Sichuan Jiuniu will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 1-0 Super League loss in their previous game against Shanghai Shenhua.
In that game, Sichuan Jiuniu had 38% possession and 6 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. On the other side, Shanghai Shenhua got 18 shots on goal with 4 on target. Luís (2') was the scorer for Shanghai Shenhua.
It’s not been often in recent times that Sichuan Jiuniu have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that Sichuan Jiuniu have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 8 goals along the way. Having said that, we will just have to wait and see if such a trend might be sustained in this next match or not.
In their previous game, Chengdu Rongcheng drew 0-0 in the AFC Champions League Elite tie with FC Seoul.
Jung-won Seo's Chengdu Rongcheng have fired home 7 times in the course of their most recent six matches. The overall goals that have been scored against them during those same matches comes to 7.
The previous league match featuring the two was Super League match day 15 on 25/06/2025 and the score finished Chengdu Rongcheng 5-0 Sichuan Jiuniu.
That time, Chengdu Rongcheng managed 58% possession and 17 shots at goal with 9 on target. Goals were scored by Wei Shihao (9'), Romulo (62'), Delgado (75') and Tim Chow (83').
At the other end, Sichuan Jiuniu got 4 shots on goal with 1 on target.
In this match, Sichuan Jiuniu would be disappointed if they were not to find the back of the net against this Chengdu Rongcheng side, but a single goal may not quite be enough.
We’ve gone for a very close game with a 1-2 advantage for Chengdu Rongcheng when the referee blows the final whistle.