Shanghai Shenxin v Shijiazhuang Ever Bright preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: China PR League One
Date: Sat 27.July
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Jinshan Soccer Stadium (30000 seats)

Struggling Shanghai Shenxin will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Shijiazhuang Ever Bright in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

It's no vacation for neither Shanghai Shenxin nor Shijiazhuang Ever Bright as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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.

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Shanghai Shenxin form and stats

Shanghai Shenxin's struggle is real here at Jinshan Soccer Stadium with only 4 points collected from 7 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 1-1-5. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 15 attempts. With eight home games in a row without a win, the Shanghai Shenxin fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Heilongjiang Lava Spring game long ago, can be stopped today.

The Shanghai Shenxin crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Shijiazhuang Ever Bright here at Jinshan Soccer Stadium in a League One match. Prior to that, an away loss at Heilongjiang Lava Spring.

Shanghai Shenxin aren't scoring a lot here at Jinshan Soccer Stadium with only 5 goals from 7 games. Shanghai Shenxin have conceded 14 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Shijiazhuang Ever Bright form and stats

Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have only collected 4 points from their away games after 1-1-5 (7 played).

Shijiazhuang Ever Bright play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Shanghai Shenxin. Before that, Shijiazhuang Ever Bright secured a home win against Hangzhou with the score 2-1.

Shijiazhuang Ever Bright are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 7 games. Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have conceded 14 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Shanghai Shenxin - Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 0-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: 1 - 1 - 4 (Shanghai Shenxin wins - draws - Shijiazhuang Ever Bright wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Matheus Nascimento
11 goals
Muriqui
8 goals
Liu Xinyu
7 goals

Shanghai Shenxin missing players

Shijiazhuang Ever Bright missing players

Shanghai Shenxin Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
19 9 1 Played 2 11 19
2 1 0 Won 0 2 10
3 1 0 Drew 1 2 2
14 7 1 Lost 1 7 7
19 6 2 Scored 2 14 39
57 23 4 Conceded 3 19 25
95% 89% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
84% 67% 100% Over 1.5 50% 73% 84%
63% 56% 100% Over 2.5 50% 45% 63%
53% 33% 100% Over 3.5 50% 27% 32%
47% 33% 100% Over 4.5 0% 18% 26%
63% 44% 100% BTTS 50% 55% 58%
5% 11% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 9% 21%
37% 56% 0% Failed To Score 50% 36% 21%
 
3.7 5 5 Corners For (avg) 2 4.2 4.3
6.2 5.8 7 Corners Against (avg) 2 4 3.5
1.3 1.4 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1.3 1.5
3 1 0 Red Cards 0 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Shanghai Shenxin have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Shanghai Shenxin have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have scored more than double the goals of Shanghai Shenxin.
  • Shijiazhuang Ever Bright haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Shanghai Shenxin
All League One Club Friendlies FA Cup
All Home Away
29-06-19 LO Shanghai Shenxin 1 - 7 Meizhou Hakka
07-07-19 LO Changchun Yatai 1 - 1 Shanghai Shenxin
14-07-19 LO Sichuan Longfor 1 - 1 Shanghai Shenxin
20-07-19 LO Heilongjiang Lava Spring 3 - 1 Shanghai Shenxin
27-07-19 LO Shanghai Shenxin 0 - 2 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
04-08-19 LO Guangdong Southern Tigers F.C 11:30 Shanghai Shenxin
10-08-19 LO Shanghai Shenxin 11:30 Guizhou Zhicheng
17-08-19 LO Shanghai Shenxin 11:30 Shaanxi Chang'an
24-08-19 LO Nantong Zhiyun 11:35 Shanghai Shenxin
31-08-19 LO Shanghai Shenxin 11:30 Liaoning Kaixin
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
All League One Club Friendlies Super League FA Cup
All Home Away
29-06-19 LO Xinjiang Tianshan 1 - 0 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
06-07-19 LO Nantong Zhiyun 2 - 2 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
14-07-19 LO Nei Mongol Zhongyou 2 - 0 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
20-07-19 LO Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 2 - 1 Hangzhou
27-07-19 LO Shanghai Shenxin 0 - 2 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
04-08-19 LO Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 11:30 Beijing BG
10-08-19 LO Shaanxi Chang'an 11:00 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
17-08-19 LO Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 11:30 Qingdao Hainiu
24-08-19 LO Liaoning Kaixin 11:30 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
31-08-19 LO Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 11:30 Changchun Yatai

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Qingdao Hainiu 13 9 2 2 26 18 5 3 1 1 9 5 8 6 1 1 17 13 8 29
2 Guizhou Zhicheng 13 7 2 4 20 15 7 4 2 1 13 8 6 3 0 3 7 7 5 23
3 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 13 7 1 5 27 18 6 6 0 0 17 4 7 1 1 5 10 14 9 22
4 Hangzhou 13 6 4 3 20 16 7 5 0 2 13 6 6 1 4 1 7 10 4 22
5 Guangdong Southern Tigers F.C 12 6 3 3 20 13 7 1 3 3 8 9 5 5 0 0 12 4 7 21
6 Nei Mongol Zhongyou 13 5 4 4 12 11 4 1 2 1 3 3 9 4 2 3 9 8 1 19
7 Meizhou Hakka 13 5 3 5 20 16 8 2 3 3 14 12 5 3 0 2 6 4 4 18
8 Changchun Yatai 12 5 3 4 20 20 5 2 1 2 6 9 7 3 2 2 14 11 0 18
9 Beijing BG 13 4 5 4 18 13 7 3 2 2 13 9 6 1 3 2 5 4 5 17
10 Heilongjiang Lava Spring 13 4 5 4 12 14 6 3 3 0 7 3 7 1 2 4 5 11 -2 17
11 Sichuan Longfor 13 4 3 6 12 16 7 3 1 3 7 8 6 1 2 3 5 8 -4 15
12 Xinjiang Tianshan 13 4 3 6 12 17 6 3 1 2 9 6 7 1 2 4 3 11 -5 15
13 Nantong Zhiyun 13 4 2 7 14 16 7 3 1 3 8 8 6 1 1 4 6 8 -2 14
14 Shaanxi Chang'an 12 4 2 6 12 16 7 3 1 3 9 7 5 1 1 3 3 9 -4 14
15 Liaoning Kaixin 12 3 3 6 12 17 6 1 1 4 7 11 6 2 2 2 5 6 -5 12
16 Shanghai Shenxin 13 2 1 10 13 34 7 1 1 5 5 14 6 1 0 5 8 20 -21 7

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