Cangzhou Mighty Lions have fought quite a few losing battles for points this league season. Will the gang get some sugar when Shanghai SIPG stop by Dalian Sports Center?
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Shanghai SIPG 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.
These are busy days for the host team, as they had a game only four days ago in the Super League. This match was also played here at Dalian Sports Center. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Shanghai SIPG have had more rest.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions form and stats
With 1 Super League win, 4 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Cangzhou Mighty Lions are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions suffered a surprising defeat 1-2 against Changchun Yatai in their previous outing, also played at home. The defeat against Changchun Yatai was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored two minutes into stoppage time (by Serginho). Midfielder Lin was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.24 (out of ten) in that game. Lin hit four key passes and had 46 successful passes (of 55 total).
In the match before that, Cangzhou Mighty Lions hosted Hangzhou and drew the game 1-1.Cangzhou aren't scoring a lot here at Dalian Sports Center in the league, with only 7 goals from 9 games. Cangzhou Mighty Lions's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Shanghai SIPG form and stats
As the visiting team in Super League matches, Shanghai SIPG have produced an overall stat of 3-1-2 so far.
Shanghai SIPG are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the match against Tianjin Teda (placed 11th). The end of the last match, against Tianjin Teda, was very satisfying as Zhang scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfield player Zhang was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.65/10. Zhang scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Hangzhou.Low-scoring game? 11 of this team's most recent 14 league fixtures have seen zero, one or two goals.
Shanghai SIPG have another fixture that requires travelling in just four nights, a Super League fixture against Henan Jianye. A back-breaking diary for them!
Shanghai have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 7 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Shanghai SIPG have avoided a loss in the last 5 games (4-1-0) against Cangzhou Mighty Lions.Top Goalscorers
  P. Ndiaye 5 goals |   O. Taty Maritu 3 goals |  W. Lü 3 goals |
Cangzhou Mighty Lions missing players
Shanghai SIPG missing players
| Cangzhou Mighty Lions | Shanghai SIPG | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 93% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 87% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 83% | 64% |
| 33% | 22% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 21% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 53% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 43% |
| 13% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 33% | 36% |
| 40% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 2.5 | 2.8 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| 5.9 | 5.4 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7.9 | 8.1 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 10.7 | 10.9 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| 31% | 32% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 32% | 32% |
| 14.9 | 15.7 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 11 | 9.6 |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Shanghai SIPG have created more than twice as many corners as Cangzhou Mighty Lions.
- Shanghai SIPG have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shanghai SIPG 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 | Wuhan Three Towns | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 42 | 43 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 23 | 39 |
| 3 | Henan Jianye | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 30 |
| 4 | Meizhou Hakka | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Shanghai Shenhua | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Shanghai SIPG | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 24 |
| 7 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 24 |
| 8 | Hangzhou | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 23 |
| 9 | Beijing Guoan | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Changchun Yatai | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 19 |
| 11 | Tianjin Teda | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 19 |
| 12 | Wuhan Zall | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 17 |
| 13 | Shenzhen | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 16 |
| 14 | Dalian Professional | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -9 | 12 |
| 15 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 11 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -12 | 10 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 15 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -27 | 3 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 15 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | -35 | 3 |
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