Moving closer to the top clubs is at stake when these mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be trying to improve their league table position, Meizhou Hakka in 9th and Shanghai Shenhua in 10th spot.
- Meizhou Hakka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shanghai Shenhua have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Super League
It's quite the trip for Shanghai Shenhua when visiting Meizhou as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
Both squads have had time to rest since their previous competitive action. Let's look for an active game!
Meizhou Hakka form and stats
The complete Super League stats playing at home this season for Meizhou Hakka are 7-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Meizhou Hakka faced defeat in their previous match, away at Dalian Yifang (1-2). Yu had a busy but productive day in the Dalian Yifang match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented. Junjian was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.63 out of 10. The defender Junjian scored one goal and won 11 of 13 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Meizhou Hakka lost 0-3 at Wuhan Three Towns's place.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Meizhou as they are travelling to their away game against Hebei CFFC in the Super League. That match is four days after this one.
Goals decide football matches and Meizhou Hakka are scoring many of them at home; 28 on target from 13 league matches. 16 goals have been conceded.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
The visitors are W4-D5-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Super League. With the Shanghai Shenhua losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
The manager Wu was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Hongkou Stadium. Shanghai suffered a 1-2 loss to Beijing Guoan (placed 5th). Defender Yi was the best team player with a rating of 8.05. Yi scored one goal and won 7 of 8 duels.
Prior to that match, the Shanghai Shenhua manager Wu faced defeat when travelling to Tianjin Teda and losing 1-2.A new game in only four days for Shanghai Shenhua, the Super League home match versus Hangzhou. Busy days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Shanghai Shenhua have scored 17 goals in 13 league games away. 17 goals have been conceded by Shanghai in these games.
Head 2 Head
This was the result when the participants played each other earlier this campaign; Shanghai Shenhua - Meizhou Hakka 1-0.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Vukanović 9 goals |   J. Zhu 7 goals |  R. Santana da Silva 5 goals |
Meizhou Hakka missing players
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
| Meizhou Hakka | Shanghai Shenhua | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 37 | 28 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 17 | 33 |
| 34 | 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 17 | 28 |
| 85% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 85% | 89% |
| 63% | 85% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 77% | 74% |
| 56% | 77% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 46% | 37% |
| 26% | 38% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 31% | 15% |
| 19% | 31% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 7% |
| 52% | 77% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 62% | 56% |
| 30% | 23% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 31% | 37% |
| 33% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 23% | 19% |
| 4.8 | 4.9 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
| 4.1 | 3.3 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12.7 | 14.5 | 15.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 8.9 | 9.7 |
| 4.3 | 5.5 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| 32% | 39% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 52% | 45% |
| 10.8 | 10 | 13.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 10.8 | 10 |
| 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.9 | 3.3 |
- Meizhou Hakka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shanghai Shenhua have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shanghai Shenhua have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Super League
- 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 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 77 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 55 | 65 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 27 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 66 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 45 | 65 |
| 3 | Hangzhou | 27 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 50 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 25 | 49 |
| 4 | Shanghai SIPG | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 21 | 49 |
| 5 | Beijing Guoan | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 49 |
| 6 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 38 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 48 |
| 7 | Henan Jianye | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 47 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 20 | 47 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 41 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 40 |
| 10 | Shanghai Shenhua | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 36 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 39 | 38 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 34 |
| 12 | Dalian Yifang | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -6 | 33 |
| 13 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 40 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 28 | -5 | 31 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 27 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 52 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 27 | -24 | 30 |
| 15 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 27 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 49 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 29 | -29 | 15 |
| 16 | Guangzhou R&F | 27 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 22 | 53 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 25 | -31 | 15 |
| 17 | Wuhan Zall | 27 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 27 | 58 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 29 | -31 | 12 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 27 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 14 | 92 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 45 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 47 | -78 | -6 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
