This could be an interesting match as Shanghai Shenhua have their presumed home advantage while Shanghai SIPG are ahead 11 points in the Super League table.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
2-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Shanghai Shenhua, who have the most clean sheets (7) in Super League, so far this season.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Cheng Zeng not having conceded a league goal in 327 minutes.
A nice win for Shanghai last time playing, versus Henan Jianye. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Jinhao Bi (2) scoring for the victors. A strong away win before that one, visiting Guangzhou R&F and winning 2-0.
A decent goal production from Shanghai Shenhua in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches. Shanghai have conceded 12 from these games.
Shanghai SIPG form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Super League, on their Super League travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Shanghai SIPG play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Chongqing Dangdai Lifan. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Beijing Guoan.
Shanghai are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league). 7 goals have been conceded by Shanghai SIPG in these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Shanghai, one draw and seven wins for Shanghai SIPG. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  G. Moreno Cardona 11 goals |   G. Vieira de Souza 10 goals |
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
Shanghai SIPG missing players
| Shanghai Shenhua | Shanghai SIPG | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 26 |
| 15 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 79% | 86% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 86% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 79% |
| 29% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 57% |
| 29% | 57% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 21% | 43% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 43% | 71% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 57% |
| 50% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 29% |
| 29% | 14% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 156 | 69 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 103 | 213 |
| 47 | 29 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 35 | 76 |
| 34% | 38% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 26% | 34% |
- Shanghai SIPG has the fewest conceded goals (11) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shanghai SIPG haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shanghai Shenhua has the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua has the most clean sheets (7) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua has the most matches under the total-line (10) 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 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 19 | 34 |
| 2 | Jiangsu Suning | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 26 |
| 3 | Shandong Luneng | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 24 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
| 5 | Shenzhen | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| 6 | Guangzhou R&F | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -14 | 15 |
| 7 | Dalian Yifang | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 8 | Henan Jianye | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -19 | 6 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)