Shanghai Shenhua prepare to do battle with Shijiazhuang Ever Bright in this Super League fixture. Everything you can learn about the match is right here!
- Shanghai Shenhua have the the best goal difference (+5) in Super League
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Super League
It's quite the trip for Shijiazhuang Ever Bright when visiting Shanghai Shenhua as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
It's no vacation for neither Shanghai nor Shijiazhuang Ever Bright as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
Perfect Super League season at home so far for Shanghai Shenhua 2 wins from 2 appearances. It’s been three wins in a row for Shanghai here at Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
A good away victory last time out for Shanghai Shenhua, who won 1-0 against Qingdao Hainiu (placed 8th). Midfielder Zhao was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.62 (out of ten) in that game. Zhao scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 55 successful passes (of 59 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Henan Jianye (0-2).There will be little rest for Shanghai Shenhua after this match as they are travelling to Chongqing Dangdai Lifan for a Super League game in only two days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Shanghai Shenhua at home in the league. 7 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright form and stats
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Super League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Maritu and Xiangshuo scored in Shijiazhuang's previous match, the home game against Wuhan Zall that ended 2-0. The attacker Maritu got a match rating of 7.71 in that game. Maritu scored one goal.
Before that, Shijiazhuang secured a home win against Tianjin Teda with the score 2-1.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Dalian Yifang in just two days.
It's early days yet, but Shijiazhuang Ever Bright has scored 4 and conceded 5 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have met before this season: Shijiazhuang Ever Bright - Shanghai 1-1. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Shanghai victory, one draw and one Shijiazhuang Ever Bright win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Mierzejewski 5 goals |  C. Mougang Bassogog 4 goals |   P. Xie 4 goals |
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright missing players
| Shanghai Shenhua | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 30 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 22 |
| 21 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 20 | 30 |
| 89% | 78% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 68% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 47% | 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 89% | 53% |
| 32% | 22% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 16% |
| 21% | 22% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 11% |
| 58% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 89% | 63% |
| 26% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 21% |
| 26% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 26% |
| 5.9 | 5.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| 3.2 | 3.6 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.9 | 4 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16.2 | 17.3 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10.3 | 10.1 |
| 6.4 | 6.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 25% | 25% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 41% | 34% |
| 7.4 | 7.9 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 14 | 12.6 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.1 | 4.4 |
- Shanghai Shenhua have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shanghai Shenhua have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Shanghai Shenhua have the most scored goals (7) at home in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have the the best goal difference (+5) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have the the best goal difference (+6) at home in Super League
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have the most scored goals in the first half (14) 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 Shenhua | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 32 |
| 2 | Henan Jianye | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 26 |
| 3 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 20 |
| 4 | Wuhan Zall | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
| 5 | Dalian Yifang | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| 6 | Tianjin Teda | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 14 |
| 7 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 13 |
| 8 | Qingdao Hainiu | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 10 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
