At 19:35 on July 6, Beijing time, a key battle in the 18th round of the Chinese Super League began. Shanghai Shenhua will sit at home at Shanghai Stadium to face Shandong Taishan. And in this game, the starting lineups of both sides have also been released.
【Starters of both sides】
Shanghai Shenhua starting XI (4-4-2)
Goalkeeper: 30 - Bao Yaxiong
Defenders: 13-Manafa (F), 3-Jin Shunkai, 5-Zhu Chenjie, 15-Wu Xi
Midfielders: 7-Xu Haoyang, 6-Amadou (F), 17-Gao Tianyi, 10-Teixeira (F)
Forwards: 9-Andre Luis (F), 11-Malele (F)
Subs: 1-Ma Zhen, 8-Dai Weijun, 14-Xie Pengfei, 16-Yang Zexiang, 20-Yu Hanchao, 27-Chen Jinyi, 28-Cao Yunding, 29-Zhou Junchen, 32-Eddie, 33-Wang Haijian, 36-Fernando, 39-Liu Yujie
Shandong Taishan starters (4-4-2)
Goalkeeper: 14-Wang Dalei
Defenders: 17-Wu Xinghan, 27-Shi Ke, 31-Zhao Jianfei, 11-Liu Yang
Midfielders: 20-Liao Lisheng, 22-Li Yuanyi, 35-Huang Zhengyu, 25-Peng Xinli
Forwards: 9-Cressan (F), 10-Kazaishvili (F)
Subs: 1-Yu Jinyong, 26-Liu Shibo, 2-Tong Lei, 8-Delgado (F), 13-Zhang Chi, 16-Jia Feifan, 23-Xie Wenneng, 24-Bi Jinhao, 28-Maiwulang Mijit, 29-Chen Pu, 30-Abdul Suli Abdullam, 33-Gao Zhunyi
Referee: Mai Mai Tijiang VAR: Du Jianxin
In the first 17 rounds of the Chinese Super League, Shanghai Shenhua won 13 and drew 4 and accumulated 43 points to remain unbeaten, 5 points behind the top of the first round of the competition. However, in recent rounds, Shenhua has been exhausted, and in the last round of the game, Shenhua did not rely on Wu Xi's header until injury time, and narrowly defeated the promoted horse Qingdao West Coast 1-0.
Shandong Taishan has 8 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses after 17 rounds, accumulating 30 points and temporarily ranking 5th. Taishan lost 0-2 to Guoan in the last round of a strong dialogue, and they were as many as 15 points behind the top of the table, and basically withdrew from the league championship competition in advance.
As the two old giants of the Chinese Super League, the two teams have met in the last 12 times, and Shenhua has a slight advantage with 6 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. In the first leg of the Chinese Super League this season, Taishan lost 0-3 at home to Shenhua. In that game, Teixeira scored twice, and Xu Haoyang also scored a world wave.