This promises to be yet another entertaining battle at Tianhe Stadium in the Super League. Guangzhou Evergrande is in 3rd place and welcome Shanghai SIPG in 2nd spot. Read about the fixture here!
- Guangzhou Evergrande have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Super League
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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.
Guangzhou Evergrande form and stats
0 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what Guangzhou Evergrande have to build on here at Tianhe Stadium in the Super League.
Evergrande are returning here after visiting Changchun Yatai in a Super League game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Deng and Yang scored the goal(s). Defender Zhong got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.03/10. Zhong hit one key pass and won 8 of 10 duels.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Hebei CFFC that ended 1-1.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Beijing Guoan are coming to town in four days.
Guangzhou Evergrande has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Shanghai SIPG form and stats
The visitors are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
The manager Leko was unhappy after their last game, a Super League match played at their home ground Shanghai Stadium. Shanghai suffered a 0-2 loss to Shandong Luneng (placed 1st). Midfield player Wang was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.05/10. Wang had 41 successful passes (of 44 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Guangzhou R&F.A quick return to home after this game, as Shanghai are hosting Shenzhen in the Super League only four days away.
It's early days yet, but Shanghai SIPG has scored 3 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Guangzhou Evergrande-Shanghai SIPG H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Evergrande three wins, Shanghai SIPG six wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. de Oliveira Cardoso 11 goals |  R. Goulart Pereira 7 goals |   W. Lü 7 goals |
Guangzhou Evergrande missing players
Shanghai SIPG missing players
| Guangzhou Evergrande | Shanghai SIPG | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 42 | 22 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 17 | 34 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 65% |
| 53% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 47% |
| 41% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 29% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 53% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 35% |
| 35% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 53% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 5.2 | 6.1 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| 3.2 | 2.4 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
| 2.1 | 1.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15.1 | 15.6 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 12.9 | 12.4 |
| 5.6 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| 44% | 55% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 46% | 45% |
| 8.6 | 8 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 9.6 | 10.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
- All of Guangzhou Evergrande's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Guangzhou Evergrande have not yet lost a game at home.
- Guangzhou Evergrande have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Guangzhou Evergrande have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Guangzhou Evergrande have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Guangzhou Evergrande have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Super League
- Guangzhou Evergrande have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Super League
- Guangzhou Evergrande have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Guangzhou Evergrande haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shanghai SIPG have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shanghai SIPG have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest points from losing position (0) 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 | Shandong Luneng | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 42 |
| 2 | Shanghai SIPG | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 34 |
| 3 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 34 |
| 4 | Changchun Yatai | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| 5 | Shenzhen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 27 |
| 7 | Guangzhou R&F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | Hebei CFFC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 24 |