It's game two of the Super League season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Shanghai SIPG-Beijing Guoan!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Beijing Guoan have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Shanghai SIPG form and stats
A good away victory last time out for Shanghai, who won 6-1 against Tianjin Teda (placed 8th). Heartbreak before that as Shanghai lost 0-2 at Vissel Kobe's place.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Shanghai SIPG played a great game against Tianjin Teda and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. What a game it was for Marko Arnautović when beating Tianjin Teda, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Shanghai SIPG handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, zero draws and three defeats.
Last season, Shanghai SIPG's league statistics were 10 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, resulting in a 1st position in the Super League. Over these 14 matches they scored 26 goals and conceded 11. Playing at home last season Shanghai SIPG managed 6-1-0 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 4 conceded.
Beijing Guoan form and stats
Playing away, Beijing Guoan have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the Super League this season.
Beijing Guoan are travelling again after losing away to Shanghai Shenhua in their previous match (1-2). Prior to that match, the Beijing manager S. Bilić faced defeat when travelling to Ulsan and losing 0-2.
We have checked recent matches where Beijing Guoan have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were zero victories, zero draws and four defeats.
Beijing Guoan have the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Let's have a look at how Beijing Guoan performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. In total they scored 36 and conceded 19 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 4 and lost 1 with 15/13 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - one - three (Shanghai wins - draws - Beijing Guoan wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Arnautović 3 goals |  R. Lopes Pereira 2 goals |  W. Lü 1 goals |
Shanghai SIPG missing players
Beijing Guoan missing players
| Shanghai SIPG | Beijing Guoan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 75% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| Shanghai SIPG | Last season | Beijing Guoan | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 31 | 20 | Scored | S | 20 | 44 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Conceded | C | 19 | 27 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 80% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 85% | ||
| 50% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 90% | 75% | ||
| 15% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 70% | 55% | ||
| 5% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 65% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 90% | 75% | ||
| 25% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | ||
| 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 10% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 14.8 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 13 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 30% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Changchun Yatai | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Hebei CFFC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Wuhan Zall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Dalian Professional | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 |