Season ticket holders at Dalian University Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Henan Jianye languishing in the 7th position so far. The guesting Shanghai Shenhua will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
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!
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
Three Super League home games done for Henan Jianye, who are not happy collecting 1 point from these matches.
In their previous game, the manager J. Yang led his Jianye to a defeat in the Super League match away at Shandong Luneng. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Dalian University Stadium. Preceding that match was a defeat to Guangzhou Evergrande (1-3).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Jianye as they are travelling to their away game against Jiangsu Suning in the Super League. That match is four days after this one.
Henan Jianye have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Dalian University Stadium with 5 goals in 3 league matches. As for conceded goals, Jianye's unpleasant statistic is 8 goals surrendered.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
Shanghai Shenhua have six points from their first three away games in the Super League, meaning two victories and a loss. Momentum is building for Shanghai in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Shanghai failed to get anything from their last game, a Super League home match vs Guangzhou R&F (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 2-3. Prior to that result Shanghai Shenhua won their away game at Jiangsu Suning. The scoreline was 1-0.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Guangzhou Evergrande in just four days.
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
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Henan Jianye, four draws and three wins for Shanghai Shenhua. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.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 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 12 | 8 | 4 | 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% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 17% | 33% | 100% | 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 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 4 | 4.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 3.7 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | 38 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 37 | 70 |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| 39% | 45% | 100% | 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 has the fewest scored goals (2) away
- 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 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | Shenzhen | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 6 | Guangzhou R&F | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 7 |
| 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 Yifang | 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)