Shanghai Shenhua will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Changchun Yatai.
- Shanghai Shenhua have the most points from losing position (5) in Super League
- Changchun Yatai is in the best form (4-1-1)
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Shanghai Shenhua and Changchun Yatai.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
2 victories, 3 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Shanghai Shenhua have to build on here at Jiangyin Sports Park Stadium in the Super League. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 270 minutes without scoring a league goal. Cao Yunding was the last player to find the net.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Hebei CFFC in the Super League last time out and are looking for a win here. Chenjie Zhu, defender, was given a rating of 7.6/10 in that game, top of the team. Zhu hit two key passes and won 3 of 9 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Shanghai SIPG.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Shanghai Shenhua handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, two draws and one defeat.
There will be little rest for Shanghai after this match as they are travelling to Dalian Professional for a Super League game in only three days.
Shanghai are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. Shanghai are not conceding a lot of goals here at Jiangyin Sports Park Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Changchun Yatai form and stats
The visitors, who have the most points (8) away in Super League, are W2-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
Impressive finishing from Junior Negao (2) secured the home win 2-1 against Shanghai SIPG in their previous game. Midfielder Serginho was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.35. Serginho hit two key passes. Junior Negao came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Shanghai SIPG last time out, making the manager Y. Chen feel like a tactical genius.
A 2-2 draw at Wuhan Zall's stadium before that.Changchun are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, zero draws and two defeats. From a total of five matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Changchun are hosting Hebei CFFC in the Super League only three days away.
The travelling fans enjoy Changchun's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 5 league matches away. 6 goals have been conceded by Changchun in these games.
Head 2 Head
Changchun Yatai - Shanghai 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Shanghai wins - draws - Changchun Yatai wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Figueiredo Pinto Júnior 6 goals |  E. Nascimento de Lima 3 goals |   A. Mierzejewski 2 goals |
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
Changchun Yatai missing players
| Shanghai Shenhua | Changchun Yatai | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 14 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 80% | 60% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 70% |
| 60% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 60% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 50% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 20% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 60% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 50% |
| 20% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 50% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 6.4 | 5.6 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 3.8 | 4.4 | 10 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.6 | 5.5 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.7 | 16 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 14 | 13.3 |
| 5.8 | 5.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 6 | 4.9 |
| 22% | 22% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 30% | 29% |
- Changchun Yatai have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Changchun Yatai have the most points (8) away in Super League
- Changchun Yatai is in the best form (4-1-1)
- Shanghai Shenhua have not yet lost a game at home.
- Shanghai Shenhua have the most points from losing position (5) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have the most scored goals in the second half (10) 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 | Shanghai SIPG | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 19 |
| 2 | Changchun Yatai | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Hebei CFFC | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | Beijing Guoan | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 5 | Shanghai Shenhua | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Dalian Professional | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 7 |
| 7 | Wuhan Zall | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 6 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -14 | 5 |
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