The Shanghai Shenhua & Henan Jianye managers Yijun and Gómez-Carreño Escalona are both dreading and feeling excited about this crucial match in the upper area of the Super League league table.
- Shanghai Shenhua have the the best goal difference (+5) in Super League
- Henan Jianye have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Super League
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Henan Jianye, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this 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.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
Seven points from three Super League home games is a great start for Shanghai Shenhua, who are hoping to build on that form here at Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium.
Shanghai travelled for their previous game, a trip to Chongqing Dangdai Lifan that ended 0-0. Wang (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.14/10. Wang hit one key pass and had 44 successful passes (of 49 total).
In the match before that, Shanghai Shenhua hosted Shijiazhuang Ever Bright and drew the game 1-1.Shanghai are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 8 goals in 3 matches. Shanghai are not conceding a lot of goals here at Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Henan Jianye form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Super League for Henan Jianye with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts. Visiting Jianye has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Henan Jianye have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Guoming Wang. It's been 360 minutes since they last conceded in Super League.
Jianye won their last game, 1-0 versus Wuhan Zall played at home. Wang got a match rating of 8.31 in that game, top player of the team. Wang hit one key pass and had 69 successful passes (of 85 total).
A 0-0 draw at Tianjin Teda's stadium before that.Goals are few and far between in Jianye's away league games. Only 1 goal from 3 travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
These sides met each other before this match year: Henan Jianye - Shanghai 2-0. Shanghai Shenhua-Henan Jianye H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Shanghai Shenhua three wins, Henan Jianye three wins, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. da Silva Dourado 8 goals |   A. Mierzejewski 5 goals |  C. Mougang Bassogog 4 goals |
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
Henan Jianye missing players
| Shanghai Shenhua | Henan Jianye | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 10 | 21 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 31 | 16 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 19 |
| 22 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| 86% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 70% | 86% |
| 67% | 70% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 29% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 19% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 57% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 30% | 43% |
| 29% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 43% |
| 29% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 60% | 29% |
| 5.7 | 5.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.5 | 3.3 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.6 | 4.7 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 15.8 | 16.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6.7 | 8.6 |
| 6 | 6.1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.5 | 2.7 |
| 25% | 26% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 7.1 | 7.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12 | 10.6 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
- Henan Jianye have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Henan Jianye have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Super League
- Henan Jianye have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Super League
- Henan Jianye have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Super League
- Henan Jianye have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Super League
- Henan Jianye have the fewest points (2) away in Super League
- Henan Jianye have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Super League
- Henan Jianye have the most clean sheets (9) in Super League
- Henan Jianye have the most matches under the total-line (9) in Super League
- Henan Jianye have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Shanghai Shenhua have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shanghai Shenhua have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Henan Jianye have scored away.
- Shanghai Shenhua have the most scored goals (8) at home in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have the most scored goals in the second half (19) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have the the best goal difference (+5) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have the the best goal difference (+6) at home 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 Shenhua | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 34 |
| 2 | Henan Jianye | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 30 |
| 3 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 24 |
| 4 | Wuhan Zall | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 |
| 5 | Tianjin Teda | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| 6 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 17 |
| 7 | Dalian Professional | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 16 |
| 8 | Qingdao Hainiu | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 11 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
