Henan Jianye vs Guangzhou Evergrande Predictions

Guangzhou Evergrande will be hoping that a win this weekend away at Henan Jianye proves enough to lift them into second place, but the visitors are going to have to rely on Shanghai SIPG losing to stand any chance of that happening. The hosts could move into the top seven with a win on Sunday, but the failure to score in either of their last two CSL matches suggests it’s going to be a tough ask for Henan Jianye to topple their title chasing guests.

Henan Jianye made the trip to Chongqing Lifan last weekend, where the two sides played out a tight, tense, and competitive ninety minutes. The visitors created the better of the opportunities and, after Chongqing Lifan were reduced to ten-men late on, will feel they should have won the game, but instead it ended goalless. Guangzhou Evergrande cruised through to the next round of the FA Cup in midweek, when they scored five without reply at home to Beijing Renhe. Zhang Linpeng opened the scoring in the fourth minute and teammate Yang Liyu added a second on the stroke of halftime. Wei Shihao scored a second half hat trick to wrap up an impressive 5-0 win for the hosts, who will be hoping they don’t have any jaded players heading into Sunday’s match.

The head to head record between these two sides, especially over the last few seasons, and the form and performances of both clubs over the last month, all points towards a win for Guangzhou Evergrande on Sunday and a good chance the visitors will keep a clean sheet. Guangzhou Evergrande have won their last seven matches against Henan Jianye, and the last three encounters between the pair have been settled by a win to nil. Henan Jianye have lost two and drawn one of their last five matches, while Guangzhou Evergrande have won four of their last five matches in all competitions. Henan Jianye have failed to score in three of their last five matches and Guangzhou Evergrande have kept clean sheets in each of their last three games, which is why we’re backing a 1-0 win for the visitors this weekend.

Cameroon’s Ohandza top scores for Henan Jianye this season with five league goals, while Talisca leads the way for the visitors with seven CSL goals. We’re confident that Guangzhou Evergrande will win on Sunday, and have predicted a final scoreline of 1-0. The visitors are the form favourites, have been keeping lots of clean sheets of late, and have an excellent recent record against their hosts, while Henan Jianye have struggled to score against the teams above them in recent weeks.