Nantong Zhiyun have found it difficult to get points this season. Can the gang get something to cheer about when Shanghai Shenhua stop by Rugao Olympic Sports Center Stadium?
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have the most clean sheets (11) in Super League
Nantong Zhiyun form and stats
Nantong Zhiyun's struggle is real here at Rugao Olympic Sports Center Stadium with only 10 points collected from 13 Super League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-4-7. Nantong Zhiyun are slowly digging their own grave here at Rugao Olympic Sports Center Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts.
Nantong suffered an unexpected defeat 0-1 against Shanghai SIPG in their previous game, also played in front of their own fans. Defender Liu got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.42/10. Liu won 3 of 6 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Nantong Zhiyun lost 1-3 at Qingdao Jonoon's place.Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this club's last 13 league games, 10 have had zero, one or two goals.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Nantong Zhiyun here at Rugao Olympic Sports Center Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 13 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Nantong's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 6 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Shanghai Shenhua have lost on their last two travels.
The Shanghai goalkeeper Yaxiong Bao is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Impressive finishing from Cao secured the home win 1-0 against Qingdao Jonoon in their previous game. Attacker Cao got a player rating of 7.85 in the game. "Man of the match" Cao scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 41 successful passes (of 46 total).
Before that, Shanghai Shenhua secured a home win against Cangzhou with the score 2-0.Shanghai Shenhua have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Shanghai have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Nantong Zhiyun and Shanghai Shenhua have faced each other previously this season: Shanghai Shenhua - Nantong Zhiyun 1-0. Nantong Zhiyun-Shanghai Shenhua H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Nantong Zhiyun one win, Shanghai Shenhua two wins, zero draws. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  C. Malele 10 goals |   R. Castillo Álvarez 7 goals |  R. Baldé 5 goals |
Nantong Zhiyun missing players
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
| Nantong Zhiyun | Shanghai Shenhua | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 27 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 21 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 14 | 31 |
| 39 | 19 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 16 | 28 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 69% | 67% |
| 30% | 31% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 54% | 41% |
| 15% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 8% | 7% |
| 7% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 59% | 46% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 54% | 48% |
| 11% | 15% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 31% | 41% |
| 30% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 15% | 11% |
| 5.4 | 6.4 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| 5.4 | 4.8 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12.6 | 15 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.5 | 12 |
| 3.9 | 4.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| 20% | 15% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 26% | 27% |
| 14.3 | 13.4 | 17.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 10.9 | 10.7 |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
- Nantong Zhiyun have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Nantong Zhiyun have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Super League
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest scored goals (9) at home in Super League
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Super League
- Nantong Zhiyun have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Super League
- Nantong Zhiyun have the most matches under the total-line (19) in Super League
- Nantong Zhiyun haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shanghai Shenhua have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shanghai Shenhua have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have the most clean sheets (11) 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 SIPG | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 56 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 31 | 59 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 27 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 50 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 27 | 51 |
| 3 | Hangzhou | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 48 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 17 | 48 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| 5 | Beijing Guoan | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 46 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 45 |
| 6 | Chengdu Qianbao | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 41 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 44 |
| 7 | Wuhan Three Towns | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 43 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 42 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 27 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 33 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 41 |
| 9 | Changchun Yatai | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 40 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 38 |
| 10 | Meizhou Hakka | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 41 | 46 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 30 | -5 | 33 |
| 11 | Henan Songshan Longmen | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 24 | -4 | 32 |
| 12 | Cangzhou | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 48 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 28 | -20 | 30 |
| 13 | Qingdao Jonoon | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 31 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 22 | -8 | 26 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 27 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 21 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -18 | 19 |
| 15 | Dalian Yifang | 27 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 25 | -19 | 19 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 27 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 22 | 71 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 41 | -49 | 12 |
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