Shaky top table page-turner in Super League as Tianjin Teda have come the 683 miles necessary to meet Shanghai Shenhua at their Shanghai Stadium.
- Shanghai Shenhua have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Super League
- Tianjin Teda have not yet lost a game.
Tianjin Teda have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Shanghai Shenhua and Tianjin Teda.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
Shanghai Shenhua are steadily winning Super League games and points here at Shanghai Stadium. 4 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 7 games.
Shanghai are confident in defense, having played 333 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Shanghai Shenhua's last game was hosting Nantong Zhiyun (placed 14th) and winning 1-0. It's uncommon, but the exact score 1-0 has been on "repeat" three league games in a row. Defender Jiang got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.0/10. Jiang scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 2 of 7 duels.
Before that one, a nice away win at Yunnan Yukun. A FA Cup game. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Shanghai Shenhua have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 2 and lost 0.
Trouble hitting the net? In this club's last 13 league matches, 11 have contained two goals or less.
Shanghai have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {3 goals}.
Tianjin Teda form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 2 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats.
Tianjin Teda won their last game, 3-2 versus Qingdao Jonoon played at home. Midfield player Rosa was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.64/10. Rosa scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 25 successful passes (of 31 total).
Before that, the FA Cup win away at Wuxi Wugou. Tianjin are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.
Lacking goals? 9 of this team's last 11 league matches have seen two or less goals.
It's not easy to score on Tianjin Teda as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these contenders: Shanghai won five, Tianjin Teda triumphed in three and we saw two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Malele 5 goals |   F. Vieira Rosa 4 goals |
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
Tianjin Teda missing players
| Shanghai Shenhua | Tianjin Teda | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 85% |
| 46% | 43% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 69% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 46% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 62% |
| 54% | 57% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 17% | 15% |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3 | 4.4 |
| 5.2 | 5.7 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 7.2 | 5.8 |
| 1.8 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.5 | 12.9 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 9.3 | 10 |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
| 27% | 23% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 35% | 40% |
| 11.4 | 12.1 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 13.3 | 12.3 |
| 4.1 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | 3.7 |
- Shanghai Shenhua have not yet lost a game at home.
- Shanghai Shenhua have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shanghai Shenhua have scored in all their matches so far.
- Shanghai Shenhua have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have the most clean sheets (7) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Tianjin Teda have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Tianjin Teda have not yet lost a game.
- Tianjin Teda have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 29 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 28 |
| 3 | Chengdu Qianbao | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Tianjin Teda | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Changchun Yatai | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Shandong Luneng | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Beijing Guoan | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 18 |
| 8 | Hangzhou | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | Wuhan Three Towns | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| 10 | Henan Jianye | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 11 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 13 |
| 12 | Shenzhen | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
| 13 | Meizhou Hakka | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -9 | 9 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -10 | 9 |
| 15 | Qingdao Jonoon | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 8 |
| 16 | Dalian Professional | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 8 |
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