Super League: Two contenders who have done fine thus far. Get to know Shanghai Shenhua - Chengdu Rongcheng with this broad preview!
- Shanghai Shenhua have not yet lost a game at home.
- Chengdu Rongcheng have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
Shanghai Shenhua and Chengdu Rongcheng should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
14 points is a decent return from 6 Super League games here at Jinzhou Stadium for Shanghai Shenhua. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
The home followers saw a 0-0 draw versus Changchun Yatai last time out and are looking for a win here. The goalie Ma was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.42 out of ten. Ma topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Shanghai played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Wuhan Zall.The Shanghai Shenhua fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. Shanghai Shenhua have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Chengdu Rongcheng form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Chengdu Rongcheng playing as the away team in the Super League this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Rongcheng as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.
Chengdu Rongcheng play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Guangzhou Evergrande (placed 16th). The attacker Silva got a match rating of 8.34 in that game. Silva scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hebei CFFC at their stadium, the result 1-0.The attacking power of Rongcheng when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. Chengdu Rongcheng are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Zhu 5 goals |  Y. Cao 3 goals |
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
Chengdu Rongcheng missing players
| Shanghai Shenhua | Chengdu Rongcheng | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 91% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 71% | 75% |
| 73% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 57% | 67% |
| 36% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 42% |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 55% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 58% |
| 45% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 33% |
| 9% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 33% |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6.7 | 5.9 |
| 4 | 3.2 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
| 2.3 | 2.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12.7 | 12.2 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 16 | 14.7 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
| 59% | 67% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 19% | 28% |
| 9 | 9 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8 | 9.1 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.4 | 2.8 |
- Chengdu Rongcheng have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Shanghai Shenhua have not yet lost a game at home.
- Shanghai Shenhua have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 34 | 34 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 30 |
| 3 | Henan Jianye | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 26 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | Hangzhou | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 18 |
| 6 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Meizhou Hakka | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Shanghai SIPG | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | Shenzhen | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Beijing Guoan | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | Wuhan Zall | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 13 |
| 13 | Changchun Yatai | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 12 |
| 14 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 10 |
| 15 | Dalian Yifang | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -9 | 8 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -14 | 6 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -19 | 3 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -19 | 3 |
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