A swift look at the Super League table point to an advantage to Shanghai Port when they visit Henan Songshan Longmen. Even so; let's wait before we hand out the points!
- Shanghai Port have the most scored goals (51) in Super League
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
The visiting Shanghai Port played their last game only three days ago, a AFC Champions League match.
Henan Songshan Longmen form and stats
4-5-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Henan Songshan Longmen so far this season. Henan Songshan Longmen has recorded two wins in a row here at Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Songshan are confident in defense, having played 185 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Happy days for Henan Songshan Longmen in their previous game, a fixture away at Dalian Yifang (placed 15th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. Henan Songshan Longmen decided the match against Dalian Yifang in the first half, and held firmly on to their lead (3-0) without using too much effort. The team showed great control while saving some energy. Wang loved the game against Dalian Yifang. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-0 victory. The goalie Wang was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.44 out of ten. Wang topped it up with a clean sheet.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Tianjin Teda in a game that was won 1-0.The Songshan fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. From these home matches, Henan Songshan Longmen have conceded only 9 goals.
Shanghai Port form and stats
Shanghai Port have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 29 points collected from 11 Super League games. 9 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the record so far. Shanghai Port have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a AFC Champions League home loss versus Bangkok Glass with 2-3 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Meizhou Hakka.Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this team's 12 most recent league matches have ended with at least three goals.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Shanghai are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's worth mentioning that 14 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Shanghai Port's manager Mejía has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {4 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Shanghai Port - Songshan 3-2 was the outcome when this pair of contenders previously met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Henan Songshan Longmen one win, zero draws and Shanghai Port nine victories. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Wu 14 goals |   N. Čović 11 goals |  O. dos Santos Emboaba Júnior 9 goals |
Henan Songshan Longmen missing players
Shanghai Port missing players
| Henan Songshan Longmen | Shanghai Port | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 11 | 27 | 51 |
| 30 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 20 |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 96% |
| 65% | 55% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 87% |
| 35% | 27% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 55% | 61% |
| 26% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 27% | 30% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 27% | 26% |
| 52% | 55% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | 61% |
| 22% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 64% | 35% |
| 30% | 27% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 3.8 | 3.6 | 1.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 4.9 | 6.2 |
| 5.2 | 4.2 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10.3 | 9.9 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.3 | 12.1 | 14 |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 4.9 | 5 |
| 28% | 32% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 50% | 44% |
| 13.4 | 10.9 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 10.1 | 10.8 |
| 4.6 | 4 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3 | 3.5 |
- Shanghai Port have not yet lost a game away.
- Shanghai Port have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shanghai Port have scored more than double the goals of Henan Songshan Longmen.
- Shanghai Port have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Super League
- Shanghai Port have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Super League
- Shanghai Port have the most clean sheets (7) away in Super League
- Shanghai Port have the most points (29) away in Super League
- Shanghai Port have the most scored goals (27) away in Super League
- Shanghai Port have the most scored goals (51) in Super League
- Shanghai Port have the most scored goals in the second half (32) in Super League
- Shanghai Port have the the best goal difference (+23) away in Super League
- Shanghai Port have the the best goal difference (+31) in Super League
- Shanghai Port have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 51 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 31 | 53 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 42 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 23 | 41 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 41 |
| 4 | Beijing Guoan | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 38 |
| 5 | Wuhan Three Towns | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 36 |
| 6 | Chengdu Qianbao | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 36 |
| 7 | Hangzhou | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 36 |
| 8 | Changchun Yatai | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 34 |
| 9 | Tianjin Teda | 23 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 31 |
| 10 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 24 | -11 | 30 |
| 11 | Meizhou Hakka | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 42 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 27 | -8 | 26 |
| 12 | Henan Songshan Longmen | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -6 | 25 |
| 13 | Qingdao Jonoon | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 17 | -8 | 20 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -11 | 19 |
| 15 | Dalian Yifang | 23 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -13 | 18 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 58 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 36 | -38 | 12 |
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