Shanghai Shenhua are ready for Meizhou Hakka with expectations of picking up all three points. Can they? Open our in-depth preview!
- Shanghai Shenhua have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Super League
- Meizhou Hakka have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Super League
It's quite the trip for Meizhou Hakka when visiting Shanghai as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
Both squads have had adequate rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an in-your-face fixture!
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
4 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Shanghai Shenhua have to build on here at Shanghai Stadium in the Super League.
Shanghai Shenhua lost their last game at Shandong Luneng (placed 4th) after a 0-3 scoreline. The game against Shandong Luneng was basically lost in the first half (0-3) and the second half was more of a formality. Amadou (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.31/10. Amadou had 44 successful passes (of 52 total).
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Hangzhou.Not much happening? In this club's last 16 league games, 12 have contained two goals or less.
Shanghai Shenhua are not conceding a lot of goals here at Shanghai Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Meizhou Hakka form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Meizhou Hakka so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
Impressive finishing from Conraad (2) secured the home win 3-1 against Beijing Guoan in their previous game. Conraad, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.93. Conraad scored two goals.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Chengdu Qianbao.Take note that 9 of this club's 12 most recent league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.
The visiting Meizhou have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 8 games.
Head 2 Head
This was the score when the contenders met previously this season; Meizhou Hakka - Shanghai Shenhua 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Shanghai three wins, zero draws and Meizhou Hakka zero victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Malele 6 goals |  H. Yu 4 goals |   C. Yang 4 goals |
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
Meizhou Hakka missing players
| Shanghai Shenhua | Meizhou Hakka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 23 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 16 | 28 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 94% |
| 25% | 12% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 62% | 62% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 19% |
| 44% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 3.8 | 4.1 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| 5.1 | 6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.5 | 6.3 |
| 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.5 | 12.9 | 18.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.8 | 9.6 |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 26% | 23% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 46% | 45% |
| 11.4 | 12.1 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15.8 | 14.8 |
| 3.9 | 4.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.9 | 5.6 |
- All of Meizhou Hakka's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Meizhou Hakka have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Meizhou Hakka have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Super League
- Meizhou Hakka have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Super League
- Meizhou Hakka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shanghai Shenhua have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Shanghai Shenhua have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have the most clean sheets (8) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shanghai Shenhua is in the best form (4-0-2) 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 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 37 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 31 |
| 3 | Chengdu Qianbao | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Shandong Luneng | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 28 |
| 5 | Tianjin Teda | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 24 |
| 7 | Changchun Yatai | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 24 |
| 8 | Wuhan Three Towns | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 19 |
| 10 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 11 | Meizhou Hakka | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 16 |
| 12 | Henan Jianye | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 15 |
| 13 | Qingdao Jonoon | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 13 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 12 |
| 15 | Dalian Professional | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 11 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 24 | -27 | 11 |
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