It's the second chance for points this season as Shanghai Shenhua and Shenzhen battle it out at Dalian Sports Center.
Shenzhen could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Super League game only four sleeps ago.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Shenzhen, who are travelling more than 1400 kilometers to play this game.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
Shanghai haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 228 minutes ago. O. Ighalo scored that one.
No payout for Shanghai in their previous match, an away game at Guangzhou Evergrande that ended in defeat 0-2. Previous to that game, a FA Cup home match hosting Shandong Luneng in a game that was won 3-0.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Shanghai handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, zero draws and two defeats.
Last season, Shanghai Shenhua's league statistics were 8 wins, 6 draws and 16 losses, resulting in a 13th position in the Super League. Over these 30 matches they scored 43 goals and conceded 57. Playing at home last season Shanghai Shenhua managed 5-2-8 (win-draw-lost) with 25 goals and 33 conceded.
Shenzhen form and stats
Shenzhen won their last game, 3-0 versus Guangzhou R&F played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Shanghai SIPG wasn't a success with a 0-6 loss.
Shenzhen are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and two defeats. From a total of three matches.
Let's have a look at how Shenzhen performed last season in the League One: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 9 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded 57 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 3 and lost 12 with 7/34 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - zero - three (Shanghai Shenhua wins - draws - Shenzhen wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Moreno Cardona 11 goals |  S. Kim 9 goals |
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
Shenzhen missing players
| Shanghai Shenhua | Shenzhen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 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% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Shanghai Shenhua | Last season | Shenzhen | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Lost | L | 12 | 17 | ||
| 43 | 25 | Scored | S | 7 | 31 | ||
| 57 | 33 | Conceded | C | 34 | 57 | ||
| 97% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 87% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 83% | ||
| 80% | 93% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 53% | ||
| 40% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 30% | ||
| 17% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 13% | ||
| 73% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | ||
| 7% | 7% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 47% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 6 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 425 | 237 | Total Shots | T S | 164 | 394 | ||
| 140 | 74 | Shots on Target | S O | 47 | 116 | ||
| 31% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 27% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shenzhen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Jiangsu Suning | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Shandong Luneng | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Henan Jianye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 6 | Dalian Professional | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Shanghai Shenhua | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 8 | Guangzhou R&F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 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 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 68 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 14 | 44 | 72 |
| 2 | Beijing Guoan | 30 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 60 | 26 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 34 | 70 |
| 3 | Shanghai SIPG | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 62 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 36 | 66 |
| 4 | Jiangsu Suning | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 60 | 41 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 19 | 53 |
| 5 | Shandong Luneng | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 51 |
| 6 | Wuhan Zall | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 0 | 44 |
| 7 | Tianjin Teda | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 43 | 45 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 27 | -2 | 41 |
| 8 | Henan Jianye | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 46 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 28 | -5 | 41 |
| 9 | Dalian Professional | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 44 | 51 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 31 | -7 | 38 |
| 10 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 29 | -11 | 36 |
| 11 | Hebei CFFC | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 37 | 55 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 32 | -18 | 33 |
| 12 | Guangzhou R&F | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 54 | 72 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 22 | 40 | -18 | 32 |
| 13 | Shanghai Shenhua | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 43 | 57 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | -14 | 30 |
| 14 | Tianjin Quanjian | 30 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 40 | 53 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 27 | -13 | 25 |
| 15 | Shenzhen | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 57 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 34 | -26 | 21 |
| 16 | Beijing Renhe | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 65 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 33 | -39 | 14 |
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