Season ticket holders at Jinzhou Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Henan Jianye languishing in the 6th position so far. The guesting Shanghai Shenhua will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
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 time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Shanghai Shenhua, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.
Henan Jianye form and stats
Henan Jianye have played three Super League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
No payout for Jianye in their previous match, an away game at Shandong Luneng that ended in defeat 1-2. Before that game, the home loss against Guangzhou Evergrande with the scoreline 1-3.
A decent goal production from Henan Jianye in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. As for conceded goals, Jianye's unpleasant statistic is 8 goals surrendered.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
It's gone fairly well in the Super League away games so far for Shanghai Shenhua with six points collected from three matches. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Shanghai are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
The manager K. Choi was unhappy after their last game, a Super League match played at their home ground Hongkou Stadium. Shanghai suffered a 2-3 loss to Guangzhou R&F (placed 5th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Jiangsu Suning with the score of 1-0.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Shanghai as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Jianye won three, Shanghai Shenhua won three and four draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Moreno Cardona 11 goals |   F. Ohandza Zoa 10 goals |
Henan Jianye missing players
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
| Henan Jianye | Shanghai Shenhua | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 12 | 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 67% |
| 67% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 67% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 17% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 4.7 | 5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 4 | 4.7 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 3.7 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | 38 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 37 | 70 |
| 23 | 11 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| 39% | 45% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 50% |
- All of Henan Jianye's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Henan Jianye has the most conceded goals (8) at home
- Henan Jianye has the most conceded goals in the second half (9)
- Henan Jianye has the most points from losing position (4)
- Henan Jianye have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Henan Jianye have scored in all their matches so far.
- Henan Jianye have yet to win a game at home.
- Henan Jianye haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 15 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Jiangsu Suning | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | Guangzhou R&F | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 7 |
| 6 | Shenzhen | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 7 | Henan Jianye | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 8 | Dalian Professional | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 2 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)