Shanghai SIPG and Tianjin Teda meet, in a match for the 8th round of the CSL. In the last head-to-head for this edition of the league, on 07-27-2020, Shanghai SIPG won away by (1‑3). The history of recent direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which has 7 wins and 1 draw in the last 8 games. In this game, the home factor may be decisive, since both teams present considerable differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.
Shanghai SIPG :
After 5 wins and 2 draws, the home team is currently in 1st position, with 17 points won. In their last match, they beat Chongqing Lifan at home by (3‑0), after having won (1‑2) away in the previous match, against Beijing Guoan. This is a stronger team with the support of its fans, since in the last 30 games it has registered 6 victories, 7 draws and 2 losses as a visitor, with 23 goals scored and 17 suffered; against 11 victories and 4 draws in his stadium, with 41 goals scored and 8 suffered.
For this competition, he hasn’t lost for 7 games. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 5 of the last 7 matches, so they have not presented great defensive strength, but their attack has scored regularly, since they always scored at least one goal in the last 7 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 30 of the last 32 matches have ended with Over 1.5 goals. In 15 games, they conceded the first goal 7 times, but got the comeback in 3.
Seeking to assert itself in the fight for the title, Shanghai SIPG reaches this eighth round at the top of the qualifying table for Group B of the Chinese Super League, with a record 17 points, three more than Beijing Guoan. Without any defeat so far, the team led by Portuguese Vítor Pereira will attend this match after two consecutive victories, the first of them precisely against rival Beijing Guoan (1-2) and the last, calmer, against Chongqing Lifan (3-0). Arnautovic (18 ‘) and Wang Schenchao (20′) overtook Shanghai SIPG early, and the result would be complete in the second half, in the 66th minute, with a goal from Brazilian international Oscar.
Tianjin Teda :
The visiting team is currently in 8th position, with 1 point won, after 1 draw and 6 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost at home to Qingdao Hainiu by (0‑2). In the last match, they lost in an away match against Wuhan Zall by (2‑1). This is a stronger team with the support of their fans, since in the last 30 games they have registered 1 victory, 2 draws and 12 losses as a visitor; against 8 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses in his stadium. For the championship, Tianjin Teda won 1 point out of 12 possible, after 1 draw and 3 losses in the last 4 games they played as a visitor.
For this competition, they have not won any of the last 7 matches. The team has not been very strong defensively, since they have always suffered goals in the last 7 matches they played in this competition. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 5 away matches for all competitions: they have conceded 4 of their 9 goals between minutes (76’ ‑ 90 ‘).
Tianjin Teda has been the biggest disappointment in this edition of the Chinese Super League, as evidenced by the record of just one point from seven games. At the start of the eighth round, the team ranks eighth and last in the Group B leaderboard, already five points behind second-to-last place Chongqing Lifan and 10 points behind the qualifying zone for the play-off. The poor tackle resulted in the dismissal of Uli Stielike, who was replaced by Wang Baoshan. With the new manager, Tianjin Teda played two games and lost both, reaching five consecutive defeats. On the last day, the defeat was 2-1, against Wuhan Zall, in a match where Tianjin Teda even went to rest to win, after Johnathan’s goal (14 ‘), but ended up allowing the return in the second half.
