High flying Hebei CFFC arrive at Shanghai Shenhua after their 2-1-result versus Tianjin Teda. Check out our full preview!
- Shanghai Shenhua have the most points from losing position (5) in Super League
- Hebei CFFC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
Shanghai Shenhua have played 4 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 180 minutes without scoring a league goal. Cao Yunding was the last player to find the net.
Shanghai are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Shanghai SIPG. Defender Xiaoting Feng got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.84/10. Feng hit two key passes and won 12 of 19 duels.
Before that, Shanghai drew at home versus Wuhan Zall.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Shanghai 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.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Super League game versus Changchun Yatai in only three days. This game is also played here at Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium.
The Shanghai fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. Shanghai have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Hebei CFFC form and stats
As the visiting team in Super League matches, Hebei CFFC have produced an overall stat of 2-0-2 so far. Hebei CFFC seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
The supporters enjoyed Hebei's previous game versus Tianjin Teda (placed 7th), a Super League 2-1 win played at home. Hongbo Yin got a match rating of 8.15 in that game, top player of the team. Yin scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 63 successful passes (of 66 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Dalian Professional.Hebei are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and one defeat. From a total of four matches.
A new game in only three days for Hebei, the Super League home match versus Beijing Guoan. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hebei CFFC as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Hebei as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Hebei CFFC - Shanghai 1-1. Shanghai-Hebei CFFC H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Shanghai Shenhua four wins, Hebei CFFC four wins, two draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  H. Yin 3 goals |   A. Mierzejewski 2 goals |  X. Wu 2 goals |
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
Hebei CFFC missing players
| Shanghai Shenhua | Hebei CFFC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 89% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 25% | 56% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 25% | 33% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 25% | 56% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 6.4 | 5.5 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 3.6 | 4 | 10 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.8 | 6 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.3 | 15 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 11.5 | 10 |
| 5.9 | 5.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
| 25% | 27% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 23% | 33% |
- Hebei CFFC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shanghai Shenhua have not yet lost a game at home.
- Shanghai Shenhua have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 19 |
| 2 | Hebei CFFC | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Changchun Yatai | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Beijing Guoan | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | Wuhan Zall | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 6 |
| 7 | Tianjin Teda | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -12 | 5 |
| 8 | Dalian Professional | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -9 | 4 |
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