It's looking good for Shanghai SIPG at this point, with their 1st spot in the Super League table and eagerly waiting for Cangzhou Mighty Lions (who are placed 10th).
- Shanghai SIPG have the most scored goals (32) in Super League
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Super League.
Shanghai SIPG form and stats
Shanghai SIPG are steadily winning Super League games and points here at Shanghai Stadium. 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games.
A strong away win for Shanghai against Shenzhen the last match, as Lei (2), Wang and Oscar were on target. Shanghai SIPG enjoyed their 4-1 win against Shenzhen and the result could have been even better, as they hit the posts three times. Oscar (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.14/10. Oscar scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit five key passes and had 61 successful passes (of 75 total).
Ahead of that match, Shanghai won a home game hosting Wuhan Three Towns (3-1).Shanghai SIPG are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 4 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 3, drew 1 and lost 0.
Sports bettors should know that 9 of the latest 12 league games from this club have had at least one goal from each side.
The manager Mejía will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Tianjin Teda in only four days.
The Shanghai SIPG fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 8 league matches. Shanghai's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions form and stats
The visitors are W2-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the game against Chengdu Qianbao (placed 3rd). Zhukov got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, top player of the team. Zhukov dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A draw for Cangzhou Mighty Lions before that, at their own venue hosting Tianjin Teda (1-1).We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Cangzhou played away with similar odds. This revealed 4 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 3 times.
Betting fact: Both teams have scored at least one goal in 10 of this club's last 12 league matches.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 7 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Cangzhou struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Shanghai SIPG have avoided a loss in the last 8 games (6-2-0) versus Cangzhou Mighty Lions.Cangzhou Mighty Lions - Shanghai SIPG 0-1 was the product when these contenders previously met, some time ago this season.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Wu 10 goals |   J. Locadia 6 goals |  O. dos Santos Emboaba Júnior 5 goals |
Shanghai SIPG missing players
Cangzhou Mighty Lions missing players
| Shanghai SIPG | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 32 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 14 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 76% |
| 53% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 41% |
| 24% | 38% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 18% |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 18% |
| 65% | 88% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 86% | 76% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 6% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 6.8 | 8.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4 | 5.3 |
| 3.6 | 3.1 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.9 |
| 1.2 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13.6 | 15.2 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.6 | 11.3 |
| 4.6 | 4.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 41% | 43% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 37% | 31% |
| 9.8 | 10.4 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 13.1 | 13.3 |
| 3.1 | 3.4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shanghai SIPG have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Shanghai SIPG have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shanghai SIPG have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shanghai SIPG have the most scored goals (32) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the the best goal difference (+18) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Shanghai SIPG have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Shanghai SIPG haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Shanghai SIPG is in the best form (4-2-0) in Super League
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 18 | 40 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 34 |
| 3 | Chengdu Qianbao | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 | Shandong Luneng | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 29 |
| 5 | Tianjin Teda | 17 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 25 |
| 7 | Changchun Yatai | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 25 |
| 8 | Wuhan Three Towns | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 24 |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 22 |
| 10 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 21 |
| 11 | Qingdao Jonoon | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 | Meizhou Hakka | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -6 | 16 |
| 13 | Henan Jianye | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 15 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 13 |
| 15 | Dalian Yifang | 17 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 24 | -30 | 11 |
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