Only a few games have been played in the Super League so far, with Shanghai Shenhua placed 3rd and Dalian Professional sitting in the 7th position.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Dalian Professional, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
Shanghai Shenhua have only played one Super League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats from 15 matches.
Happy days for Shanghai in their previous game, a Super League match away at Shandong Luneng (placed 4th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Ahead of that match, Shanghai Shenhua won a home game hosting Shenzhen (3-2).
A late climax in the match against Shandong Luneng as the winning goal came one minutes into overtime; scored by Kim Shin-Wook.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Shanghai have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won three times, drawn zero and lost one.
There will be little rest for Shanghai Shenhua after this match as they are travelling to Jiangsu Suning for a Super League game in only four days.
Shanghai Shenhua has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Dalian Professional form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Super League ended in defeat. Last season Dalian Professional had these away match statistics: Played 15; won 4, drew 4 and lost 7.
Two away games in a row for Professional, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Jiangsu Suning in the Super League. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Henan Jianye.
Professional are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and three defeats. From a total of six matches.
It's early days yet, but Dalian Professional has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Shanghai won five games, two matches ended with a draw and Dalian Professional has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  G. Moreno Cardona 11 goals |
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
Dalian Professional missing players
| Shanghai Shenhua | Dalian Professional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 4.3 |
| 2.7 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 6.3 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | 6 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 7 | 26 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 57% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| Shanghai Shenhua | Last season | Dalian Professional | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 43 | 25 | Scored | S | 21 | 44 | ||
| 57 | 33 | Conceded | C | 31 | 51 | ||
| 97% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 87% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 80% | 93% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 40% | ||
| 17% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 23% | ||
| 73% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 67% | ||
| 7% | 7% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 17% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 17% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.9 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 7 | 8 | ||
| 425 | 237 | Total Shots | T S | 182 | 378 | ||
| 140 | 74 | Shots on Target | S O | 67 | 130 | ||
| 31% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | Jiangsu Suning | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Shandong Luneng | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Shenzhen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Henan Jianye | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 7 | Dalian Professional | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 8 | Guangzhou R&F | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 68 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 14 | 44 | 72 |
| 2 | Beijing Guoan | 30 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 60 | 26 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 34 | 70 |
| 3 | Shanghai SIPG | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 62 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 36 | 66 |
| 4 | Jiangsu Suning | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 60 | 41 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 19 | 53 |
| 5 | Shandong Luneng | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 51 |
| 6 | Wuhan Zall | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 0 | 44 |
| 7 | Tianjin Teda | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 43 | 45 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 27 | -2 | 41 |
| 8 | Henan Jianye | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 46 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 28 | -5 | 41 |
| 9 | Dalian Professional | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 44 | 51 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 31 | -7 | 38 |
| 10 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 29 | -11 | 36 |
| 11 | Hebei CFFC | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 37 | 55 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 32 | -18 | 33 |
| 12 | Guangzhou R&F | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 54 | 72 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 22 | 40 | -18 | 32 |
| 13 | Shanghai Shenhua | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 43 | 57 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | -14 | 30 |
| 14 | Tianjin Quanjian | 30 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 40 | 53 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 27 | -13 | 25 |
| 15 | Shenzhen | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 57 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 34 | -26 | 21 |
| 16 | Beijing Renhe | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 65 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 33 | -39 | 14 |
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