It's early days in the Super League and both Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai SIPG are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Shanghai Shenhua have to build on here at Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in the Super League.
Shanghai enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Wuhan Zall's place. The match ended 3-1 with Christian Bassogog, Shin Wook Kim and Xinli Peng scoring. Before that, Shanghai had a home game versus Beijing Guoan which ended with a victory 2-1.
Early season league goal statistics from Shanghai Shenhua's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.
Shanghai SIPG form and stats
Playing away, Shanghai SIPG have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 0 defeats in the Super League this season.
Shanghai SIPG had fun at their own home (Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium) last time out, beating Beijing Guoan 3-1. Wenjun Lyu and Ricardo Lopes (2) scored. Preceding that game was the away victory against Tianjin Teda with the score of 6-1.
Goalkeeper Junling Yan was absolutely vital in the Shanghai victory against Beijing Guoan, making six saves.
It's early days yet, but Shanghai SIPG has scored 6 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Shanghai won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Shanghai SIPG has seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  R. Lopes Pereira 4 goals |  M. Arnautović 3 goals |  W. Lü 2 goals |
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
Shanghai SIPG missing players
| Shanghai Shenhua | Shanghai SIPG | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.5 | 16 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 23 | 16 |
| 6.5 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 38% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 75% | 75% |
| Shanghai Shenhua | Last season | Shanghai SIPG | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 25 | 18 | Scored | S | 11 | 31 | ||
| 20 | 14 | Conceded | C | 9 | 18 | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 95% | ||
| 65% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 80% | ||
| 30% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 30% | 50% | ||
| 30% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 15% | ||
| 20% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | ||
| 45% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 65% | ||
| 45% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 25% | ||
| 30% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 15% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 11.3 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.2 | 14.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.2 | ||
| 33% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 30% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Changchun Yatai | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Hebei CFFC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Wuhan Zall | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 6 | Tianjin Teda | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 1 |
| 7 | Dalian Yifang | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 8 | Beijing Guoan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)