Guoan arrive on a 10-match unbeaten run and cleared 1.5 goals in eight of those ten. They've scored in each of their last 16 league games — and against Shenhua specifically, they've found the net in all 17 of their most recent meetings. The hosts have lost three of their last five at home and are still adjusting after Slutsky's exit in early August. The line does the rest: two goals wins, exactly one gives the stake back, and only a blank loses.