The league table in Super League tells a story about these teams so far, with Shanghai SIPG leading Chongqing Dangdai Lifan by 8 points. Match preview to follow:
The hosts Shanghai saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Super League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Beijing Guoan.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Shanghai SIPG form and stats
Shanghai SIPG, who have the the best goal difference (+8) in Super League, have collected seven points from their first three Super League games here at Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, a promising start.
Shanghai are returning here after visiting Beijing Guoan in a Super League game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Shijiazhuang Ever Bright that ended 1-1.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Shanghai SIPG home games with this odds we find twelve games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in ten wins, two draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, nine matches were won by at least two goals.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (7 in 3 games), Shanghai's attacking play is working. Shanghai have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan form and stats
The Super League season is young and Chongqing Dangdai Lifan have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
Chongqing are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Super League against Shijiazhuang Ever Bright (placed 6th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Wuhan Zall wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Chongqing played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected two times.
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan have the goal stats of 2-4 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - three - one (Shanghai wins - draws - Chongqing Dangdai Lifan wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. de Souza Pereira Junior 14 goals |   G. Vieira de Souza 10 goals |  O. dos Santos Emboaba Júnior 9 goals |
Shanghai SIPG missing players
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan missing players
| Shanghai SIPG | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 5.3 | 5.7 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
| 1.7 | 1.3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 96 | 48 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 26 | 95 |
| 30 | 14 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 8 | 22 |
| 43% | 50% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 27% |
- All of Chongqing Dangdai Lifan's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Shanghai SIPG's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Chongqing Dangdai Lifan has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2)
- Chongqing Dangdai Lifan has the fewest scored goals in the first half (1)
- Chongqing Dangdai Lifan have yet to win a game away.
- Shanghai SIPG has the fewest conceded goals (5)
- Shanghai SIPG has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2)
- Shanghai SIPG has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Shanghai SIPG has the most points from losing position (11)
- Shanghai SIPG has the most scored goals in the second half (9)
- Shanghai SIPG has the the best goal difference (+8)
- Shanghai SIPG have not yet lost a game.
- Shanghai SIPG have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shanghai SIPG have scored in all their matches so far.
- Shanghai SIPG have scored more than double the goals of Chongqing Dangdai Lifan.
- Shanghai SIPG have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Shanghai SIPG haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shanghai SIPG is in the best form (4-2-0)
| 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 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 2 | Beijing Guoan | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Wuhan Zall | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Hebei CFFC | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 5 | Qingdao Hainiu | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -11 | 1 |