Shijiazhuang Ever Bright Dalian Pro betting prediction

After the home loss in the 1st leg, the away team comes to this 2nd leg with a disadvantage of 1 goal and the hard task of having to come back from a negative result in an away match. 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 2 wins, 1 draw and 12 losses in away matches, with 15 goals scored and 35 conceded; against 3 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses at their stadium, with 20 goals scored and 22 conceded. In the last 7 away league matches Dalian Pro has a record of 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses, so they have won 7 points out of 21 possible.

In this competition, they have a sequence of 4 losses in the last matches. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half‑time was the 0‑0 (4 out of 7 matches). 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 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 15 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 7 times and have never been able to turn the score around.

Dalian Pro was looking, at the start of the regular phase, for a campaign that would allow them to finish in the top four of Group A or, at the very least, fight until the end for access to the champion's play-offs. Rafael Benítez's team defrauded expectations after the first stage of the Super League, mainly due to the defensive permeability that characterizes it. In the first leg of the quarter-finals of the play-offs, Dalian Pro reached the fifth consecutive defeat, being now obliged to win in order to turn the knockout stage in their favour and reach the semi-finals. Even Sun Guowen's opening goal (11') did not allow Dalian to hold on to the lead. In the second half, already with the result in 1-1, it was the team of Benítez to have more offensive initiative, without the necessary hit in the finalization, so much so that he even suffered another goal and lost the game.

Confirmed Lineup: Chong Zhang, Sun Guowen, Wang Yaopeng, Tong Lei, Marcus Danielson, Sam Larsson, Xuri Zhao, Jaílson, Long Zheng, Salomón Rondón, Lin Liangming.
Coach: J. González López.