Guangzhou R&F look forward to clash heads with Shanghai SIPG in this Super League fixture. Everything you can learn about the match is located right here!
- Guangzhou R&F have the fewest clean sheets (2) at home in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Super League
It's quite the trip for Shanghai SIPG when visiting Guangzhou as the cities are 1400 kilometers apart.
It's no vacation for neither Guangzhou nor Shanghai SIPG as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Guangzhou R&F form and stats
Only two Super League home games for Guangzhou R&F so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Guangzhou R&F lost their last game at Changchun Yatai (placed 4th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Guangzhou's goalkeeper Han was extremely busy against Changchun Yatai, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. Midfielder Fan was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.31 (out of ten) in that game. Fan hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 35 successful passes (of 40 total).
A 1-1 draw away before that, with Hebei CFFC the opponent.Guangzhou are traveling soon after this match as the Super League match at Beijing Guoan awaits in two days.
Early season league goal statistics from Guangzhou R&F's 2 home games: 5 goals, 2 conceded.
Shanghai SIPG form and stats
Four points from two away games for Shanghai SIPG, meaning one draw and one victory in the Super League so far.
Shanghai SIPG go into this game after a win, the home game against Shenzhen that ended 3-1. Attacker Oscar got a player rating of 9.2 in the game. "Man of the match" Oscar scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Guangzhou Evergrande.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only two days as another away game awaits: The Super League trip to Shandong Luneng.
It's early days yet, but Shanghai SIPG has scored 3 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
These competitors have fought earlier this season: Shanghai SIPG - Guangzhou R&F 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Guangzhou wins - draws - Shanghai SIPG wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Cardona Agudelo 7 goals | T. De Leonco 7 goals |   W. Lü 7 goals |
Guangzhou R&F missing players
Shanghai SIPG missing players
| Guangzhou R&F | Shanghai SIPG | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 28 | 19 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 17 | 37 |
| 27 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 84% |
| 74% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 63% |
| 47% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 47% |
| 42% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 32% |
| 21% | 44% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 16% |
| 53% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 37% |
| 32% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 53% |
| 26% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 26% |
| 3.7 | 3.6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 7.1 | 6.9 |
| 5.6 | 4.3 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 1.8 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 9.4 | 10.6 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 12.8 | 12.6 |
| 3.6 | 4.4 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 41% | 48% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 45% | 43% |
| 14.1 | 13.7 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 8.9 | 10.4 |
| 5.9 | 6.1 | 9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
- Guangzhou R&F have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Guangzhou R&F have the fewest clean sheets (2) at home in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 48 |
| 2 | Shanghai SIPG | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 38 |
| 3 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 38 |
| 4 | Changchun Yatai | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 35 |
| 5 | Shenzhen | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 29 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -6 | 28 |
| 7 | Guangzhou R&F | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 25 |
| 8 | Hebei CFFC | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -10 | 25 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
