Shanghai SIPG travel to Meizhou Hakka and Huitang Stadium full of happy thoughts, but the hosts is not a walk in the park. More info on the fixture here!
- Meizhou Hakka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Super League
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Shanghai SIPG, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.
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!
Meizhou Hakka form and stats
Meizhou Hakka have collected 24 points from their Super League home games so far after 7-3-4.
In their previous game, the manager Ristić led his Meizhou to a defeat away at Hangzhou. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Huitang Stadium.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Hebei CFFC and winning 4-0.It should be taken into account that a peek at the 10 most recent league matches shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).
17 goals have been conceded.
Shanghai SIPG form and stats
As the visiting team in Super League matches, Shanghai SIPG have produced an overall stat of 7-3-5 so far.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Chengdu Rongcheng (placed 4th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Goalkeeper Yan made a total of six saves, making him a hero against Chengdu Rongcheng. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Guangzhou R&F.Shanghai SIPG have scored 20 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away 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 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams meet this campaign, as the statistics show this recent game: Shanghai SIPG - Meizhou Hakka 7-0. Lei likes to face Meizhou and have scored 3 goals in these encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Wu 11 goals |   A. Vukanović 9 goals |  W. Lü 7 goals |
Meizhou Hakka missing players
Shanghai SIPG missing players
| Meizhou Hakka | Shanghai SIPG | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 41 | 28 | 5 | Scored | S | 7 | 20 | 45 |
| 37 | 17 | 8 | Conceded | C | 6 | 15 | 25 |
| 87% | 93% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 87% | 93% |
| 63% | 79% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 73% | 70% |
| 53% | 71% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 53% | 43% |
| 27% | 36% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 13% | 13% |
| 17% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 7% | 7% |
| 47% | 71% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 53% | 43% |
| 30% | 21% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 37% | 14% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 27% | 23% |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 6 | 5.4 |
| 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.1 | 13.6 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 12.7 | 12.2 |
| 4.1 | 5.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| 33% | 39% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 32% | 34% |
| 10.4 | 9.8 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 10.2 | 9.5 |
| 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
- Meizhou Hakka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shanghai SIPG have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) 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 | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 84 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 8 | 58 | 68 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 29 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 69 | 25 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 44 | 65 |
| 3 | Hangzhou | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 56 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 31 | 55 |
| 4 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 41 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 54 |
| 5 | Shanghai SIPG | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 45 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 52 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 51 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 49 |
| 7 | Henan Jianye | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 21 | 50 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 45 |
| 9 | Shanghai Shenhua | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 39 |
| 10 | Meizhou Hakka | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 43 |
| 11 | Dalian Yifang | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 45 | 45 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 0 | 39 |
| 12 | Changchun Yatai | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 45 | 41 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 38 |
| 13 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 40 | 48 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 30 | -8 | 34 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 29 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 29 | 56 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 27 | -27 | 30 |
| 15 | Wuhan Yangtze | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 30 | 61 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 31 | -31 | 16 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 30 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 51 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 31 | -31 | 16 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 30 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 23 | 56 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 26 | -33 | 15 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 30 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 15 | 104 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 57 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 47 | -89 | -6 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
