Match preview: 14 points stand between the sides so far, Shanghai Shenhua the sharpest side. Can Qingdao Jonoon take the guests by surprise?
- Qingdao Jonoon have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shanghai Shenhua have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Super League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Qingdao Jonoon form and stats
2 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Qingdao Jonoon have to build on here at Qingdao Tiantai Stadium in the Super League. Qingdao has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Escalona and the players.
Zhang was the last player to score a league goal for Qingdao Jonoon and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Qingdao Jonoon haven't scored in 324 minutes.
Qingdao Jonoon are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Nantong Zhiyun. The defeat against Nantong Zhiyun was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored two minutes into stoppage time (by Wang). Defender Andrejević got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.33/10. Andrejević hit one key pass and won 3 of 6 duels.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Shandong Luneng (0-1).The Qingdao fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
It's the second away game in a row for Shanghai Shenhua, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Shijiazhuang Ever Bright (placed 12th) last time out. That win felt nice as this side had gone four league matches without victory. Jiang was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.44. The defender Jiang won 4 of 5 duels.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Henan Jianye.Few goals the story here? 9 of this side's latest 11 league rounds have contained two or less goals.
Shanghai have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. Shanghai Shenhua are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Shanghai Shenhua have won at least one point in the last 5 games (4-1-0) facing Qingdao.Top Goalscorers
  C. Malele 4 goals |   E. Kangwa 3 goals |  W. Zhang 3 goals |
Qingdao Jonoon missing players
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
| Qingdao Jonoon | Shanghai Shenhua | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 60% | 55% |
| 55% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | 18% |
| 27% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 9% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 60% | 55% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 40% | 45% |
| 45% | 40% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 6.5 | 5.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.6 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.2 | 10.6 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 11.2 | 12.2 |
| 3.5 | 3.6 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | 4 |
| 29% | 39% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 35% | 30% |
| 14.5 | 16.4 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 8.6 | 11 |
| 5 | 5.2 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.6 | 4.1 |
- Qingdao Jonoon have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Qingdao Jonoon 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 scored in all their matches so far.
- Shanghai Shenhua have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 26 |
| 2 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 23 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Tianjin Teda | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Shandong Luneng | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | Changchun Yatai | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | Wuhan Three Towns | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 10 | Henan Jianye | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | Shenzhen | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -9 | 11 |
| 12 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 13 | Meizhou Hakka | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 9 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 9 |
| 15 | Qingdao Jonoon | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 16 | Dalian Yifang | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 6 |
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