It's still early in the Super League season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Shanghai SIPG - Changchun Yatai preview!
- Shanghai SIPG have the most scored goals (10) in Super League
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
These teams have little in common geographically as Changchun Yatai have to travel 2000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Shanghai SIPG form and stats
1-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Shanghai SIPG, who have the most scored goals (10) in Super League, so far this season.
Shanghai drew their last game, 1-1 away at Shanghai Shenhua (placed 2nd). Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Beijing Guoan.
At Jiangyin Sports Park Stadium, Shanghai SIPG has the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Changchun Yatai form and stats
Only one away game in the Super League so far for Changchun Yatai and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 2 victories, 0 draws and 0 losses from 2 travels. In general it has been a productive period now for Changchun as they haven't lost any of their last 14 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Heilongjiang Lava Spring game have they lost an away game, meaning Changchun Yatai has taken points from eight away matches in a row.
Changchun Yatai aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 209 league minutes without a goal. Erik was the last player to find the net. Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Changchun goalkeeper Xiaotian Shi is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Changchun Yatai's last game was the home draw against Wuhan Zall (0-0). Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Tianjin Teda.
It's early days yet, but Changchun Yatai has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Shanghai six wins, one draw and Changchun Yatai three victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Lopes Pereira 4 goals |  M. Arnautović 3 goals |  W. Lü 2 goals |
Shanghai SIPG missing players
Changchun Yatai missing players
| Shanghai SIPG | Changchun Yatai | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 9 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 13.7 |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 67% | 75% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 20% |
- Shanghai SIPG have the most scored goals (10) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the most scored goals in the first half (4) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the most scored goals in the second half (6) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the the best goal difference (+7) in Super League
| Shanghai SIPG | Last season | Changchun Yatai | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 7 | 15 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 31 | 20 | Scored | S | 14 | 28 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 87% | ||
| 80% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 73% | ||
| 50% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 40% | ||
| 15% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 27% | ||
| 5% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | ||
| 65% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 40% | ||
| 25% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 57% | 53% | ||
| 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 20% | ||
| 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 | 1.1 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 14.8 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 11.7 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| 30% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 43% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Hebei CFFC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Changchun Yatai | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Beijing Guoan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 6 | Wuhan Zall | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 7 | Tianjin Teda | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 1 |
| 8 | Dalian Professional | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 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 | Changchun Yatai | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Hangzhou | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Zhenjiang Huasa | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 4 | Chengdu Qianbao | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 7 |
| 5 | Meizhou Hakka | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Taizhou Yuanda | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -8 | 0 |
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