AFC Champions League Elite - Preview - MD8: Shanghai Port FC (CHN) v Yokohama F. Marinos (JPN)

Shanghai: Shanghai Port FC will have to do what six teams before them have failed to do - defeat Yokohama F. Marinos - if the Chinese side are to stand a chance of advancing to the AFC Champions League Elite™ 2024/25 knockout stage.

Shanghai Port ended Matchday Seven in ninth place with eight points while Yokohama are perched at the top and will be aiming to end the League Stage in that position.

Shanghai Port's hopes took a beating following their heavy 4-0 defeat to Japan's Vissel Kobe last week.

It was a result the Chinese champions certainly wouldn't have expected but with their fate now out of their hands, all Shanghai Port can do is aim for victory and hope things fall into place for them.

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Yokohama, however, will be in an uncompromising mood after turning their continental campaign around following the shock 7-3 defeat to Korea Republic's Gwangju on Matchday One.

They head into the final tie having won their last four matches - a new record for them on the continental stage - and will be determined to end the League Stage with the win that should seal them the top spot.

Shanghai Port FC (CHN) v Yokohama F. Marinos (JPN)

Venue: Pudong Football Stadium (Shanghai)

Kick-off: Wednesday, 20:00 (UTC+8)

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