Chengdu Rongcheng and Shanghai SIPG are both doing (very) nicely in the Super League with their 4th and 5th positions respectively. Expect a top game!
- Chengdu Rongcheng have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Super League
This could be an action-packed game with lots of fun and energy as both contenders are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!
Chengdu Rongcheng form and stats
6-6-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Chengdu Rongcheng so far this season. In general it's been a long time since Rongcheng tasted defeat here at Dujiangyan Sports Center Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last twelve home games in the league.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Chengdu Rongcheng, as their goalkeeper Yan Zhang has completely shut out the opponents for 315 minutes in the Super League.
A good away victory last time out for Chengdu Rongcheng, who won 1-0 against Henan Jianye (placed 6th). A late climax in the match against Henan Jianye as the winning goal came nine minutes into overtime; scored by Saldanha. Saldanha, a forward, was the highest rated player for the side in that fixture, scoring a rating of 7.91 (out of 10). Saldanha scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Guangzhou Evergrande in a game that was won 2-0.Chengdu Rongcheng has scored {26 goals} so far and conceded {13 goals} from 13 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Shanghai SIPG form and stats
The visitors are W7-D2-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
It's the second away game in a row for Shanghai, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Guangzhou R&F (placed 17th) last time out. Those three points felt nice as this club had gone three league games without victory. Vargas got a match rating of 9.42 in that game, top player of the team. Vargas scored one goal and hit seven key passes.
A loss against Henan Jianye was the result prior to that, in a home game.Observe that 8 of this club's 10 latest league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.
Shanghai SIPG have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 14 league away games 20 goals have been scored. Shanghai have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Shanghai SIPG - Chengdu Rongcheng 3-0 was the end result in these teams' last h2h game, played this season. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Lei with 2 goals scored against Chengdu Rongcheng in these 1 matches.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Wu 11 goals |   R. Pacheco da Silva 10 goals |  W. Lü 7 goals |
Chengdu Rongcheng missing players
Shanghai SIPG missing players
| Chengdu Rongcheng | Shanghai SIPG | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 41 | 26 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 20 | 45 |
| 26 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 15 | 25 |
| 86% | 85% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 69% | 85% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 79% | 72% |
| 45% | 62% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 45% |
| 17% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 14% | 14% |
| 10% | 23% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 45% | 62% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 45% |
| 45% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 38% |
| 24% | 15% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 21% | 21% |
| 6 | 6.8 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 6.4 | 5.6 |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14.2 | 15.5 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 13.2 | 12.5 |
| 4.7 | 5.5 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 30% | 36% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 32% | 34% |
| 8.7 | 9 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
- Chengdu Rongcheng have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Chengdu Rongcheng have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Super League
- Chengdu Rongcheng have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Shanghai SIPG have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Super League
| 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 | 29 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 83 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 49 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 8 | 58 | 68 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 28 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 68 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 44 | 65 |
| 3 | Hangzhou | 29 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 54 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 29 | 55 |
| 4 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 41 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 54 |
| 5 | Shanghai SIPG | 29 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 52 |
| 6 | Henan Jianye | 29 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 50 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 21 | 50 |
| 7 | Beijing Guoan | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 49 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 41 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 45 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 43 |
| 10 | Shanghai Shenhua | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 34 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 39 |
| 11 | Dalian Professional | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 44 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -1 | 39 |
| 12 | Changchun Yatai | 29 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 43 | 41 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 38 |
| 13 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 38 | 46 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 30 | -8 | 34 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 28 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 29 | 54 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 27 | -25 | 30 |
| 15 | Wuhan Zall | 29 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 30 | 60 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 30 | -30 | 16 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 29 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 51 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 31 | -31 | 16 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 29 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 23 | 56 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 26 | -33 | 15 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 29 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 100 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 53 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 47 | -85 | -6 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
