There is optimism in Shanghai SIPG so far, with their 4th spot in the Super League table and eagerly waiting for Henan Jianye (who are in 7th).
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Super League
These teams have little in common geographically as Henan Jianye have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Shanghai SIPG form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Jinjiang Sports Center as Shanghai SIPG have scored 24 goals to get 29 points from 14 games. The overall stats in the Super League are 9-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Shanghai, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Shanghai SIPG lost their last game at Tianjin Teda (placed 8th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Paulinho (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.03/10. Paulinho hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 65 successful passes (of 72 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Hangzhou (1-2).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Shanghai SIPG as they are travelling to their away game against Guangzhou R&F in the Super League. That match is four days after this one.
Shanghai have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Jinjiang Sports Center with 24 goals in 14 league matches. Shanghai SIPG are not conceding a lot of goals here at Jinjiang Sports Center in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 14 matches.
Henan Jianye form and stats
5-4-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Henan Jianye in their Super League matches away.
Henan Jianye are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Guangzhou Evergrande (placed 15th). The draw against Guangzhou Evergrande came from a losing position. The Jianye manager Mejía brought on Huang as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Wang got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, top player of the team. Wang served one assist, hit two key passes and had 52 successful passes (of 61 total).
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Wuhan Yangtze.Henan Jianye have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 17 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Jianye as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The 8 most recent matches featuring these sides have all finished as Shanghai SIPG wins. Another one?The sides have played each other before in this season, with the result Henan Jianye - Shanghai SIPG 1-2 entered in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
![]() L. Wu 9 goals | ![]() L. da Silva Monte 9 goals | ![]() W. Lü 7 goals |
Shanghai SIPG missing players
Henan Jianye missing players
| Shanghai SIPG | Henan Jianye | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 27 |
| 15 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 42 | 24 | 11 | Scored | S | 5 | 17 | 47 |
| 21 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 27 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 85% | 93% |
| 70% | 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 69% | 74% |
| 41% | 29% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 38% | 59% |
| 11% | 7% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 23% | 26% |
| 7% | 7% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 11% |
| 41% | 29% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 38% | 44% |
| 41% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 46% | 37% |
| 22% | 21% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 31% | 26% |
| 5.1 | 4.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
| 3.3 | 2.7 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11.8 | 11.8 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 13.1 | 12.4 |
| 4.3 | 4.5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| 36% | 38% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 29% | 38% |
| 9.5 | 8.8 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 11.5 | 11.6 |
| 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
- Shanghai SIPG have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) 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 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 77 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 55 | 65 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 27 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 66 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 45 | 65 |
| 3 | Hangzhou | 27 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 50 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 25 | 49 |
| 4 | Shanghai SIPG | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 21 | 49 |
| 5 | Beijing Guoan | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 49 |
| 6 | Chengdu Qianbao | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 38 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 48 |
| 7 | Henan Jianye | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 47 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 20 | 47 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 41 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 40 |
| 10 | Shanghai Shenhua | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 36 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 39 | 38 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 34 |
| 12 | Dalian Professional | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -6 | 33 |
| 13 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 40 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 28 | -5 | 31 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 27 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 52 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 27 | -24 | 30 |
| 15 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 27 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 49 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 29 | -29 | 15 |
| 16 | Guangzhou R&F | 27 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 22 | 53 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 25 | -31 | 15 |
| 17 | Wuhan Yangtze | 27 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 27 | 58 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 29 | -31 | 12 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 27 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 14 | 92 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 45 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 47 | -78 | -6 |
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