Shanghai SIPG contests Changchun Yatai fray

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Competition: China PR Super League
Competition: Sat 31.December
Match begins: 07:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pennant Hills Park (1000 seats)

Shanghai SIPG have been superior to Changchun Yatai this season, but every game opens at 0-0. Here's all the details you require prior to kickoff:

Insights:
  • Shanghai SIPG have the fewest conceded goals (25) in Super League
  • Changchun Yatai have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

For Changchun most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

Changchun Yatai have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Super League. That game was also an away game, at Guangzhou Evergrande. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Shanghai SIPG form and stats

32 points is a decent return from 16 Super League games here at Pennant Hills Park for Shanghai SIPG. The data says 10 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses.

The Shanghai SIPG goalkeeper Junling Yan is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 319 minutes without conceding a goal in the Super League.

Shanghai SIPG's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Shandong Luneng (placed 2nd). The home side are looking to build on that result. The goalie Yan was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.64 out of ten. Yan topped it up with a clean sheet.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Meizhou Hakka and winning 1-0.

Shanghai have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Pennant Hills Park with 27 goals in 16 league matches. Shanghai SIPG are not conceding a lot of goals here at Pennant Hills Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 16 matches.

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Changchun Yatai form and stats

As the visiting team in Super League matches, Changchun Yatai have produced an overall stat of 6-6-4 so far.

Changchun play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-1 victory visiting Guangzhou Evergrande (placed 17th). He was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.72. The defender He hit one key pass and won 2 of 2 duels.

A 0-1 defeat away at Meizhou Hakka before that.

Changchun Yatai has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 30 goals from 16 games. As for defending, Changchun Yatai rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 27 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest H2H game ended Changchun Yatai - Shanghai 1-4, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Shanghai SIPG four wins, two draws and Changchun Yatai four victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Shanghai SIPGL. Wu
L. Wu
11 goals
Changchun YataiL. Tan
L. Tan
10 goals
Changchun YataiS. Soler de Oliveira Júnior
S. Soler de Oliveira Júnior
9 goals

Shanghai SIPG missing players

Changchun Yatai missing players

Shanghai SIPG Changchun Yatai
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
18 10 3 Won W 1 6 11
5 2 1 Drew D 2 6 11
9 4 1 Lost L 2 4 11
48 27 12 Scored S 5 30 49
25 10 5 Conceded C 11 27 46
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 88% 85%
69% 69% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 81% 70%
41% 31% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 69% 52%
12% 12% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 56% 39%
6% 6% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 25% 24%
41% 31% 60% BTTS BTTS 40% 62% 55%
44% 50% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 19% 27%
22% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 31% 33%
 
5.5 4.6 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 1.4 4 4.4
3.5 3.2 2.4 Corners against (avg) C A 9.8 5.9 4.9
1.2 1.3 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.3 1.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
12.3 11.7 13 Shots (avg) S ( 6.2 11 10.5
4.4 4.6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.5 3.3
34% 36% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 54% 45%
 
9.6 9.1 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 21.8 14.4 12.7
3.3 3.3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.2 5.2 4.2
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Changchun Yatai have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Shanghai SIPG have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Shanghai SIPG have the fewest conceded goals (25) in Super League
  • Shanghai SIPG have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Super League
  • Shanghai SIPG have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • 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 33 24 3 6 88 28 16 11 1 4 52 18 17 13 2 2 36 10 60 75
2 Shandong Luneng 33 24 3 6 84 29 16 14 1 1 49 7 17 10 2 5 35 22 55 75
3 Chengdu Rongcheng 33 17 11 5 46 28 16 8 7 1 30 14 17 9 4 4 16 14 18 62
4 Hangzhou 32 16 11 5 57 28 15 9 4 2 25 10 17 7 7 3 32 18 29 59
5 Shanghai SIPG 32 18 5 9 48 25 16 10 2 4 27 10 16 8 3 5 21 15 23 59
6 Beijing Guoan 32 17 7 8 57 43 16 8 4 4 28 19 16 9 3 4 29 24 14 58
7 Henan Jianye 32 15 8 9 53 32 16 9 2 5 31 17 16 6 6 4 22 15 21 53
8 Tianjin Teda 32 14 7 11 45 36 17 7 4 6 23 17 15 7 3 5 22 19 9 49
9 Meizhou Hakka 33 13 7 13 42 41 16 8 3 5 29 18 17 5 4 8 13 23 1 46
10 Dalian Professional 33 12 9 12 49 50 17 6 5 6 25 25 16 6 4 6 24 25 -1 45
11 Shanghai Shenhua 33 13 11 9 40 34 16 7 4 5 17 15 17 6 7 4 23 19 6 44
12 Changchun Yatai 33 11 11 11 49 46 17 5 5 7 19 19 16 6 6 4 30 27 3 44
13 Cangzhou Mighty Lions 33 10 11 12 43 50 17 3 8 6 13 20 16 7 3 6 30 30 -7 41
14 Shenzhen 32 9 3 20 29 69 17 5 1 11 13 32 15 4 2 9 16 37 -40 30
15 Guangzhou R&F 33 6 5 22 31 58 16 3 2 11 15 32 17 3 3 11 16 26 -27 23
16 Wuhan Zall 33 8 4 21 34 67 17 4 4 9 19 33 16 4 0 12 15 34 -33 19
17 Guangzhou Evergrande 33 3 8 22 24 62 17 2 5 10 17 31 16 1 3 12 7 31 -38 17
18 Hebei CFFC 33 2 0 31 18 111 16 2 0 14 11 57 17 0 0 17 7 54 -93 -3

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The Chinese Football Association Super League, usually known as the Chinese Super League, is the highest level of football in China. It was founded in 2004 as a rebranding of the former top division. It has16 teams meeting each other home and away for a total of 30 fixtures in a season running from March to November.