This season has been a rollercoaster for these squads so far, highs and lows giving mid-table positions so far. Pave the way for Henan Jianye - Shanghai Shenhua!
- Henan Jianye have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shanghai Shenhua have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
For Shanghai Shenhua most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
Shanghai Shenhua have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Shanghai Shenhua could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Super League game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Cangzhou Mighty Lions. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Henan Jianye form and stats
9-1-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Henan Jianye so far this season.
An away draw last time out for Henan Jianye, facing Cangzhou Mighty Lions in a game that ended 1-1. Attacking player Zhong outperformed all others in that match and received a match rating of 7.45 out of 10. Zhong hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 31 successful passes (of 35 total).
1-1 away at Tianjin Teda before that.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Jianye as they are travelling to their away game against Hebei CFFC in the Super League. That match is three days after this one.
16 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
Playing away, Shanghai Shenhua have won 6 games, drawn 6 and suffered 4 defeats in the Super League this season.
Two away matches in a row for Shanghai Shenhua, whose manager Wu could celebrate last time after the win against Cangzhou Mighty Lions. That victory felt nice as this club had gone three league games without victory.
Before that, Shanghai Shenhua travelled to Guangzhou R&F and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.A quick return to home after this game, as Shanghai are hosting Shenzhen in the Super League only three days away.
Shanghai Shenhua have scored 22 goals on their travels this season, from 16 away games in the league. Shanghai Shenhua have conceded 18 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Shanghai Shenhua - Jianye 1-0 was the end result in these contenders' last head to head game, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Henan Jianye three wins, two draws and Shanghai Shenhua five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
![]() L. da Silva Monte 10 goals | ![]() J. Zhu 8 goals | ![]() Z. Huang 6 goals |
Henan Jianye missing players
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
| Henan Jianye | Shanghai Shenhua | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 15 | 9 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 52 | 30 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 22 | 39 |
| 31 | 16 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 18 | 33 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | 91% |
| 74% | 73% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 75% |
| 55% | 73% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 38% |
| 26% | 27% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 10% | 13% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 48% | 47% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 53% |
| 32% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | 38% |
| 26% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 19% | 19% |
| 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| 4.1 | 4 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11.8 | 11.5 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 8.7 | 9.3 |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 38% | 44% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 53% | 46% |
| 11.5 | 11.9 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.2 | 10.4 | 10 |
| 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
- Henan Jianye have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Henan Jianye haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Shanghai Shenhua have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shanghai Shenhua have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wuhan Three Towns | 32 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 86 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 10 | 58 | 72 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 32 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 81 | 29 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 52 | 72 |
| 3 | Hangzhou | 31 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 57 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 31 | 59 |
| 4 | Shanghai SIPG | 32 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 48 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 23 | 59 |
| 5 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 32 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 43 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 59 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 57 | 43 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 14 | 58 |
| 7 | Henan Jianye | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 52 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 45 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 49 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 42 | 38 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 46 |
| 10 | Shanghai Shenhua | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 39 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 43 |
| 11 | Dalian Professional | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 25 | -4 | 42 |
| 12 | Changchun Yatai | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 45 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 41 |
| 13 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 40 | 50 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 30 | -10 | 38 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 31 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 29 | 66 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 37 | -37 | 30 |
| 15 | Guangzhou R&F | 32 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 28 | 58 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 26 | -30 | 20 |
| 16 | Wuhan Yangtze | 32 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 33 | 64 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 31 | -31 | 19 |
| 17 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 32 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 58 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 31 | -35 | 17 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 32 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 18 | 108 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 57 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 51 | -90 | -3 |
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