Yunnan Yukun FC
- Yunnan Yukun FC have won 3 of their last 5 matches (L2), including a 2-0 home win over Tianjin Jinmen Tigers in the Super League 2025 5 months ago.
- Jordi Vinyals’ 4-2-3-1 system has made Yunnan a much more structured and controlled outfit since he took over in January 2026.
- Instead, Vinyals’ side are a much more possession-based team, and they’ve won 3 of their opening 5 Super League games, losing the other 2.
- Oscar Taty Maritu has been their biggest threat, scoring 5 goals in 5 league games, whilst Alexandru Ionita has been their creative engine, providing 7 assists in the same amount of matches.
Tianjin Jinmen Tigers
- Tianjin Jinmen Tigers have lost 3 of their last 5 (D2), including a 3-0 away defeat to Liaoning Tieren last time out.
- Tianjin Jinmen Tigers are in terrible form and sit bottom of the table in 16th place with -8 points from 5 matches, partly due to a points deduction.
- Tianjin’s approach has never involved much subtlety, but Yu Genwei’s 4-4-2 system is one of the league’s most direct and risk-taking approaches, with the Tigers often transitioning the ball quickly from defence to attack, and pressing high up the pitch when out of possession.
- Guilherme Schettine has been a threat, scoring 2 of their 3 goals this season, but the Tigers need a serious boost in firepower if they’re to get out of this mess.
Head-to-Head
Yunnan have won 2 of the 3 H2H meetings, losing just once, whilst Tianjin have lost both of their away games this season, scoring 0 goals and conceding an average of 2 per match on the road.
Yunnan Yukun FC
Oscar Taty Maritu has been their biggest threat, scoring 5 goals in 5 league games, whilst Alexandru Ionita has been their creative engine, providing 7 assists in the same amount of matches.
Tianjin Jinmen Tigers
Guilherme Schettine has been a threat, scoring 2 of their 3 goals this season, but the Tigers need a serious boost in firepower if they’re to get out of this mess.
Betting Insights
- The odds for a Yunnan win are understandably low at 1.66, but there’s enough value in the home team to get a clean sheet to push those odds up to 2.1.
- Considering the respective form of these two sides, as well as the average 3 goals scored per game when Yunnan host in this fixture, the odds for Over 2.5 total goals look a little high at 1.62.
- Tianjin have lost both of their away games this season, scoring 0 goals and conceding an average of 2 per match on the road.
Prediction
Vinyals’ 4-1-4-1 structure is very disciplined and will offer little chance for counter-attacking football, so a Yunnan victory with both teams scoring looks unlikely, with all signs pointing towards a Yunnan clean sheet and home win.
