At 20:00 on the evening of May 5, Beijing time, the 10th round of the new Chinese Super League season will stage an attention-grabbing battle. The defending champion Shanghai Harbor will challenge Shenzhen Xinpeng City as a guest.
After the first 8 rounds, Shanghai Haigang has 5 wins and 3 draws, accumulating 18 points. It is 5 points behind Shanghai Shenhua, the leader with one round less, ranking third in the Chinese Super League. It is still the biggest favorite to compete for the Chinese Super League this season. Although their opponent Shenzhen Xinpengcheng is a freshman in the Chinese Super League, their overall strength cannot be underestimated. After the first 9 rounds, they have 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses with 9 points, temporarily ranking 11th in the Chinese Super League standings.
In terms of overall strength, Shanghai Haigang naturally has an overwhelming advantage over newly promoted Shenzhen Xinpeng City. Although the two teams have never played against each other before, given Shanghai Haigang's unstoppable state in the new season, as long as they don't make serious mistakes, winning Shenzhen Xinpeng City should be a high probability. In order to catch up with Shanghai Shenhua at the top of the list, Shanghai Haigang naturally hopes to get 3 points from Shenzhen Xinpengcheng. Therefore, coach Muscat will definitely try his best to use the elite main lineup to play.
In the goalkeeper position, naturally the main goalkeeper Yan Junling will continue to guard the Shanghai Harbor goal; on the defense line, as expected, Muscat will continue to use a more stable 4-back formation. It is expected that the four defense players who will be reused will be Li Shuai, Jiang Guangtai, Wei Zhen and meritorious veteran Wang Shenchao. Among them, naturalized international players Jiang Guangtai and Wei Zhen will serve as a double central defender combination; while Li Shuai and meritorious veteran Wang Shenchao will serve as full-backs, one on the left and one on the right.
In the midfield, there is no doubt that the main defensive midfielder who is responsible for interceptions and steals in the Shanghai Harbor midfield will still be the Brazilian iron waist Mateusz Jusa; and he will partner with Mateusz Jusa to form a double midfielder The combination should be the national-level midfielder Xu Xin. Next to the two defensive midfielders, it is natural that Brazil's "Little Golden Man" Oscar sits in the frontcourt and strategizes, passing the ball and feeding the cake, responsible for organization and dispatch, and leading Shanghai Haigang's frontcourt attack line.
On the forward line, Brazil's new foreign aid striker Gustavo has been getting better recently. In the last round against Qingdao Hainiu, he scored two goals and scored twice. He is in such a brave state that he will naturally continue to dominate this game. The frontcourt charges for Shanghai Harbor; and the front trident partnered with Gustavo should be the local top forward Wu Lei and his former Espanyol teammate Matias Vargas. There is no doubt that Wu Lei will still be the team's biggest guarantee for defeating the enemy.
Based on the above analysis, it is finally expected that Shanghai Haigang’s starting lineup for this game against Shenzhen Xinpengcheng is: Yan Junling; Li Shuai, Jiang Guangtai, Wei Zhen, Wang Shenchao; Mateusz Rusa, Xu Xin, Oscar; Wu Lei , Gustavo, Matias Vargas.
