Last season's China League One champions Yanbian Funde FC (8-8-4, 28 points) is scheduled to clash with powerhouse team Shanghai SIPG FC (9-5-7, 34 points) in a 2016 Chinese Super League season encounter at the Yanji Nationwide Fitness Centre Stadium on Saturday, August 13.

Yanbian is on a roll right now, winning their last four games and being undefeated in six of their last seven matches. The team climbed to seventh place in the overall standings with their ongoing run, overtaking reeling contenders Henan Jianye, who had lost four of their last five outings.

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Head coach Park Tae-ha's side is coming off a tough 2-1 nipping of Shandong Luneng Taishan FC also at their home ground in Yanji City on July 30, as per Xinhuanet.

Local midfielder Chi Zhongguo opened the scoring right at the stroke of halftime from a brilliant cross by South Korean forward Kim Seung-dae as the hosts took a one-point advantage at the break.

Shandong winger Liu Binbin found the equalizer one minute after the hour mark off a pass by midfielder Hao Junmin.

However, Yanbian had the last laugh when another South Korean import, attacking midfielder Yoon Bit-garam, netted the winner at the 69th to extend his team's winning streak to four games.

Meanwhile, Shanghai SIPG was held to a 3-3 draw by Guangzhou R&F on the road at the Yuexiushan Stadium on July 31, via Soccerway.

Right winger Wu Lei unleashed a hat trick to help head coach Sven-Göran Eriksson's squad avoid a second straight loss as the Blue Lions led 3-2 after the full time whistle blew.

Brazilian winger Renatinho scored the first goal at the 17th before Wu netted his first two goals as the Red Eagles took a 2-1 advantage after 50 minutes of play.

Guangzhou scored twice after that, courtesy of Wang Song and former Maccabi Tel Aviv captain Eran Zahavi, but Wu scored his third goal in stoppage time to salvage the draw.

The predicted result is a close 2-1 victory for Shanghai SIPG.

Yanbian Funde starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Chi W.; Jiang, Cui, Petkovic, Wu; Chi Z., Pei; Jin, Yoon, Trawally; Kim

Shanghai SIPG starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Yan; Wang, He, Shi, Sun; Yang, Yu; Wu, Lu, Kouassi; Elkeson 

TagsChina Football, Chinese Super League, Chinese Super League 2016, Yanbian Funde FC, Shanghai SIPG FC