Meizhou Hakka vs Shanghai Shenhua: Soccer match preview

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Competition: China PR Super League
Competition: Fri 21.April
Match begins: 09:30 (UTC)
Venue: Huitang Stadium (30000 seats)

Round two of the Super League campaign and the participants have digested the first fixture. Here's our Meizhou Hakka - Shanghai Shenhua guide:

Shanghai Shenhua have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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!

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Meizhou Hakka form and stats

In the previous season, Meizhou Hakka's league statistics were 14 wins, 7 draws and 13 losses, results that produced 9th spot in the Super League. In these 34 matches they scored {43 goals} and gave away 41. Appearing at home in the previous season Meizhou Hakka produced 9-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with {30 goals} and 18 conceded.

The Meizhou Hakka coach Ristić and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Beijing Guoan (placed 8th).

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Guangzhou Evergrande.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Super League game versus Wuhan Three Towns in only four days. This game is also played here at Huitang Stadium.

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Shanghai Shenhua form and stats

Let's have a look at how Shanghai Shenhua performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 11 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 42 and conceded {34 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 7 and lost 4 with 23/19 goals scored/conceded.

Shanghai have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Zhen Ma. It's been 210 minutes since they last conceded in Super League.

Shanghai Shenhua are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the game against Shandong Luneng (placed 14th). Ma was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.1. The agile goalkeeper Ma topped it up with a clean sheet.

The fixture earlier was the FA Cup-duel against Shandong Luneng, a home defeat (0-2).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - zero - two (Meizhou wins - draws - Shanghai Shenhua wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Meizhou HakkaC. Ye
C. Ye
1 goals
Shanghai ShenhuaX. Wu
X. Wu
1 goals

Meizhou Hakka missing players

Shanghai Shenhua missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Meizhou Hakka Shanghai Shenhua
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 4
8 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 8
5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 7
5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 1
20% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 100%
 
17 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 14
6 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 5
Meizhou Hakka Last season Shanghai Shenhua
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
33 17   Played P   17 34
14 9   Won W   6 14
7 3   Drew D   7 11
12 5   Lost L   4 9
43 30   Scored S   23 42
38 18   Conceded C   19 34
88% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 91%
58% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 76%
48% 59%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   41% 35%
24% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 12%
15% 24%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 6%
42% 59%   BTTS BTTS   59% 53%
33% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 38%
36% 18%   Failed to Score F T   18% 18%
 
4.4 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.1 3.8
4.4 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.4
1.8 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2
2 1   Red cards R C   1 4
 
11.6 12.4   Shots (avg) S (   9.1 9.9
3.9 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.7 2.8
33% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   47% 42%
 
10.5 10.1   Shots against (avg) S A   10.2 9.7
3.6 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 3.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Shanghai SIPG 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Changchun Yatai 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Shenzhen 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Dalian Yifang 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Shanghai Shenhua 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Cangzhou Mighty Lions 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 Tianjin Teda 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Beijing Guoan 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Henan Jianye 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Meizhou Hakka 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Chengdu Rongcheng 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Nantong Zhiyun 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
13 Qingdao Jonoon 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 Shandong Luneng 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Hangzhou 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Wuhan Three Towns 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Last season 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 34 25 3 6 91 28 17 12 1 4 55 18 17 13 2 2 36 10 63 78
2 Shandong Luneng 34 25 3 6 87 29 17 15 1 1 52 7 17 10 2 5 35 22 58 78
3 Hangzhou 34 18 11 5 64 28 17 11 4 2 32 10 17 7 7 3 32 18 36 65
4 Shanghai SIPG 34 20 5 9 55 25 17 11 2 4 31 10 17 9 3 5 24 15 30 65
5 Chengdu Rongcheng 34 18 11 5 49 28 17 9 7 1 33 14 17 9 4 4 16 14 21 65
6 Henan Jianye 34 17 8 9 60 32 17 10 2 5 34 17 17 7 6 4 26 15 28 59
7 Beijing Guoan 34 17 7 10 57 49 17 8 4 5 28 22 17 9 3 5 29 27 8 58
8 Tianjin Teda 34 14 7 13 45 42 17 7 4 6 23 17 17 7 3 7 22 25 3 49
9 Meizhou Hakka 34 14 7 13 43 41 17 9 3 5 30 18 17 5 4 8 13 23 2 49
10 Shanghai Shenhua 34 14 11 9 42 34 17 8 4 5 19 15 17 6 7 4 23 19 8 47
11 Dalian Yifang 34 12 9 13 49 53 17 6 5 6 25 25 17 6 4 7 24 28 -4 45
12 Changchun Yatai 34 11 11 12 49 50 17 5 5 7 19 19 17 6 6 5 30 31 -1 44
13 Cangzhou Mighty Lions 34 11 11 12 47 51 17 3 8 6 13 20 17 8 3 6 34 31 -4 44
14 Shenzhen 34 9 3 22 29 74 17 5 1 11 13 32 17 4 2 11 16 42 -45 30
15 Guangzhou R&F 34 6 5 23 32 62 17 3 2 12 16 36 17 3 3 11 16 26 -30 23
16 Wuhan Zall 34 8 4 22 34 71 17 4 4 9 19 33 17 4 0 13 15 38 -37 19
17 Guangzhou Evergrande 34 3 8 23 24 63 17 2 5 10 17 31 17 1 3 13 7 32 -39 17
18 Hebei CFFC 34 2 0 32 18 115 17 2 0 15 11 61 17 0 0 17 7 54 -97 -3

China PR:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Shanghai SIPG 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Changchun Yatai 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Shenzhen 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Dalian Yifang 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Shanghai Shenhua 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Cangzhou Mighty Lions 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 Tianjin Teda 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Beijing Guoan 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Henan Jianye 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Meizhou Hakka 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Chengdu Rongcheng 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Nantong Zhiyun 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
13 Qingdao Jonoon 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 Shandong Luneng 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Hangzhou 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Wuhan Three Towns 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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The Chinese Football Association Super League, usually known as the Chinese Super League, is the highest level of football in China. It was founded in 2004 as a rebranding of the former top division. It has16 teams meeting each other home and away for a total of 30 fixtures in a season running from March to November.