Shanghai SIPG travel to Hebei CFFC and Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium packed with optimism, but the home team are no pushover. More news on the game here!
- Hebei CFFC have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the most scored goals (25) in Super League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Hebei and Shanghai SIPG.
It's quite the trip for Shanghai SIPG when visiting Hebei as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
Hebei CFFC form and stats
Hebei CFFC are steadily winning Super League games and points here at Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium. 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 6 games.
Hebei CFFC haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 320 minutes ago. Yin Hongbo scored that one.
Hebei CFFC faced defeat in their previous match, away at Changchun Yatai (0-3). Midfield player Ole Selnaes got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, the max score being 10. Selnaes hit two key passes and had 73 successful passes (of 86 total). Hebei's goalkeeper Yaxiong Bao was extremely busy against Changchun Yatai, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.
In the match before that, Hebei hosted Beijing Guoan and drew the game 0-0.Hebei are traveling soon after this match as the Super League match at Wuhan Zall awaits in three days.
The Hebei fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. Hebei have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Shanghai SIPG form and stats
The visitors are W2-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
The Shanghai goalkeeper Junling Yan is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 184 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Shanghai go into this game after a win, the home game against Wuhan Zall that ended 3-0. Midfield player Wenjun Lyu was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.83/10. Lyu scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 35 successful passes (of 43 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 5-0 at Dalian Professional.A new game in only three days for Shanghai SIPG, the Super League home match versus Tianjin Teda. Busy days.
The Shanghai manager I. Leko has got the team scoring on the road, with 14 away goals in 6 league matches. It's not easy to score on Shanghai as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Shanghai SIPG - Hebei 1-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hebei one win, two draws and Shanghai SIPG seven victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  W. Lü 6 goals |  R. Lopes Pereira 4 goals |   H. Yin 3 goals |
Hebei CFFC missing players
Shanghai SIPG missing players
| Hebei CFFC | Shanghai SIPG | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 14 | 25 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 42% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 42% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 58% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 5 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 7.3 | 7.2 |
| 6.1 | 7.3 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| 2.3 | 2.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.8 | 10.5 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 13 | 13 |
| 3.7 | 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 23% | 28% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 54% | 48% |
- Hebei CFFC have not yet lost a game at home.
- Hebei CFFC have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Super League
- Hebei CFFC have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shanghai SIPG have scored more than double the goals of Hebei CFFC.
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the most clean sheets (7) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the most scored goals (14) away in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the most scored goals (25) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the most scored goals in the first half (11) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the most scored goals in the second half (14) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the the best goal difference (+19) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the the best goal difference (+9) away 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 | Shanghai SIPG | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 25 |
| 2 | Changchun Yatai | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Hebei CFFC | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | Beijing Guoan | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 18 |
| 6 | Tianjin Teda | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -12 | 9 |
| 7 | Wuhan Zall | 12 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -9 | 7 |
| 8 | Dalian Professional | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -14 | 7 |
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