Shanghai Port - Changchun Yatai: betting tip for the Chinese Championship match
Shanghai Port and Changchun Yatai will play in the second round of the Chinese Super League. The hosts are the current national champion and cup winner and plan to stay at the top. The guests have been considered a strong middle class for several years. Is it worth waiting for a sensation on February 28? The answer is in our betting tip for this match

Command Analysis

Shanghai Port

Current form
Shanghai Port successfully defended the Chinese championship title last year, taking first place in the Super League. The team was only one point ahead of its geographical neighbor, Shenhua, which, however, lost in the recent match for the Super Cup - Kevin Muscat's team lost with a score of 2:3. In mid-February, the Shanghai club played two absolutely disastrous matches in the Asian Champions League, losing to Japanese Kobe (0:4) and Yokohama Marinos (0:2). Despite this, the hosts still managed to make it to the playoffs due to the withdrawal of another Chinese team, Shandong Taishan. In the first round of the new Chinese Super League draw, Port managed to beat Shenzhen without any problems (3:1).
Disqualifications and injuries
The hosts will have to do without the injured Shen Zhigui, Wu Lei and Yusup Umidzhan.
Interesting betting trends
- The team has lost three of the last four matches.
- None of the last six matches of the hosts ended in a draw.
Provisional squad: Yang - Li, Wei, Browning, Wang - Hsiu, Mateus Vital - Liu, Mateus Giussa, Gabrielzinho - Leo

Changchun Yatai

Current form
Changchun Yatai has been ranked in the bottom half of the table for several years in a row and has not yet been able to take a step forward. The club finished last season in ninth place, four points behind the top 8. The team finished the championship with two draws with other middleweights, Henan Songshan (0:0) and Zhejiang Professional (2:2). At the start of this season, it was not possible to score points - it seemed that a draw was already in the pocket, but already in the compensated time of the match with Shanghai Shenhua, the guests still missed and lost with a score of 1:2. Now we have to play with another club from Shanghai.
Disqualifications and injuries
The guests have no problems with the line-up on the eve of the second round.
Interesting betting trends
- The team has won only one of the last six matches.
- The club has lost its last six head-to-head matches
Approximate line-up: Wu - Xu, Songzu, Rosich, Li H. - Xu, Zhao, Piao, Tudi - Omoizhuanfo, Tang
Trends
The bet is an accurate score of 3:1
The hosts have won three of the last four with this score.
10.00Bet Both will score
This bet was played in the last two face-to-face matches
1.63Tip and bets
Despite numerous personnel changes, the hosts still have the strongest squad in the league, so this season the reigning champion is unlikely to lose points often. The guests usually do not manage to effectively resist today's opponent - they have not scored a single point in the last six face-to-face confrontations. For sure, the favorite will surely win now.
Our betting tip is the Asian handicap (-1.5) for Shanghai Port in 1.83
Bet on the total
The hosts scored as many as 96 goals against their opponents last season. This season, the team does not plan to keep up with the pace and scored three goals in the first match. For sure, in the second round, the reigning champion will try to give an effective performance, it is unlikely that the guests will be able to interfere with the plans of the favorite.
Our betting tip is a total of more than 3.5 goals in 1.90
Betting on corners
Judging by the way the teams have been playing lately, they will be able to please the fans with an abundance of riding totals, including the number of serves from the corner flag.
Our betting tip is a total of more than 10.5 corners in 1.87