Henan Jianye have been superior to Shanghai SIPG this season, but every match starts at 0-0. Here's all the facts and figures you require before kickoff:
- Henan Jianye have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Super League
It's quite the trip for Shanghai SIPG when visiting Jianye as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
This could be an engrossing game with lots of fun and bustle as both squads are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!
Henan Jianye form and stats
Henan Jianye have played 10 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).
A good away victory last time out for Henan Jianye, who won 1-0 against Tianjin Teda (placed 10th).
Preceding that match was the home game against Tianjin Teda that was lost 0-1.The Jianye manager Mejía has got the team scoring with 22 from 10 home games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Henan Jianye's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Shanghai SIPG form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Super League. Shanghai SIPG has drawn their two previous away games.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Shanghai SIPG goalkeeper Wei Chen is eager to challenge this, with his 269 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Shanghai are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Shijiazhuang Ever Bright (placed 15th). Zhang was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.52. The defender Zhang hit one key pass and won 8 of 12 duels.
Before that, Shanghai SIPG secured a home win against Tianjin Teda with the score 1-0.Low-scoring game? 12 of this club's most recent 15 league rounds have contained zero, one or two goals.
Shanghai are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Shanghai SIPG have won all of the 7 most recent games versus this team. Can they do it again?Top Goalscorers
  L. da Silva Monte 6 goals |  J. da Silva Dourado 5 goals |   P. Ndiaye 5 goals |
Henan Jianye missing players
Shanghai SIPG missing players
| Henan Jianye | Shanghai SIPG | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 31 | 22 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 17 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 71% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 60% |
| 59% | 80% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 20% |
| 29% | 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 41% | 60% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 40% |
| 35% | 10% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 40% |
| 29% | 30% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 27% |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.7 | 1.2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.6 | 10.1 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 10.9 | 11 |
| 4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| 46% | 50% | 69% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 31% |
| 11.8 | 12.7 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 11 | 9.7 |
| 3.1 | 3.2 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
- Henan Jianye have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Henan Jianye have scored more than double the goals of Shanghai SIPG.
- Henan Jianye haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Shanghai SIPG have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) 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 | Wuhan Three Towns | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 42 | 44 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 22 | 40 |
| 3 | Henan Jianye | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 33 |
| 4 | Meizhou Hakka | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 30 |
| 5 | Shanghai Shenhua | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | Hangzhou | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 29 |
| 7 | Chengdu Qianbao | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | Beijing Guoan | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 26 |
| 9 | Shanghai SIPG | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 23 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 19 |
| 12 | Wuhan Yangtze | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 17 |
| 13 | Shenzhen | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 25 | -15 | 16 |
| 14 | Dalian Professional | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 15 |
| 15 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 12 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 19 | -16 | 11 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -24 | 9 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 17 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 53 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 23 | -43 | 3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
