Nothing but a win will please the Shanghai Shenhua supporters in this Jinzhou Stadium duel with Guangzhou R&F, seeing as they have a robust lead on the away team in the Super League table.
- Shanghai Shenhua is in the best form (4-2-0) in Super League
- Guangzhou R&F have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Super League
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Guangzhou R&F, who are travelling more than 1400 kilometers to play this game.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
24 points is a decent return from 11 Super League games here at Jinzhou Stadium for Shanghai Shenhua. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Shanghai Shenhua, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
The Shanghai goalkeeper Zhen Ma is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 211 minutes without conceding a goal in the Super League.
Shanghai Shenhua drew their last game, 0-0 away at Shenzhen (placed 14th). Jiang, defender, was given a rating of 7.82/10 in that game, top of the team. Jiang won 6 of 7 duels.
Ahead of that match, Shanghai won a home game hosting Henan Jianye (1-0).Low on goals? In this club's last 10 league matches, 8 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).
The match schedule is unforgiving for Shanghai Shenhua as they have a new game in only four days, a Super League match thankfully also at home. Shijiazhuang Ever Bright are visiting.
The Shanghai fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 11 matches. Shanghai Shenhua are not conceding a lot of goals here at Jinzhou Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 11 matches.
Guangzhou R&F form and stats
Guangzhou R&F have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Super League, after 1-1-7 (9 played).
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Shijiazhuang Ever Bright (placed 12th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Han was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.31. The agile goalkeeper Han topped it up with a clean sheet.
A draw for Guangzhou R&F before that, at their own venue hosting Shenzhen (1-1).Betting on few goals? 5 league fixtures in a row with this side have had zero, one or two goals.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Guangzhou R&F manager van Gastel as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Hebei CFFC.
The attacking power of Guangzhou when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Guangzhou R&F have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the previous ten meetings): Shanghai Shenhua won four games, three matches ended with a tie and Guangzhou R&F managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Zhu 7 goals |  C. Mougang Bassogog 4 goals |  Y. Cao 3 goals |
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
Guangzhou R&F missing players
| Shanghai Shenhua | Guangzhou R&F | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 27 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 8 | 15 | 40 |
| 90% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 70% | 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 80% |
| 30% | 18% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 44% | 55% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 20% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 15% |
| 50% | 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 33% | 35% |
| 45% | 55% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 20% |
| 15% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 56% | 50% |
| 3.8 | 4.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| 4.7 | 4.3 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.7 | 6.5 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.2 | 10.6 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 5.8 | 6.9 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 53% | 48% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 33% | 27% |
| 9.2 | 8.7 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 14.6 | 15.3 |
| 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
- Guangzhou R&F have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Guangzhou R&F have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Guangzhou R&F have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Super League
- Guangzhou R&F have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Shanghai Shenhua have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Shanghai Shenhua have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Guangzhou R&F have scored away.
- Shanghai Shenhua have the most points (24) at home in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua is in the best form (4-2-0) 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 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 59 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 42 | 50 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 27 | 47 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 40 |
| 4 | Shanghai SIPG | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | Hangzhou | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 35 |
| 6 | Henan Jianye | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 34 |
| 7 | Meizhou Hakka | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 33 |
| 8 | Beijing Guoan | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 31 |
| 9 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 31 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 26 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 26 |
| 12 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 16 | -3 | 22 |
| 13 | Dalian Professional | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 22 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -17 | 21 |
| 15 | Wuhan Zall | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -19 | 17 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 19 | -18 | 12 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -26 | 11 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 20 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 61 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 26 | -50 | 3 |
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