Shanghai Shenhua pay a visit to Hangzhou and Xuzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium loaded with optimism, but the host team is no weakling. More information on the match here!
- Hangzhou have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Super League
Both contenders have had a decent time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's aim for an active fixture!
Hangzhou form and stats
The story so far in the Super League for Hangzhou at their home stadium (Xuzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. There’s a good atmosphere here at Xuzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium after three straight home wins.
No payout for Hangzhou in their previous match, an away game at Cangzhou Mighty Lions that ended in defeat 1-2. Before that beating this team had gone six consecutive league games without a loss. Possignolo was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.8 out of 10. The defender Possignolo scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 5 of 9 duels.
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Meizhou Hakka.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Hangzhou have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 3 and lost 1.
Goals, goals, goals? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 10 most recent league matches with this club has contained three or more goals.
Hangzhou have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Xuzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium with 10 goals in 6 league matches. Hangzhou's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Super League. Shanghai love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Home advantage was not enough for Shanghai Shenhua in their previous game as they lost hosting Tianjin Teda, 1-2. That defeat was their first after four consecutive league games winning points. The attacker Malele got a match rating of 8.14 in that game. Malele scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Nantong Zhiyun.Low-scoring game? 11 of this side's latest 14 league matches have had two goals or less.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Super League trip to Shandong Luneng.
Shanghai Shenhua find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - four - two (Hangzhou wins - draws - Shanghai Shenhua wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Malele 6 goals |  H. Yu 3 goals |
Hangzhou missing players
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
| Hangzhou | Shanghai Shenhua | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 20 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 79% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 21% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 7% |
| 7% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 64% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 21% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 21% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 4.7 | 5.4 |
| 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.7 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13.3 | 12.7 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12 | 12.5 |
| 5.1 | 4.8 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 30% | 34% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 32% | 27% |
| 12.4 | 10.8 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3 | 10.5 | 11.4 |
| 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 4 |
- All of Hangzhou's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hangzhou have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Super League
- Hangzhou have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Super League
- Hangzhou haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Shanghai Shenhua have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shanghai Shenhua have scored in all their matches so far.
- Shanghai Shenhua have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have the most clean sheets (7) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua 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 | Shanghai SIPG | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 32 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | Chengdu Qianbao | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 27 |
| 4 | Tianjin Teda | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Shandong Luneng | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 21 |
| 6 | Changchun Yatai | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| 7 | Beijing Guoan | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Hangzhou | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 18 |
| 9 | Wuhan Three Towns | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| 10 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 11 | Henan Jianye | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 12 | Shenzhen | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -15 | 11 |
| 13 | Meizhou Hakka | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -9 | 10 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -10 | 10 |
| 15 | Qingdao Jonoon | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 9 |
| 16 | Dalian Yifang | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 9 |
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