The Shanghai Shenhua & Meizhou Hakka bosses Wu and Ristić are both worrying about and eagerly anticipating this key game in the higher area of the Super League positions.
- Meizhou Hakka have the most points from losing position (8) in Super League
It's quite the trip for Meizhou Hakka when visiting Shanghai Shenhua as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
There haven't been much to rest for the hosts, as they played a Super League match only four days ago. This match was also played here at Jinzhou Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Meizhou Hakka have had more rest.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
18 points is a decent return from 9 Super League games here at Jinzhou Stadium for Shanghai Shenhua. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.
Shanghai's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Shandong Luneng (placed 2nd). The home side are looking to build on that result. Wu (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.61/10. Wu scored one goal and hit one key pass.
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Beijing Guoan.Shanghai Shenhua are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. Shanghai Shenhua have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Meizhou Hakka form and stats
2 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Meizhou Hakka playing as the away team in the Super League this season.
Meizhou are travelling after their nice 4-2 home win in the fixture against Dalian Yifang (placed 14th). A loony match with masses of goals last time out for Meizhou Hakka, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that match, will this game be as full of joy? Vukanović has scored at least one goal for this team three games in a row. The know-how! Cui was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.04. The defender Cui scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and won 2 of 4 duels.
A loss against Wuhan Three Towns was the result prior to that, in a home game.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Meizhou Hakka as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Meizhou as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Vukanović 6 goals |   J. Zhu 5 goals |  R. Santana da Silva 4 goals |
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
Meizhou Hakka missing players
| Shanghai Shenhua | Meizhou Hakka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 22 | 11 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 22 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 93% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 87% |
| 80% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 67% |
| 33% | 22% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 53% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 53% | 44% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 67% |
| 40% | 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 27% |
| 13% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 4 | 4.6 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.5 | 5.3 |
| 4.1 | 3.4 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.5 | 11.2 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 12.5 | 13.1 |
| 2.7 | 2.2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| 55% | 55% | 83% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 15% | 31% |
| 8.9 | 8.7 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 10.5 | 10.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
- Meizhou Hakka have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Super League
- Meizhou Hakka have the most points from losing position (8) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Meizhou Hakka have scored 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 | Wuhan Three Towns | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 42 | 43 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 22 | 39 |
| 3 | Henan Jianye | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 30 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 29 |
| 5 | Meizhou Hakka | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Shanghai SIPG | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 24 |
| 7 | Chengdu Qianbao | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 24 |
| 8 | Hangzhou | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 23 |
| 9 | Beijing Guoan | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Changchun Yatai | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 19 |
| 11 | Tianjin Teda | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 19 |
| 12 | Wuhan Zall | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 17 |
| 13 | Shenzhen | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 16 |
| 14 | Dalian Yifang | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -9 | 12 |
| 15 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 11 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -12 | 10 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 15 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -27 | 3 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 15 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | -35 | 3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
