The Super League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Hebei CFFC and Shanghai Shenhua are placed 3rd and 2nd respectively.
- Hebei CFFC have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have the most points from losing position (4) in Super League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Shanghai Shenhua have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Hebei CFFC form and stats
0-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Hebei CFFC so far this season.
Hebei are confident in defense, having played 211 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A strong away win for Hebei against Tianjin Teda the last match, as Hongbo Yin were on target. Before that match, a win away at Dalian Professional.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Hebei CFFC at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
Shanghai played 1-1 against Shanghai SIPG in their previous match. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Wuhan Zall at their stadium, the result 3-1.
The draw against Shanghai SIPG came from a losing position. The Shanghai manager K. Choi brought on Christian Bassogog as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
3 goals so far away for Shanghai Shenhua, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Hebei-Shanghai Shenhua H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Hebei CFFC four wins, Shanghai Shenhua five wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  H. Yin 2 goals |   C. Mougang Bassogog 2 goals | M. Amaral Alves 1 goals |
Hebei CFFC missing players
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
| Hebei CFFC | Shanghai Shenhua | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 14.7 |
| 2.7 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 33% |
- Hebei CFFC have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have the most points from losing position (4) in Super League
| Hebei CFFC | Last season | Shanghai Shenhua | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 32 | 20 | Scored | S | 7 | 25 | ||
| 44 | 15 | Conceded | C | 6 | 20 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 90% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 65% | ||
| 75% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 30% | ||
| 70% | 70% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 30% | ||
| 20% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | ||
| 65% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 45% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 45% | ||
| 15% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 30% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10.8 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 11.3 | ||
| 4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 40% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 33% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Hebei CFFC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Changchun Yatai | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Beijing Guoan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 6 | Wuhan Zall | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 7 | Tianjin Teda | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 1 |
| 8 | Dalian Professional | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
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