1 draw and 1 win for each team in the last 3 matches. However, the last time these two teams played a match at this stadium was on 22-07-2017, for CSL, which ended Chongqing Lifan’s victory by (2-1). The goals of the match were scored by Ding Jie (18 ‘) and Fernandinho (25’), for Chongqing Lifan, and Li Yuanyi (90 ‘), for Tianjin Teda. Despite being a match between 13 th and 14 th of the table, it is actually a match between the 16 th best team in home matches and the 12 th best in away matches.
Chongqing Lifan:
The home team is currently in the 13 th position of the league, with 28 points won, after 7 wins, 7 draws and 13 losses. In the penultimate match, they tied in a home match against Hebei CFFC, by (4-4). In the last match, they won in an away match against Changchun Yatai, by (1-2). Interestingly, this is a team that has won more positive results outside its stadium, as it has won 16 points in away matches and only 12 in its stadium. In the last 10 home league matches Chongqing Lifan has a record of 1 win, 2 draws and 7 losses, so they have won 5 points out of 30 possible. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 27 games in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 15 games in which he suffered the first goal.
The Chongqing Lifan is doing a lousy in the Super League, comes acting very irregularly and goes in search of the 3 points in the fight to stay in the elite division of China, since it has the same score of the first team in the Descent zone. The team presents problems, both offensive and defensive, as it scored only 37 goals, being the seventh worst attack of the competition, and suffered 44 goals, and the seventh weakest defense, so much that only in the last 2 rounds suffered 5 goals. In its stadium, Chongqing Lifan has the worst campaign of the national championship, won only 1 of its last 11 games and it should be noted that it is the third team that suffered the most goals in this type of situation. For the game against Tianjin Teda, coach Cruijff has no problems in the starting lineup and goes to the field with what he has of better.
Tianjin Teda:
After 7 wins, 7 draws and 13 losses, the away team is currently in the 14 th position of the league, with 28 points won. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Shandong Luneng, by (2-0). In the last match, they lost in an away match against Shanghai Shenhua, by (2-4). This is a team little affected by the house factor, since it conquered similar results at home and abroad. In the last 10 away matches for the championship, Tianjin Teda has 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses, so they have won 11 points out of 30 possible. In their home matches there are a few frequent results at half-time: 1-0 (6 out of 13 matches) and 0-0 (5 out of 13 matches). They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 10 of the last 13 matches for this competition have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 27 matches in this competition, they only got 2 comebacks in the 15 matches in which they suffered the first goal. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 13 away matches for this competition: they have scored 4 of their 9 goals between minutes (61’-75 ‘).
The Tianjin Teda, like its next opponent, is making a terrible campaign in the Chinese championship, going through a disastrous phase, with 10 matches without victory, and needs an urgent recovery, since it is the closest team to the zone of decline. He has a low quality attack, which scored only 36 goals and is the fifth worst in the national championship, while the defense suffered 47 goals and is the fifth weakest. These numbers help explain the bad campaign, so much that only in the last eight rounds did he suffer anything less than 24 goals. As a visitor, Tianjin Teda has acted very badly, comes from 3 consecutive defeats and is a team that leaves many spaces in this type of situation and suffers goals regularly. For the match against Chongqing Lifan, coach Stielike has no problems in the starting lineup and goes to the field with what he has better.
