With their 12 point advantage in the league table, Shanghai Shenhua fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Henan Jianye.
It's no vacation for neither Shanghai Shenhua nor Henan Jianye 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.
Henan Jianye have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
Shanghai Shenhua's struggle is real here at Hongkou Stadium with only 6 points collected from 6 Super League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-2. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
The Shanghai Shenhua goalkeeper Cheng Zeng is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 237 minutes without conceding a goal in the Super League.
Shanghai Shenhua enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Guangzhou R&F's place. The match ended 2-0 with Xinli Peng and Jinhao Bi scoring. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Jiangsu Suning.
The Shanghai Shenhua fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Shanghai with 12 goals conceded in these matches.
Henan Jianye form and stats
Henan Jianye, who have the most conceded goals (31) in Super League, have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Super League, after 1-1-4 (6 played). With the Henan Jianye losing streak of six defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. Bitter travels for Jianye as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Shenzhen match.
Jianye's previous game was their home loss versus Shandong Luneng (0-2). Prior to that match, the Henan Jianye manager J. Yang faced defeat when travelling to Guangzhou Evergrande and losing 1-2.
Jianye find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. For Henan Jianye, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Henan Jianye - Shanghai 0-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Shanghai won three, Henan Jianye won two and five draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Moreno Cardona 11 goals |   F. Ohandza Zoa 10 goals |
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
Henan Jianye missing players
| Shanghai Shenhua | Henan Jianye | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 14 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 15 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 31 |
| 77% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 62% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 31% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 69% |
| 31% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 46% |
| 23% | 50% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 15% |
| 46% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 77% |
| 46% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 147 | 60 | 27 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 62 | 131 |
| 42 | 24 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 24 | 42 |
| 33% | 38% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 33% | 33% |
- All of Henan Jianye's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Henan Jianye has the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Super League
- Henan Jianye has the fewest clean sheets (1) in Super League
- Henan Jianye has the fewest points (4) away in Super League
- Henan Jianye has the most conceded goals (14) away in Super League
- Henan Jianye has the most conceded goals (31) in Super League
- Henan Jianye has the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Super League
- Henan Jianye has the the worst goal difference (-17) in Super League
- Henan Jianye has the the worst goal difference (-6) away in Super League
- Henan Jianye have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Henan Jianye have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Henan Jianye have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Henan Jianye have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Henan Jianye haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Henan Jianye is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- Shanghai Shenhua has the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua has the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua has the most clean sheets (6) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua has the most matches under the total-line (9) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 31 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | Jiangsu Suning | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 18 |
| 5 | Shenzhen | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 17 |
| 6 | Guangzhou R&F | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -14 | 14 |
| 7 | Dalian Professional | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 8 | Henan Jianye | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -17 | 6 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)