It's only five days since Changchun Yatai fought Meizhou Hakka and the result was 1-0. Can they get the points hosting Shanghai Shenhua?
- Shanghai Shenhua have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These teams have little in common geographically as Shanghai Shenhua have to travel 2000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Changchun Yatai and Shanghai Shenhua should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Changchun Yatai form and stats
The complete Super League statistics playing at home this season for Changchun Yatai are 4-4-5 (wins-draws-losses).
Changchun's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Meizhou Hakka (placed 9th). The home side are looking to build on that result. At last, a league victory after three fixtures without one. Defender Okore got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.43/10. Okore won 5 of 6 duels.
Preceding that match was the home game against Beijing Guoan that was lost 0-1.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Changchun Yatai as they are travelling to their away game against Chengdu Rongcheng in the Super League. That match is four days after this one.
Early season league goal statistics from Changchun Yatai's 13 home games: {13 goals}, 13 conceded.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
4 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Shanghai Shenhua playing as the away team in the Super League this season.
Home advantage was not enough for Shanghai in their previous game as they lost hosting Shijiazhuang Ever Bright, 1-2. Until that defeat this club had won at least a draw from nine league games in a row. Jiang, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.2. Jiang hit one key pass and won 9 of 11 duels.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Guangzhou R&F.Low on goals? 9 of this club's last 12 league rounds have had zero, one or two goals.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Super League trip to Shandong Luneng.
The travelling fans enjoy Shanghai Shenhua's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 9 league matches away. As opposed to that, Shanghai Shenhua have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these teams get together this season, as the records show this recent game: Shanghai Shenhua - Changchun 0-0. Head to head statistics (for the last ten meetings): Changchun Yatai won three games, four matches ended in a draw and Shanghai Shenhua have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven. The games between these clubs have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Figueiredo Pinto Júnior 9 goals |   J. Zhu 7 goals |  L. Tan 6 goals |
Changchun Yatai missing players
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
| Changchun Yatai | Shanghai Shenhua | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 22 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 31 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 14 | 29 |
| 30 | 13 | 9 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 19 |
| 82% | 85% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 91% |
| 64% | 54% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 73% |
| 50% | 31% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 32% |
| 36% | 15% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 18% | 15% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 5% |
| 55% | 46% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 55% |
| 32% | 38% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 41% |
| 32% | 31% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 14% |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 4.6 | 4.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.1 | 4.5 |
| 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10.8 | 9.7 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 9.7 | 10.3 |
| 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 42% | 34% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 58% | 47% |
| 12.3 | 11.9 | 15.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9.9 | 9.2 |
| 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
- Shanghai Shenhua have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shanghai Shenhua have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 63 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 45 | 53 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 30 | 50 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 41 |
| 4 | Shanghai SIPG | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 40 |
| 5 | Henan Jianye | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 40 |
| 6 | Hangzhou | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 39 |
| 7 | Beijing Guoan | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 37 |
| 8 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 35 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 33 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 29 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 29 |
| 12 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -5 | 25 |
| 13 | Shenzhen | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 42 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -18 | 24 |
| 14 | Dalian Yifang | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 22 |
| 15 | Guangzhou R&F | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -18 | 18 |
| 16 | Wuhan Zall | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -21 | 17 |
| 17 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 26 | -24 | 12 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 23 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 71 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 32 | -59 | 3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
