Zhejiang Professional vs Henan Songshan Longmen Match Analysis and Prediction

Zhejiang Professional play host to Henan Songshan Longmen at the Wuyuan River Stadium in round eight of the Chinese Super League on Sunday.

The visitors head into the contest off the back of suffering their first league defeat of the season and will look to quickly bounce back from that loss.

Jordi Vinyals’ side were denied a third consecutive victory for the first time this year on Wednesday when ther played out a 1-1 draw with Changchun Yatai.

After falling behind through Franko Andrijasevic’s 39th-minute penalty, Changchun rallied in the second half as Dino Ndlovu scored five minutes after the hour mark to force a share of the spoils.

Having collected nine points from seven matches, the Green Giants are currently 11th in the Chinese Super League standings, but they could climb as high as sixth place with all three points on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Henan Songshan Longmen suffered their first defeat of the campaign last time out when they lost 2-0 to Shandong TaiShan.

In the clash at the Wuyuan River Stadium Field 2, Jingdao Jin and Cryzan scored in the first half to hand the hosts their fourth victory in five matches.

While Javier Pereira’s side will be looking to quickly get back to winning ways, they have managed just two victories in nine away matches across all competitions since November 2021.

The Red Devils also face the tough challenge of taking on Zhejiang Professional, who are unbeaten in each of their last five home matches, claiming three wins and two draws since November’s 3-1 defeat against Chengdu Rongcheng.

Henan Songshan Longmen have picked up 14 points from seven games to sit fourth in the league standings, five points adrift of league leaders Wuhan Three Towns and one point behind third-placed Shandong TaiShan for a spot in the AFC Champions League Qualifiers.

Zhejiang Professional vs Henan Songshan Longmen head to head

The two teams have previously met on 26 occasions across all competitions, where Zhejiang have claimed 10 victories while Henan have won nine, and they have drawn in seven. Zhejiang have scored 26 goals and conceded 23. In their last five meetings, Henan have won three, Zhejiang one with one draw.

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Zhejiang Professional 3-0 Henan SSLM 13/08/16

Henan SSLM 3-1 Zhejiang Professional 11/06/22

Zhejiang Professional latest home form

Zhejiang Professional have recently been on a good run of form at home, having been unbeaten in their five most recent matches. They managed to defeat Shandong TaiShan 2-0 in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 10 goals and conceded two.

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Zhejiang Professional 2-0 Shandong TaiShan 25/06/22

Zhejiang Professional latest away form

Zhejiang Professional have recently been on a relatively good run of form on the road, having been unbeaten in their three most recent matches. They drew 1-1 with Changchun Yatai in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored seven goals and conceded eight.

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Dalian Pro 1-1 Zhejiang Professional 16/06/22

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Changchun Yatai 1-1 Zhejiang Professional  29/06/22

Henan Songshan Longmen latest home form

Henan SSLM have recently been on a good run of form at home, having been unbeaten in their seven most recent matches. They managed to defeat Zhejiang Professional 3-1 in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 11 goals and conceded four.

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Henan SSLM 2-2 Dalian Pro 04/06/22

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Henan SSLM 3-1 Zhejiang Professional 11/06/22

Henan Songshan Longmen latest away form

Henan SSLM have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having won just two of their five most recent matches. They lost 2-0 to Shandong TaiShan in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored five goals and conceded five.

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Dalian Pro 0-2 Henan SSLM 24/06/22

Shandong TaiShan 2-0 Henan SSLM 28/06/22

Zhejiang Professional news

Zhejiang remain without the services of defender Lucas Possignolo, who picked up a muscle injury against Changchun Yatai on June 7.

Bo Zhao is likely to retain his place between the sticks for the hosts as first-choice goalkeeper Chao Gu continues his spell on the sidelines due to a fractured finger.

Henan Songshan Longmen news

Henan SSLM will make do with the absence of Jinbao Zhong after the midfielder picked up a late red card against Shandong TaiShan last time out.

However, they will be boosted by Gu Cao, who returned to action as he was handed a nine-minute cameo in the aforementioned game.

Prediction and Odds

Zhejiang Professional will be looking to take advantage of Henan Songshan Longmen’s slip up and post revenge for their 3-1 defeat in June’s reverse fixture.

However, given the gap in quality between the two sides, we are backing the visitors to do just enough to come away with a point.

Odds: 2.15 2.05 2.26

Probable outcomes

Zhejiang Professional 0-0 Henan SSLM

Zhejiang Professional 1-1 Henan SSLM

Zhejiang Professional 2-2 Henan SSLM

Zhejiang Professional 1-0 Henan SSLM

Zhejiang Professional 1-2 Henan SSLM

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