A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and 12th place in the table will show on the pitch.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Guangzhou Evergrande and Shanghai Shenhua.
Shanghai Shenhua have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1400 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Guangzhou Evergrande form and stats
30 points is a decent return from 14 Super League games here at Tianhe Stadium for Guangzhou Evergrande, who have the most scored goals (65) in Super League,. The data says 9 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses.
A good away victory last time out for Guangzhou Evergrande, who won 3-1 against Hebei CFFC (placed 13th). Ahead of that match, Guangzhou Evergrande won a home game hosting Shanghai SIPG (2-0).
The Guangzhou Evergrande fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 25 goals in 14 league matches. Guangzhou Evergrande are not conceding a lot of goals here at Tianhe Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 14 matches.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
Shanghai Shenhua have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Super League, after 3-4-7 (14 played). Three has not been a lucky number for Shanghai Shenhua as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Dalian Yifang match.
Shanghai Shenhua failed to get anything from their last game, a Super League home match vs Jiangsu Suning (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 1-3. Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Beijing Guoan.
Shanghai Shenhua have scored 18 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Shanghai Shenhua have conceded 21 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Shanghai Shenhua - Guangzhou Evergrande 0-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Guangzhou Evergrande 7 wins, 2 draws and Shanghai Shenhua 1 victory. As for goals, 10 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Paulinho 19 goals |  Talisca 11 goals |   G. Moreno 11 goals |
Guangzhou Evergrande missing players
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
| Guangzhou Evergrande | Shanghai Shenhua | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 22 | 9 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 65 | 25 | 11 | Scored | S | 5 | 18 | 43 |
| 24 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 21 | 54 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 79% | 71% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 79% | 86% |
| 66% | 50% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 64% | 79% |
| 38% | 21% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 41% |
| 17% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 17% |
| 48% | 43% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 79% | 76% |
| 45% | 43% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 7% | 7% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 5.3 | 7 | 6.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.4 | 5 |
| 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 435 | 234 | 73 | Total Shots | T S | 44 | 174 | 411 |
| 173 | 80 | 27 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 62 | 136 |
| 38% | 31% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 29% | 32% |
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the fewest conceded goals (10) at home
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the most clean sheets (13)
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the most scored goals (65)
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the most scored goals in the first half (28)
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the most scored goals in the second half (37)
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the the best goal difference (+41)
- Guangzhou Evergrande have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Guangzhou Evergrande have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Guangzhou Evergrande haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shanghai Shenhua haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 29 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 65 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 14 | 41 | 69 |
| 2 | Beijing Guoan | 29 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 57 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 33 | 67 |
| 3 | Shanghai SIPG | 29 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 56 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 30 | 63 |
| 4 | Shandong Luneng | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 53 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 21 | 51 |
| 5 | Jiangsu Suning | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 58 | 41 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 17 | 50 |
| 6 | Wuhan Zall | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 40 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 1 | 44 |
| 7 | Tianjin Teda | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 41 | 45 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 27 | -4 | 38 |
| 8 | Henan Jianye | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 46 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 28 | -6 | 38 |
| 9 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 27 | -9 | 36 |
| 10 | Dalian Yifang | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 51 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 31 | -9 | 35 |
| 11 | Guangzhou R&F | 29 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 54 | 71 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 32 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 39 | -17 | 32 |
| 12 | Shanghai Shenhua | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 43 | 54 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 21 | -11 | 30 |
| 13 | Hebei CFFC | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 35 | 54 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 31 | -19 | 30 |
| 14 | Tianjin Quanjian | 29 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 40 | 51 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 25 | -11 | 25 |
| 15 | Shenzhen | 29 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 28 | -20 | 21 |
| 16 | Beijing Renhe | 29 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 63 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 31 | -37 | 14 |