Yunnan Yukun FC
- Jordi Vinyals’ Yunnan side have been impressive in their first season in China’s top flight and look to be making themselves very comfortable at that level.
- The 4-3-3 system that he has introduced is fast-paced, ground-based, high-pressing and wide in its nature, which has seen Yunnan collect 16 points from 11 matches.
Shanghai Shenhua
- Yunnan Yukun FC are 4th in the CSL 2026 (16 points from 11 games) and Shanghai Shenhua are 6th (11 points from 11).
- Leonid Slutsky’s Shenhua have no shortage of quality of their own and have battled through some tough times this term despite a points penalty.
- Shenhua are winless in their last three league games, with a 2-3 home defeat to Chengdu Rongcheng FC, a 4-1 away loss to Shandong Taishan and a 2-2 draw at home to Chongqing Tongliang Long.
- Yunnan are winless in two at home (D1, L1) and Shenhua have a mixed record on the road in the CSL 2026 (W2, D2, L1) with 1.80 goals scored per game and 1.60 conceded on average.
Head-to-Head
Shanghai Shenhua have won both of the last two head-to-heads, including a 3-1 home win against Yunnan Yukun FC in the CSL 2025.
Key Players
- Oscar Taty Maritu is Yunnan’s top marksman with 9 goals in 11 CSL games and four of his team’s last 10.
- Rafael Ratao is Shenhua’s leading marksman with 8 in 11.
- Alexandru Ionita is the creative spark and leads the league with nine assists in 11 matches, but the top marksman is Oscar Taty Maritu with nine.
Betting Insights
Shenhua should have the quality to win this one, but the odds are a little short, so there is a bit of value in an away win and both teams to score .
Prediction
Both sides have been in mixed form across their last five games, but the visitors have more quality in their ranks and have had more success in this fixture.
