Receiving guests at their own home is safe and good for Cangzhou Mighty Lions, but Shanghai Shenhua are fully set and able to get all three points. What will happen?
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Shanghai Shenhua, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions form and stats
1-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Cangzhou Mighty Lions so far this season.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Wuhan Three Towns (placed 6th). The home side are looking to build on that result. At last, a league win after four fixtures without. Manager Zhao felt very clever after Owusu-Sekyere scored the winning goal against Wuhan Three Towns, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 69th minute. Midfielder Škorić was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.4 (out of ten) in that game. Škorić scored one goal and had 49 successful passes (of 57 total).
Heartbreak before that as Cangzhou Mighty Lions lost 2-6 at Beijing Guoan's place.Sports bettors should know that 8 of the latest 10 league matches from this club have seen goals scored by both teams.
Cangzhou are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. Cangzhou Mighty Lions have conceded 8 from these games.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
Playing away, Shanghai Shenhua have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 1 defeat in the Super League this season.
There were no winners in Shanghai Shenhua's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Henan Jianye (placed 13th). Midfielder Amadou was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.65. Amadou hit one key pass and had 43 successful passes (of 48 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Chengdu Qianbao wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.A tale of few goals? 8 of this side's latest 10 league fixtures have seen zero, one or two goals.
The schedule is very tough for Shanghai Shenhua now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Super League game at Qingdao Jonoon is waiting in only four days.
Shanghai has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: two - two - four (Cangzhou Mighty Lions wins - draws - Shanghai Shenhua wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Taty Maritu 4 goals |  C. Malele 4 goals |  J. Locadia 3 goals |
Cangzhou Mighty Lions missing players
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
| Cangzhou Mighty Lions | Shanghai Shenhua | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 18 | 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 60% |
| 40% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 20% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 10% |
| 20% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 80% | 80% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 60% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 40% |
| 10% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 6.4 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| 5.5 | 5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6 | 5.9 |
| 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10.8 | 13.4 | 17.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.2 | 12.3 |
| 3.4 | 4.2 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 35% | 29% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 33% | 29% |
| 14.6 | 15.4 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 10 | 11.8 |
| 5.2 | 5.8 | 7.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 4.5 |
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Super League
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shanghai Shenhua have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shanghai Shenhua have scored in all their matches so far.
- 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 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 23 |
| 2 | Chengdu Qianbao | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Tianjin Teda | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Changchun Yatai | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Wuhan Three Towns | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | Beijing Guoan | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
| 8 | Shandong Luneng | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 14 |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 10 | Shenzhen | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 11 |
| 11 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 10 |
| 12 | Meizhou Hakka | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 9 |
| 13 | Henan Jianye | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Qingdao Jonoon | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 15 | Dalian Professional | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 16 | Nantong Zhiyun | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 6 |
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