The football year has been a rollercoaster for these contenders so far, boom and bust leading to mid-table spots so far. Clear the decks for Hangzhou - Shenzhen!
- Hangzhou have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Super League
- Shenzhen have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in Super League
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Shenzhen, who are travelling more than 1200 kilometers to play this game.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Hangzhou form and stats
Hangzhou have played 4 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The Hangzhou fans enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Beijing Guoan and win 3-2. The victory against Beijing Guoan came after Zheng'ao's winning goal. The Hangzhou manager Martori was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 31st minute. Midfield player Li got a match rating of 8.42 in that game, the max score being 10. Li signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Dalian Yifang and winning 2-1.Hangzhou are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 8 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 7, drew 1 and lost 0.
Both teams to score! That has happened in 5 league matches in a row for this side. Will it happen again?
Hangzhou has scored {4 goals} so far and conceded {8 goals} from 4 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Shenzhen form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Super League for Shenzhen with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
Impressive finishing from Yuan, Acheampong and Liu secured the home win 3-2 against Meizhou Hakka in their previous game. An amazing comeback from Shenzhen last time out, trailing 0-2 before rallying an inspired fight which eventually led to Liu scoring the winning goal in the 86th minute. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Chen when Liu scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 68th minute. Acheampong, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.6. Acheampong scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Prior to that match, the Shenzhen manager Chen faced defeat when travelling to Shandong Luneng and losing 0-3.For Shenzhen, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Data for the preceeding ten meetings between these two squads are: five wins for Hangzhou, two draws and three wins for Shenzhen. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Opoku Acheampong 4 goals |   F. Andrijašević 1 goals |  S. Pei 1 goals |
Hangzhou missing players
Shenzhen missing players
| Hangzhou | Shenzhen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | 4 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 70% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 60% |
| 20% | 25% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 30% |
| 10% | 25% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 70% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 70% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 30% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 30% |
| 4.3 | 4.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.3 | 4.9 |
| 5.6 | 5.8 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6 | 4.5 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.3 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.5 | 12.2 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2 | 9.3 | 10.2 |
| 4.5 | 3.5 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.3 |
| 27% | 29% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 36% |
| 13.3 | 12.2 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 17 | 14.1 |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 7.7 | 4.9 |
- All of Hangzhou's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Shenzhen's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hangzhou have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Hangzhou have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Super League
- Hangzhou haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Shenzhen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Shenzhen have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Super League
- Shenzhen have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in Super League
- Shenzhen have the most points from losing position (8) in Super League
- Shenzhen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Shenzhen have yet to win a game away.
- Shenzhen 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 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 23 |
| 2 | Chengdu Qianbao | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Tianjin Teda | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Changchun Yatai | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Wuhan Three Towns | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | Beijing Guoan | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
| 8 | Shandong Luneng | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 14 |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 10 | Shenzhen | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 11 |
| 11 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 10 |
| 12 | Meizhou Hakka | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 9 |
| 13 | Henan Jianye | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Qingdao Jonoon | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 15 | Dalian Yifang | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 16 | Nantong Zhiyun | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 6 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
