Hebei CFFC supporters put their faith in manager Xie Feng to deliver victory against Shanghai Shenhua

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.

It's quite the trip for Shanghai Shenhua when visiting Hebei CFFC as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.

Hebei CFFC form and stats

Hebei CFFC's struggle is real here at Langfang City Sports Center with only 8 points collected from 8 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 2-2-4.

The points were shared in Hebei CFFC's previous game, also at home. Visiting Shenzhen travelled back with a point after a 1-1 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Hebei CFFC lost 0-2 at home to Wuhan Zall.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Hebei CFFC have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found one game) they have won 1 time, drawn 0 and lost 0.

Hebei CFFC are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 9 goals in 8 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Hebei CFFC defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Shanghai Shenhua form and stats

There's been little loot from Shanghai Shenhua's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games. Shanghai Shenhua only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.

Two away games in a row for Shanghai Shenhua, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Shanghai SIPG in the Super League. Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Guangzhou Evergrande.

Shanghai Shenhua are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of four matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Henan Jianye in just four days.

Shanghai Shenhua have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, 9 away games. As opposed to that, Shanghai Shenhua have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Shanghai Shenhua - Hebei CFFC 1-2. Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Hebei CFFC, 1 draw and 3 wins for Shanghai Shenhua. Over 2,5 goals: 6 times; under 2,5 goals: 1 game.

Top Goalscorers

O. Ighalo 7 goals

Dong Xuesheng 5 goals / 1 assists

G. Moreno 5 goals / 1 assists

Hebei CFFC missing players

Shanghai Shenhua missing players