Shanghai SIPG welcomes Shanghai Shenhua to this second leg of the FA Cup Semi-finals. It's time to find a winner and both teams know what is needed.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Shanghai SIPG and Shanghai Shenhua.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Shanghai SIPG form and stats
Shanghai SIPG was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the FA Cup.Shanghai SIPG have been very solid at home in the Super League so far, with 19 points collected from 7 matches (6-1-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. On the other hand, in the FA Cup, Shanghai SIPG has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. Ever since the Changchun Yatai game Shanghai has been unbeatable here at Dalian Sports Center producing five straight wins.
A strong away win for Shanghai against Shanghai Shenhua the last match. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Shanghai played a great game against Shanghai Shenhua and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
In the match before that, Shanghai SIPG hosted Dalian Yifang and drew the FA Cup game 0-0.The Shanghai manager I. Leko has got the team scoring with 16 from 7 home games in the league. Defensively Shanghai SIPG have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 7 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
Shanghai was sent out of FA Cup in the 1st round last season.Playing away, Shanghai Shenhua have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Super League this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the FA Cup stats, they have 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss both home and away.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a FA Cup home defeat versus Shanghai SIPG with 1-5 on the scoreboard. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Shanghai SIPG was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Shenzhen.Shanghai Shenhua has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 7 games. Shanghai Shenhua have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The newest logged match involving both these sides is the Shanghai Shenhua - Shanghai 1-5 played previously this season. Shanghai SIPG-Shanghai Shenhua H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Shanghai SIPG seven wins, Shanghai Shenhua zero wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  W. Lü 6 goals |  R. Lopes Pereira 4 goals |   A. Mierzejewski 4 goals |
Shanghai SIPG missing players
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
| Shanghai SIPG | Shanghai Shenhua | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 43 | 17 | Scored | S | 19 | 37 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Conceded | C | 15 | 35 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 8% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 12.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 41% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | ||
| 10.3 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 8.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.3 | ||
| 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 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 23 | 28 |
| 2 | Changchun Yatai | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Beijing Guoan | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 24 |
| 4 | Hebei CFFC | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 23 |
| 5 | Shanghai Shenhua | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 22 |
| 6 | Wuhan Zall | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 11 |
| 7 | Tianjin Teda | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -18 | 9 |
| 8 | Dalian Yifang | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -17 | 7 |
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