Beijing Guoan vs Shanghai Shenhua: Soccer match preview

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Competition: China PR Super League
Competition: Fri 26.August
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Mokpo International Football Center Main (5952 seats)

A highly important game in Super League as both contenders are fighting for the top league positions. With Beijing Guoan in 6th place and Shanghai Shenhua at 5th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Beijing Guoan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Shanghai Shenhua have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Shanghai Shenhua have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Beijing Guoan have less rest than Shanghai Shenhua in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Super League game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Guangzhou R&F, was also a home game here at Mokpo International Football Center Main. The away team is better rested.

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Beijing Guoan form and stats

The story so far in the Super League for Beijing Guoan at their home stadium (Mokpo International Football Center Main) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

A nice win for Beijing last time playing, versus Guangzhou R&F. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Zhang scoring for the victors. Midfielder Kang was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.02 (out of ten) in that game. Kang served one assist, hit one key pass and had 26 successful passes (of 29 total).

A strong away win before that one, visiting Wuhan Zall and winning 4-1.

Beijing Guoan are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. Beijing Guoan are not conceding a lot of goals here at Mokpo International Football Center Main in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 6 matches.

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Shanghai Shenhua form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Shanghai Shenhua's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Tianjin Teda that finished 1-1.

A loss against Chengdu Qianbao was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Shanghai are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far. In the opposite end, Shanghai Shenhua have conceded 8 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Beijing Guoan-Shanghai Shenhua H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Beijing Guoan six wins, Shanghai Shenhua two wins, two draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

BeijingY. Zhang
Y. Zhang
8 goals
Shanghai ShenhuaJ. Zhu
J. Zhu
5 goals
Shanghai ShenhuaY. Cao
Y. Cao
3 goals

Beijing Guoan missing players

Shanghai Shenhua missing players

Beijing Guoan Shanghai Shenhua
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 6 1 Played P 1 5 13
6 3 0 Won W 0 2 6
4 2 1 Drew D 0 2 5
4 1 0 Lost L 1 1 2
21 7 0 Scored S 2 9 18
20 3 0 Conceded C 4 8 13
86% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
71% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 77%
64% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 31%
36% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 60% 23%
29% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 20% 8%
64% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 54%
29% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 38%
21% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 15%
 
5.3 7.5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 6 3.8 4.2
4 4.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5 3.8
1.8 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 2.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
14 15.3 23 Shots (avg) S ( 9 13.4 12.5
5 5.8 10 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.4 2.5
30% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 53% 55%
 
12.1 11.7 11 Shots against (avg) S A 15 9 8.6
4.2 3.7 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 3.2 2.6
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Beijing Guoan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Beijing Guoan have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Shanghai Shenhua have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Shanghai Shenhua have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Shanghai Shenhua haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wuhan Three Towns 14 13 1 0 46 8 6 6 0 0 27 4 8 7 1 0 19 4 38 40
2 Shandong Luneng 14 12 0 2 31 9 6 6 0 0 14 1 8 6 0 2 17 8 22 36
3 Henan Jianye 14 8 3 3 28 15 8 5 1 2 20 11 6 3 2 1 8 4 13 27
4 Meizhou Hakka 14 6 5 3 18 13 8 4 2 2 14 10 6 2 3 1 4 3 5 23
5 Shanghai Shenhua 13 6 5 2 18 13 8 4 3 1 9 5 5 2 2 1 9 8 5 23
6 Beijing Guoan 14 6 4 4 21 20 6 3 2 1 7 3 8 3 2 3 14 17 1 22
7 Shanghai SIPG 13 6 3 4 14 11 7 3 2 2 7 5 6 3 1 2 7 6 3 21
8 Chengdu Qianbao 14 5 6 3 16 14 5 1 3 1 7 7 9 4 3 2 9 7 2 21
9 Hangzhou 12 5 4 3 16 10 5 3 1 1 6 1 7 2 3 2 10 9 6 19
10 Tianjin Teda 14 5 4 5 21 18 7 2 2 3 9 8 7 3 2 2 12 10 3 19
11 Wuhan Zall 14 5 2 7 20 26 7 2 2 3 11 15 7 3 0 4 9 11 -6 17
12 Changchun Yatai 13 3 7 3 23 21 5 1 3 1 7 5 8 2 4 2 16 16 2 16
13 Shenzhen 13 5 1 7 16 23 6 3 0 3 8 8 7 2 1 4 8 15 -7 16
14 Dalian Yifang 12 2 5 5 13 20 7 1 3 3 7 12 5 1 2 2 6 8 -7 11
15 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 13 2 4 7 9 20 7 1 3 3 5 8 6 1 1 4 4 12 -11 10
16 Guangzhou Evergrande 13 3 0 10 10 21 7 2 0 5 7 8 6 1 0 5 3 13 -11 9
17 Guangzhou R&F 14 1 0 13 9 35 7 0 0 7 3 22 7 1 0 6 6 13 -26 3
18 Hebei CFFC 14 1 0 13 9 41 9 1 0 8 7 30 5 0 0 5 2 11 -32 3

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The Chinese Football Association Super League, usually known as the Chinese Super League, is the highest level of football in China. It was founded in 2004 as a rebranding of the former top division. It has16 teams meeting each other home and away for a total of 30 fixtures in a season running from March to November.