Having a 12 point advantage in the league table, Cangzhou Mighty Lions fans aim to see their side earn max points from this match versus Shenzhen.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Shenzhen have the most conceded goals (51) in Super League
Shenzhen have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Both squads have had sufficient rest since their last competitive action. Let's trust this will be an energetic match!
Cangzhou Mighty Lions form and stats
The story so far in the Super League for Cangzhou Mighty Lions at their home stadium (Jinzhou Stadium) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
A good away victory last time out for Cangzhou Mighty Lions, who won 2-1 against Nantong Zhiyun (placed 14th). Midfield player Lin got a match rating of 8.43 in that game, the max score being 10. Lin signed up for two assists and hit five key passes.
Prior to that, an away loss at Shanghai SIPG.Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 14 most recent league games reveals that 11 of them had goals from both teams.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Cangzhou as they have a new game in only four days, a Super League match thankfully also at home. Dalian Professional are visiting.
The Cangzhou Mighty Lions fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. Cangzhou have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Shenzhen form and stats
There's been little loot from Shenzhen's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 9 away games in the Super League. Shenzhen only have 0 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws.
Shenzhen lost away at Henan Jianye (1-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Defender Guoliang was the best team player with a rating of 7.14. Guoliang scored one goal and won 5 of 12 duels.
A 3-3 draw at Tianjin Teda's stadium before that.The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played 7 away matches before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with 0 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats. 5 games were lost by at least two goals margin.
Goal alert! This team have played 11 consecutive league fixtures all having at least three goals (over 2.5 goals).
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Super League trip to Shanghai Shenhua.
The attacking power of Shenzhen when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. There are big problems for the Shenzhen defense as they have conceded 30 goals in 9 away games.
Head 2 Head
Cangzhou Mighty Lions and Shenzhen have duelled previously this season: Shenzhen - Cangzhou Mighty Lions 0-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Cangzhou Mighty Lions wins - draws - Shenzhen wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Locadia 7 goals |  D. Owusu Sekyere 6 goals |  O. Taty Maritu 5 goals |
Cangzhou Mighty Lions missing players
Shenzhen missing players
| Cangzhou Mighty Lions | Shenzhen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 23 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 19 |
| 30 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 12 | 30 | 51 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 47% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 89% | 79% |
| 16% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 67% | 53% |
| 16% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 56% | 37% |
| 74% | 70% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 56% | 63% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 21% | 30% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 44% | 37% |
| 5.3 | 6.2 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.3 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
| 5.6 | 5.7 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.2 | 5.4 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 11.4 | 12.3 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2.3 | 6.9 | 8.5 |
| 4.1 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.7 | 2.6 | 3.1 |
| 29% | 28% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 35% | 33% |
| 14.1 | 13.5 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 22 | 19.7 | 17.6 |
| 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9.3 | 8.1 | 6.4 |
- All of Shenzhen's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shenzhen have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Shenzhen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Shenzhen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Shenzhen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shenzhen have the most conceded goals (30) away in Super League
- Shenzhen have the most conceded goals (51) in Super League
- Shenzhen have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Super League
- Shenzhen have the most conceded goals in the second half (30) in Super League
- Shenzhen have the the worst goal difference (-22) away in Super League
- Shenzhen have the the worst goal difference (-32) in Super League
- Shenzhen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Shenzhen have yet to win a game away.
- Shenzhen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shenzhen is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 26 | 46 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 35 |
| 3 | Chengdu Qianbao | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 33 |
| 4 | Tianjin Teda | 19 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 30 |
| 5 | Shandong Luneng | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 29 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 28 |
| 7 | Hangzhou | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 28 |
| 8 | Wuhan Three Towns | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 27 |
| 9 | Changchun Yatai | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 27 |
| 10 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 24 |
| 11 | Meizhou Hakka | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -6 | 19 |
| 12 | Henan Jianye | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 19 |
| 13 | Qingdao Jonoon | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -2 | 16 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -11 | 14 |
| 15 | Dalian Professional | 19 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -11 | 12 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 30 | -32 | 12 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
