Shanghai Shenhua are stalking the top spots while Cangzhou Mighty Lions are more concerned with staying out of trouble and relegation. May the best team win!
- Shanghai Shenhua have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Super League
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's quite the trip for Cangzhou Mighty Lions when visiting Shanghai Shenhua as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
There have been little to rest for the home side, as they performed in a Super League game only four days earlier. This match was also played here at Jinzhou Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Cangzhou Mighty Lions have had more rest.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Jinzhou Stadium as Shanghai Shenhua have scored 14 goals to get 25 points from 12 games. The overall stats in the Super League are 7-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The spoils were shared in Shanghai Shenhua's previous game, also at home. Visiting Guangzhou R&F (placed 17th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Midfield player Bassogog got a match rating of 8.35 in that game, the max score being 10. Bassogog scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 7 times and had 35 successful passes (of 43 total).
Preceding that game was the away draw at Shenzhen that finished 0-0.Low on goals? Looking at this club's last 11 league games, 9 have contained zero, one or two goals.
Shanghai has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. From these home matches, Shanghai Shenhua have conceded only 7 goals.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions form and stats
4-1-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cangzhou Mighty Lions in their Super League matches away.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 210 league minutes without a goal. Kante was the last player to find the net.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions are travelling again after losing away to Henan Jianye in their previous match (0-3). That defeat was their first after five consecutive league fixtures winning points. Kanté, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.04. Kanté hit one key pass.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Guangzhou R&F.Cangzhou are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 10 away games so far. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Cangzhou Mighty Lions have conceded 19 goals in these games. Cangzhou has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Shanghai Shenhua one win, two draws and Cangzhou Mighty Lions one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Zhu 7 goals |  C. Mougang Bassogog 5 goals |
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
Cangzhou Mighty Lions missing players
| Shanghai Shenhua | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 28 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 17 | 24 |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 19 | 30 |
| 90% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 71% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 81% |
| 29% | 17% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 70% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 19% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 40% | 19% |
| 52% | 42% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 48% |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 24% |
| 14% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 43% |
| 3.9 | 4.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10.3 | 10.8 | 15.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 8.9 | 8.5 |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| 48% | 41% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 53% | 40% |
| 9.1 | 8.5 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 14.2 | 14.2 |
| 2.7 | 2.3 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8.5 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Shanghai Shenhua have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) 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 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 63 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 46 | 53 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 30 | 50 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 41 |
| 4 | Shanghai SIPG | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 40 |
| 5 | Henan Jianye | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 37 |
| 6 | Hangzhou | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 36 |
| 7 | Beijing Guoan | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 34 |
| 8 | Meizhou Hakka | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 33 |
| 9 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 32 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 29 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 12 | Shenzhen | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 40 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -16 | 24 |
| 13 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 19 | -6 | 22 |
| 14 | Dalian Yifang | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 22 |
| 15 | Wuhan Zall | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -21 | 17 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 22 | -21 | 12 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -26 | 12 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 21 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 63 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 28 | -51 | 3 |
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