Shanghai Port take on the visitors Zhejiang Professional in the round 17 match of Chinese Super League. The match will be played on Saturday, June 29th at Pudong Football Stadium (Shanghai).
Shanghai Port have reached their peak performance in recent years. In 2017, they made it to the cup final for the first time, although they lost (as they did in their second attempt four years later). In 2018, they managed to secure the championship title. Last season, they repeated this success. They don't want to wait another five years for a trophy, and there’s a chance to defend their status as the best. However, their neighbors, Shenhua, are actively picking up points under Slutsky. Well, the answer lies in optimal performance, and it’s almost perfect. In the first seven rounds, there were three draws, but since the end of April, Oscar and company have only been stamping out victories. And Wu Lei has scored nearly twenty goals. They had no problems with Wuhan Three Towns in the last round either: they secured a comfortable 2-0 win, even away from home.
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Zhejiang Professional has slightly declined. The Greens finished in third place in the table both in 2022 and last season. This season, they have a chance to secure bronze again, but overall, their results are slightly lower. After a decent start (7 points from the first 3 rounds), they lost 5 times in the next 7 matches, though they did win twice. But then they managed to gain momentum again, beating almost everyone in a row and climbing higher in the table – although there was a 0-3 defeat to Shandong Taishan. Perhaps even more disappointing was losing to Shenzhen Pengcheng. They were leading 2-0 after Andrijasevic’s goal in the 66th minute. But they immediately conceded a goal in response and eventually lost meekly with a score of 2-3.
Last season, the clubs exchanged away victories. In March, there was a goalless draw on Professional's field – a rare case where Port dropped points in this competition. It’s clear that we should expect nothing but a home victory for the champion; the question is how convincing it will be. The prediction is to bet on a final handicap of -1.5 goals.
Prediction for the match: Shanghai Port to win with -1.5 handicap.
