Super League: Two sides who have done superbly up to now. Prepare for Beijing Guoan - Shanghai Shenhua with this thorough preview!
- Beijing Guoan have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have the most clean sheets (9) in Super League
Shanghai Shenhua have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Beijing Guoan and Shanghai Shenhua should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Beijing Guoan form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Workers' Stadium as Beijing Guoan have scored 25 goals to get 22 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Super League are 6-4-1 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Beijing bring valid hopes of a third.
Beijing Guoan are confident in defense, having played 266 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Beijing are returning here after visiting Nantong Zhiyun and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Ngadeu scored the goal(s). Ngadeu, defender, was given a rating of 8.15/10 in that game, top of the team. Ngadeu scored one goal and won 6 of 6 duels.
Before that, Beijing Guoan played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Tianjin Jinmen Tiger.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Beijing Guoan have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (25 in 11 games), Beijing's attacking play is working.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (9) in Super League, are W6-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
Shanghai Shenhua play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Wuhan Three Towns (placed 7th). Midfield player Amadou was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.03/10. Amadou scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Before that, Shanghai Shenhua secured a home win against Shenzhen with the score 3-0.Shanghai are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
Shanghai Shenhua have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Beijing Guoan and Shanghai Shenhua have faced each other already this season: Shanghai Shenhua - Beijing Guoan 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Beijing six wins, two draws and Shanghai Shenhua two victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Malele 9 goals |   Z. Wang 7 goals | S. Kang 6 goals |
Beijing Guoan missing players
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
| Beijing Guoan | Shanghai Shenhua | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 36 | 25 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| 27 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | 22 |
| 91% | 91% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 82% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 64% |
| 45% | 45% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 45% | 41% |
| 36% | 36% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 18% | 27% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 59% | 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 55% | 50% |
| 36% | 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 36% | 41% |
| 14% | 9% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 9% | 9% |
| 6.3 | 6.3 | 1.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 3.4 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 13.3 | 13.6 | 4.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 11.6 | 12.4 |
| 4.6 | 5.2 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 35% | 44% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 30% | 28% |
| 11.1 | 10.4 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 10.9 | 11 |
| 4.1 | 4.1 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.7 |
- Beijing Guoan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Beijing Guoan have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shanghai Shenhua have the most clean sheets (9) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shanghai Port | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 50 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 31 | 52 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 41 |
| 3 | Shandong Taishan | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 22 | 38 |
| 4 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 36 |
| 5 | Beijing Guoan | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 35 |
| 6 | Hangzhou | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 35 |
| 7 | Wuhan Three Towns | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 33 |
| 8 | Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | 22 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 31 |
| 9 | Changchun Yatai | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 31 |
| 10 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 21 | -9 | 30 |
| 11 | Meizhou Hakka | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 41 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 26 | -8 | 25 |
| 12 | Henan Songshan Longmen | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -9 | 22 |
| 13 | Qingdao Hainiu | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 17 | -8 | 19 |
| 14 | Dalian Pro | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -10 | 18 |
| 15 | Nantong Zhiyun | 22 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -12 | 16 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 57 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 36 | -37 | 12 |
