At 19:35 pm Beijing time on April 27, 2024, the 8th round of the Chinese Super League will usher in a key battle, and the defending champion of the Chinese Super League, Shanghai Port, will face Shanghai Shenhua, who is currently ranked at the top of the league table. At that time, CCTV CCTV16 channel will also broadcast the game live. Fans and friends who like the Chinese Super League should not miss the live action of this game, and I will make some simple analysis of this game below.
As the defending champions of the Chinese Super League, Shanghai Port started with an unbeaten record of four wins and two draws, and due to weather conditions, the away game between Shanghai Port and Meizhou Hakka was cancelled for some reason. Shanghai Port, who currently have 14 points, are third in the league behind Shanghai Shenhua and Chengdu Rongcheng. With the cancellation of the away game against Meizhou, Shanghai Port have a certain advantage in terms of fitness, and they will also be looking to use home advantage to break Shanghai Shenhua's unbeaten golden body this season and pull them off the top of the basic table, while also being able to defend their position as Shanghai Tang's boss.
Shanghai Shenhua, who are playing away from home, have performed well this season under the leadership of Russia and coach Slutsky, and after the first seven rounds of matches, Shanghai Shenhua has achieved an unbeaten record of 6 wins and 1 draw, and is currently at the top of the league with 19 points. In addition to being held to a draw by Beijing Guoan, Shanghai Shenhua have won all other matches. Judging from the performance at the beginning of the season, Shanghai Shenhua can be regarded as one of the favorites to compete for the Chinese Super League championship this season, and this strong dialogue with Shanghai Port, Shenhua also hopes to continue this season's strong performance and win the Shanghai derby to expand the point gap with Shanghai Port.
It is worth mentioning that before the start of the new season of the Chinese Super League, Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai Port met in the Super Cup final, when Shenhua defeated Port to win the championship. Therefore, this game is a veritable revenge battle for Shanghai Port. Judging from the performance of both sides this season, Shanghai Shenhua, who personally supports the away game, can get out of the way.