It's only fixture two of the Super League for these teams. and there's points to play for here at Aswan Stadium as Shanghai Shenhua greet Shanghai SIPG. Check out this preview!
This is a local derby, usually meaning increased tension and significance.
The visiting Shanghai SIPG played their last game only four days ago, a Super League match.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
The previous season, Shanghai Shenhua's league stats were 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, results that produced 1st position in the Super League. During these eight matches they scored 13 goals and gave away 5. Playing at their own stadium in the former season Shanghai Shenhua generated 3-1-0 (win-draw-lost) with 11 goals and 2 conceded.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Shanghai Shenhua, as their goalkeeper Zhen Ma has completely shut out the opponents for 327 minutes in the Super League.
A good away victory last time out for Shanghai, who won 1-0 against Guangzhou Evergrande (placed 13th). Defender Zhu got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.13/10. Zhu scored one goal and won 4 of 6 duels.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Henan Jianye in a game that was won 3-0.The match schedule is unforgiving for Shanghai Shenhua as they have a new game in only four days, a Super League match thankfully also at home. Wuhan Three Towns are visiting.
Shanghai SIPG form and stats
Let's have a look at how Shanghai SIPG performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 20 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 62 and conceded 26 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 5 and lost 2 with 24/13 goals scored/conceded.
Shanghai SIPG's previous game was their home loss versus Wuhan Zall (0-1). Muzepper got a match rating of 7.4 in that game, top player of the team. Muzepper hit two key passes and had 48 successful passes (of 53 total).
The schedule is very tough for Shanghai now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Super League game at Hebei CFFC is waiting in only three days.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Shanghai Shenhua zero wins, four draws and Shanghai SIPG six victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be brutal, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.Shanghai Shenhua missing players
Shanghai SIPG missing players
| Shanghai Shenhua | Shanghai SIPG | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Shanghai Shenhua | Last season | Shanghai SIPG | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 34 | 19 | Scored | S | 21 | 42 | ||
| 22 | 8 | Conceded | C | 10 | 14 | ||
| 86% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 86% | ||
| 68% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 64% | ||
| 45% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 50% | ||
| 27% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 14% | ||
| 55% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 41% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 50% | ||
| 27% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 23% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.3 | 6.8 | ||
| 3 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 15.7 | 16.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 12.4 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 26% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 42% | ||
| 7 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 10.1 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.3 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Changchun Yatai | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Shenzhen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Shandong Luneng | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Shanghai Shenhua | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Wuhan Zall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Dalian Yifang | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Henan Jianye | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Beijing Guoan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Hangzhou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Shanghai SIPG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Chengdu Qianbao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 37 |
| 2 | Henan Jianye | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 30 |
| 3 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| 4 | Tianjin Teda | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
| 5 | Wuhan Zall | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| 6 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 20 |
| 7 | Dalian Yifang | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| 8 | Qingdao Hainiu | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -11 | 11 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
