A glance at the Super League standings shows that this is top- against mid-table, but that's not all there is to know. Get our Shanghai SIPG - Beijing Guoan guide!
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Super League
- Beijing Guoan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These teams have little in common geographically as Beijing Guoan have to travel 1200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Shanghai SIPG form and stats
Shanghai SIPG are steadily winning Super League games and points here at Dalian Sports Center. 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 10 games. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Shanghai SIPG, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Shanghai, as their goalkeeper Junling Yan has completely shut out the opponents for 189 minutes in the Super League.
Shanghai SIPG's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Chengdu Rongcheng (placed 8th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfielder Lei was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.33 (out of ten) in that game. Lei scored two goals.
Before that, Shanghai SIPG had a home game versus Guangzhou R&F which ended with a victory 2-0.Trouble hitting the net? In this team's last 10 league matches, 8 have had two goals or less.
Shanghai are traveling soon after this match as the Super League match at Changchun Yatai awaits in four days.
The Shanghai SIPG fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 10 matches. From these home matches, Shanghai SIPG have conceded only 5 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Beijing Guoan form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Beijing Guoan playing as the away team in the Super League this season.
Beijing has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Dalian Professional for a 2-2 draw. Which player has scored three games in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Zhang and that is quite the feat! Attacker Zhang got a player rating of 8.11 in the game. "Man of the match" Zhang scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Hebei CFFC.After this away game Beijing Guoan return home for a Super League game against Shandong Luneng. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Beijing are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 16 times in 9 away games so far. Beijing Guoan have conceded 19 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - two - one (Shanghai wins - draws - Beijing Guoan wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Zhang 12 goals |   P. Ndiaye 6 goals |  W. Lü 4 goals |
Shanghai SIPG missing players
Beijing Guoan missing players
| Shanghai SIPG | Beijing Guoan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 22 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 16 | 28 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 10 | 19 | 27 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 67% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 78% |
| 28% | 20% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 89% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 56% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 33% | 22% |
| 39% | 30% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 89% | 67% |
| 44% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 11% | 22% |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.1 | 5.3 |
| 3.5 | 2.6 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.1 | 11.4 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12.4 | 14.1 |
| 3.7 | 3.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 33% | 33% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 40% | 31% |
| 9.7 | 8.1 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 11.7 | 10.9 |
| 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
- All of Beijing Guoan's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Beijing Guoan have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Beijing Guoan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Beijing Guoan have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Beijing Guoan haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Shanghai SIPG have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Wuhan Three Towns | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 57 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 42 | 47 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 26 | 43 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 36 |
| 4 | Shanghai SIPG | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 34 |
| 5 | Henan Jianye | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 31 |
| 6 | Meizhou Hakka | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 30 |
| 7 | Hangzhou | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 29 |
| 8 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 28 |
| 9 | Beijing Guoan | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 27 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 23 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 22 |
| 12 | Dalian Professional | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | Shenzhen | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 25 | -16 | 19 |
| 14 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | Wuhan Yangtze | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -15 | 17 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 19 | -16 | 11 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 18 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -26 | 9 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 18 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 55 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 25 | -44 | 3 |
