The Chinese Super League season begins this week with Shenzhen hosting Cangzhou Mighty Lions on Friday in the Chinese top-fourth flight’s game week. Shenzhen made a solid start to the league season, winning their first and second games against Chengdu Rongcheng and Tianjin Jinmen Tiger, respectively. Last time out, though, they lost 2-1 against Meizhou Hakka, their first defeat. Shenzhen has six points out of a possible nine this season, placing them fifth on the rankings. They’ll be hoping to recover from their most recent setback and get their season back on track.
SHZ vs CNGZ: Match Details
| Match | Shenzhen FC vs Cangzhou Mighty Lions |
| Date | Friday, 17th June 2022 |
| Time | 3:00 PM (IST) |
| Venue | Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen |
SHZ vs CNGZ: Team News
Jang-Soo Lee, the Shenzhen manager, is unlikely to make many changes to his starting lineup, if any at all, and is expected to stick with a 5-4-1 configuration.
Romain Alessandrini, a former Marseille and LA Galaxy winger, is poised to return to the starting lineup on the right flank, backing Zhang Yuan and Frank Acheampong in attack.
Cangzhou are expected to play in a 3-4-3 configuration, with Yang Yun, Yang Liu, and Stoppila Sunzu likely to remain in the back three.
Sapuric could make a couple of changes in attack, with Bughrahan Iskandar and Xinyu Liu replacing Jing Luo and Fuyu Ma, respectively, but Stefan Mihajlovic is expected to keep his central striker position.
SHZ vs CNGZ: Broadcast Details
Unfortunately for Indian football fans, the Chinese Super League is not broadcasted in India.
SHZ vs CNGZ: Head-to-Head Stats
Shenzhen has won five of the last 15 matches between the two teams, while the Cangzhou Mighty Lions have won one more. Between the two teams, there have been four draws.
Last season, the two teams met in the fifth round of the CFA Cup, with Shenzhen winning 3-1.
SGZ vs CNGZ: Dream 11 Top Picks and Player Stats
Frank Acheampong
This season, the Shenzhens forward has scored two goals in the Chinese Super League. Last season, he also scored 5 goals and added an assist in the Chinese Super League. He averages 1.3 shots on goal per game and has a 91 percent successful passing percentage. In your smallleague fantasy teams, he’s a straightforward choice for captaincy.
Lin Gao
Last season, the Shenzhens attacker scored three goals and added two assists in the Chinese Super League. He averages 1.0 shots on goal per game and has a 78 percent successful passing percentage.
Stoppila Sunzu
ThLast season, the Cangzhou Mighty Lions defender scored two goals in the Chinese Super League. He averages 0.6 shots on goal per game and has a 91 percent successful passing percentage. In small league fantasy leagues, he’s a must-have pick.
SHZ vs CNGZ: Dream 11 Fantasy Team
| Goal-Keeper | Zhang Lu |
| Defender | Jiang Zhipeng, Sunzu, Yiming, Yue, |
| Mid-Fielder | Wai Tsun Dai, W Peng, Shihao |
| Forward | Acheampong, Alessandrini, Mihajlovic |
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Dream11 Captain & Vice-Captain Choice For Today’s Match
Captain: Lu Zhang
Vice Captain: Acheampong
SHZ vs CNGZ: Predicted Line-Up
SHZ Starting XI: L. Zhang; Huang, Pei, Lim, Y. Zhang, Jiang; Alessandrini, Li, Dai, Y. Zhang; Acheampong
CNGZ Starting XI: Shao; Y. Yang, Sunzu, L. Yang; Piao, Guo, Zheng, X. Yang; Iskandar, Milhajlovic, Liu
SHZ vs CNGZ: Who Will Win this Match?
Neither side were able to claim maximum points last time out, but they will both fancy their chances of returning to winning ways on Friday.
However, we feel that the hosts will do just enough to claim a slender victory against the visitors, who have won only three of their last 18 away matches across all competitions, dating back to September 2020. We predict a 2-1 win for Shenzhen FC.
