A good game and three points is the only event that will please the Shanghai Shenhua supporters in this Hongkou Stadium clash with Hebei CFFC, as they have a healthy lead on them in the Super League table.
- Shanghai Shenhua have not yet lost a game at home.
- Hebei CFFC have the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in Super League
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.
It's no vacation for neither Shanghai Shenhua nor Hebei CFFC as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
When playing at home in the Super League, Shanghai Shenhua have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Hongkou Stadium.
Shanghai faced defeat in their previous match, away at Wuhan Three Towns (2-4). Before that fixture this club had gone nine consecutive league rounds without a loss. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? The striker Zhu won the honour of being "man of the match" for Shanghai Shenhua with the rating of 8.44/10. Zhu scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Before that, Shanghai played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Shanghai SIPG.Shanghai Shenhua have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Hongkou Stadium with 7 goals in 4 league matches. Shanghai have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Hebei CFFC form and stats
0-0-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hebei CFFC in their Super League matches away. It's all red in the travel logs of Hebei CFFC, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Hebei are travelling again after losing away to Shanghai SIPG in their previous match (1-2). The attacker Xu got a match rating of 7.32 in that game. Xu served one assist and hit two key passes.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Wuhan Yangtze.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Guangzhou Evergrande in just four days.
Goals are few and far between in Hebei CFFC's away league games. Only 2 goals from 4 travels. For Hebei, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Hebei CFFC - Shanghai Shenhua 1-3 was the product when this pair of teams formerly met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Shanghai five wins, two draws and Hebei CFFC three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  W. Zhang 5 goals |   J. Zhu 4 goals |
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
Hebei CFFC missing players
| Shanghai Shenhua | Hebei CFFC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 38% | 25% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 25% | 38% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 25% | 12% |
| 62% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 4.4 | 3.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 13 | 7 | 7.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.8 | 14 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 6 | 4.8 |
| 3.2 | 2.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 54% | 64% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 31% |
| 9.2 | 9.2 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 30 | 18 | 19.5 |
| 2.8 | 2.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 11 | 5.8 | 4.9 |
- All of Shanghai Shenhua's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hebei CFFC have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Hebei CFFC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Hebei CFFC have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Hebei CFFC have lost all their away matches so far.
- Hebei CFFC have the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in Super League
- Hebei CFFC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shanghai Shenhua have created more than twice as many corners as Hebei CFFC.
- 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.
- Shanghai Shenhua have scored in all their matches so far.
- Shanghai Shenhua have scored more than double the goals of Hebei CFFC.
- Shanghai Shenhua haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 22 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | Henan Jianye | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| 5 | Beijing Guoan | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Meizhou Hakka | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | Shanghai SIPG | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Wuhan Yangtze | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 12 |
| 9 | Changchun Yatai | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Dalian Yifang | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Shenzhen | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 13 | Hangzhou | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| 14 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 15 | Chengdu Qianbao | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 6 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -11 | 3 |
| 17 | Hebei CFFC | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -15 | 3 |
| 18 | Guangzhou R&F | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -18 | 0 |
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