Shanghai SIPG manager Leko looking for maximum points from Guangzhou Evergrande trip

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Competition: China PR Super League
Competition: Fri 08.July
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Tianhe Stadium (54856 seats)

Super League: Guangzhou Evergrande are 10 points behind Shanghai SIPG, but are driven to go all in. Let's go!

Insights:
  • Guangzhou Evergrande have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Shanghai SIPG have scored more than double the goals of Guangzhou Evergrande.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Shanghai SIPG, who are travelling more than 1400 kilometers to play this game.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Guangzhou Evergrande form and stats

1 victory, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Guangzhou Evergrande have to build on here at Tianhe Stadium in the Super League. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Evergrande to get some points in this home game.

The supporters are hoping that Guangzhou Evergrande will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Wuhan Yangtze (placed 8th). The result 1-2 has occurred to the home team three league matches in a row! Defender Browning got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.33/10. Browning hit one key pass and won 9 of 11 duels.

Ahead of that match, Evergrande lost 1-2 at home to Wuhan Three Towns.

No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Guangzhou Evergrande had similar winning odds as today, and found 7 games. In these, the hosts won 0, drew 0 and lost 7. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Guangzhou Evergrande lost 4 similar games by at least two goals.

Guangzhou Evergrande are traveling soon after this match as the Super League match at Hebei CFFC awaits in three days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Evergrande here at Tianhe Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 4 games).

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Shanghai SIPG form and stats

Playing away, Shanghai SIPG have won 2 games, drawn 0 and suffered 2 defeats in the Super League this season.

Lyu and Zhurun scored in Shanghai SIPG's previous match, the home game against Hebei CFFC that ended 2-1. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Leko when Zhurun scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 75th minute. Midfielder Oscar was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.94. Oscar served one assist, hit eight key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 34 successful passes (of 40 total).

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Shanghai Shenhua.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Wuhan Three Towns in just four days.

Shanghai SIPG find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. 5 goals have been conceded by Shanghai in these games.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have battled before this season: Shanghai SIPG - Guangzhou Evergrande 1-0. Last ten meetings with these teams: Guangzhou Evergrande won three, Shanghai SIPG triumphed in six and we saw one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Shanghai SIPGP. Ndiaye
P. Ndiaye
4 goals
Guangzhou EvergrandeD. Yan
D. Yan
1 goals

Guangzhou Evergrande missing players

Shanghai SIPG missing players

Guangzhou Evergrande Shanghai SIPG
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 1 4 8
1 1 0 Won W 1 2 4
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
7 3 1 Lost L 0 2 3
4 2 0 Scored S 2 5 9
15 4 1 Conceded C 0 5 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 25% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 75%
50% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 38%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
38% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
12% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 25% 25%
50% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 25%
 
3 3.8 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.5 6.1
4.6 3.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.8 2.9
2.4 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.8 1.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7.9 8.5 8 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.2 10.5
2.2 2.2 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.8 3
22% 22% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 45% 38%
 
11.6 9.8 10 Shots against (avg) S A 3 12 10.8
4.6 3.2 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.8 3.4
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Shanghai SIPG's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Guangzhou Evergrande have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Guangzhou Evergrande have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Guangzhou Evergrande haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Shanghai SIPG have created more than twice as many corners as Guangzhou Evergrande.
  • Shanghai SIPG have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Shanghai SIPG have scored more than double the goals of Guangzhou Evergrande.
  • Shanghai SIPG have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • 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 8 7 1 0 27 6 4 4 0 0 17 3 4 3 1 0 10 3 21 22
2 Shandong Luneng 8 6 0 2 14 6 5 5 0 0 12 0 3 1 0 2 2 6 8 18
3 Henan Jianye 8 5 2 1 15 6 3 2 1 0 9 4 5 3 1 1 6 2 9 17
4 Shanghai Shenhua 8 5 2 1 14 8 4 3 1 0 7 2 4 2 1 1 7 6 6 17
5 Beijing Guoan 8 4 3 1 14 9 4 2 1 1 6 3 4 2 2 0 8 6 5 15
6 Meizhou Hakka 8 3 4 1 11 7 4 2 2 0 8 4 4 1 2 1 3 3 4 13
7 Shanghai SIPG 8 4 1 3 9 8 4 2 1 1 4 3 4 2 0 2 5 5 1 13
8 Wuhan Yangtze 8 4 0 4 9 11 4 2 0 2 6 7 4 2 0 2 3 4 -2 12
9 Changchun Yatai 8 2 5 1 11 10 4 1 3 0 6 3 4 1 2 1 5 7 1 11
10 Tianjin Teda 8 3 2 3 10 9 4 1 1 2 4 5 4 2 1 1 6 4 1 11
11 Dalian Yifang 8 2 4 2 11 11 4 1 2 1 5 5 4 1 2 1 6 6 0 10
12 Shenzhen 8 3 1 4 11 13 4 2 0 2 6 5 4 1 1 2 5 8 -2 10
13 Hangzhou 8 2 3 3 9 9 3 1 1 1 2 1 5 1 2 2 7 8 0 9
14 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 8 1 4 3 6 11 4 0 3 1 2 4 4 1 1 2 4 7 -5 7
15 Chengdu Qianbao 8 0 6 2 6 9 4 0 3 1 5 6 4 0 3 1 1 3 -3 6
16 Guangzhou Evergrande 8 1 0 7 4 15 4 1 0 3 2 4 4 0 0 4 2 11 -11 3
17 Hebei CFFC 8 1 0 7 5 20 4 1 0 3 3 10 4 0 0 4 2 10 -15 3
18 Guangzhou R&F 8 0 0 8 4 22 5 0 0 5 3 14 3 0 0 3 1 8 -18 0

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The Chinese Football Association Super League, usually known as the Chinese Super League, is the highest level of football in China. It was founded in 2004 as a rebranding of the former top division. It has16 teams meeting each other home and away for a total of 30 fixtures in a season running from March to November.