Shanghai SIPG Beijing Guoan betting prediction

The away team comes to this 2^nd round after a (2‑1) loss in their league debut, against Shanghai Shenhua. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses in away matches, with 26 goals scored and 24 conceded; against 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss at their stadium, with 34 goals scored and 11 conceded. In the last 10 away matches Beijing Guoan has won 3, tied 3 and lost 4. Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches. In their away matches there is a tendency for goals, since 13 of the last 14 matches have ended with Over 1,5 goals and 11 out of 14 have ended with Over 2,5 goals. In 15 matches, they have conceded the first goal 6 times and have only turned the score around in 1.

At the start of the new edition of the Chinese Super League, Beijing Guoan are among the main candidates to win the championship. In the debut of coach Slaven Bilic, things did not go as expected. In the confrontation with Shanghai Shenhua, Beijing Guoan failed to translate the higher levels of possession into effectiveness in the last third, quite the opposite, with predictable and permeable football defensively, so much so that the danger the opponent created resulted in two goals conceded in the second half. The goal of honour for Bilic's team only came in extra time, through Li Lei (90+1'), when time was running out to search for another goal and, at least, a point. Beijing Guoan ended, therefore, defeated (2-1) in their debut.

Confirmed Lineup: Hou Sen, Min-jae Kim, Li Lei, Dabao Yu, Yang Yu, Wang Gang, Jonathan Viera, Chi Zhongguo, Tianyi Gao, Zhang Yuning, Cédric Bakambu.
Coach: S. Bilić.