Shanghai SIPG have been superior to Meizhou Hakka so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all the info you require prior to kickoff:
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Super League
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Meizhou Hakka, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Shanghai SIPG form and stats
Shanghai SIPG have collected 20 points from their Super League home games so far after 6-2-3.
Happy days for Shanghai in their previous game, a fixture away at Changchun Yatai (placed 11th) that ended with a 4-1 victory. The striker Paulinho was declared "man of the match" for Shanghai SIPG with the rating of 9.13/10. Paulinho scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 53 successful passes (of 62 total).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Beijing Guoan (0-1).Not much happening? In this club's last 12 league games, 9 have had zero, one or two goals.
Shanghai has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Shanghai SIPG are not conceding a lot of goals here at Dalian Sports Center in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 11 matches.
Meizhou Hakka form and stats
Playing away, Meizhou Hakka have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the Super League this season.
Meizhou Hakka play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Guangzhou Evergrande (placed 16th). That victory felt sweet as this team had gone three league matches without winning. Attacker Vukanović got a player rating of 8.6 in the game. "Man of the match" Vukanović scored two goals, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 20 successful passes (of 25 total).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Shandong Luneng.The attacking power of Meizhou when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Meizhou Hakka as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Vukanović 9 goals |   W. Lü 6 goals |  P. Ndiaye 6 goals |
Shanghai SIPG missing players
Meizhou Hakka missing players
| Shanghai SIPG | Meizhou Hakka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 32 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 19 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 85% |
| 65% | 55% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 38% | 65% |
| 30% | 18% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 55% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 25% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 40% | 27% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 60% |
| 40% | 45% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | 30% |
| 25% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 25% |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.5 | 5.3 |
| 3.6 | 2.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.4 | 11.5 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.4 | 13.1 |
| 4 | 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 33% | 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 22% | 33% |
| 9.8 | 8.5 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.5 | 9.8 | 9.9 |
| 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.1 | 3 |
- Shanghai SIPG have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest conceded goals (14) 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 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 59 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 42 | 50 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 27 | 47 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 40 |
| 4 | Shanghai SIPG | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | Hangzhou | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 35 |
| 6 | Henan Jianye | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 34 |
| 7 | Meizhou Hakka | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 33 |
| 8 | Beijing Guoan | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 31 |
| 9 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 31 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 26 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 26 |
| 12 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 16 | -3 | 22 |
| 13 | Dalian Yifang | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 22 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -17 | 21 |
| 15 | Wuhan Yangtze | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -19 | 17 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 19 | -18 | 12 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -26 | 11 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 20 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 61 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 26 | -50 | 3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
