Super League: Top-drawer vs below average, at least that's what the table says. Shanghai SIPG - Nantong Zhiyun. Home victory or a surprise result?
- Shanghai SIPG is in the best form (5-0-1) in Super League
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest scored goals (7) in Super League
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
When playing at home in the Super League, Shanghai SIPG have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.
The Shanghai SIPG crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Chengdu Rongcheng here at Shanghai Stadium. This club managed a ten league matches long run without a defeat before that game! Heartbreak for Shanghai SIPG in their last match as Chengdu Rongcheng's Li (own goal) scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfield player Oscar got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, the max score being 10. Oscar hit the woodwork once, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 7 times and had 73 successful passes (of 83 total).
In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Changchun Yatai.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 home games with this odds we find 4 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.
Shanghai SIPG have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Shanghai Stadium with 9 goals in 5 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Nantong Zhiyun form and stats
As the visiting team in Super League matches, Nantong Zhiyun have produced an overall stat of 0-2-3 so far. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Nantong are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Nantong Zhiyun are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the match against Qingdao Jonoon (placed 15th). Eureka; their first victory in the league after seven games not winning. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager de Almeida when Wang scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute. Liu was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.65. The defender Liu hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes and won 4 of 9 duels.
A 0-1 defeat away at Chengdu Rongcheng before that.Lacking goals? 8 of this team's latest 10 league matches have seen two goals or less.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Nantong as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Nantong Zhiyun have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Wu 7 goals |  S. Wang 3 goals |  P. Soares dos Santos 3 goals |
Shanghai SIPG missing players
Nantong Zhiyun missing players
| Shanghai SIPG | Nantong Zhiyun | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 19 | 9 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 55% |
| 45% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 18% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 18% | 40% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 45% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 45% |
| 45% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 36% |
| 7.6 | 9.6 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0.5 | 3.8 | 5.2 |
| 4.5 | 3.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.2 | 4.4 |
| 1.3 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.5 | 15.6 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 10.8 | 13.8 |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.8 | 4.7 |
| 39% | 39% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 21% | 13% |
| 10.8 | 11.4 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 24.5 | 16.8 | 13.8 |
| 3.5 | 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
- Nantong Zhiyun have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Nantong Zhiyun have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest scored goals (7) in Super League
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Super League
- Nantong Zhiyun have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Nantong Zhiyun have yet to win a game away.
- Nantong Zhiyun haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shanghai SIPG have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Shanghai SIPG have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shanghai SIPG have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shanghai SIPG have scored more than double the goals of Nantong Zhiyun.
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the the best goal difference (+11) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Shanghai SIPG have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Shanghai SIPG haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Shanghai SIPG is in the best form (5-0-1) in Super League
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 26 |
| 2 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 23 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Tianjin Teda | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Shandong Luneng | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | Changchun Yatai | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | Wuhan Three Towns | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 10 | Henan Jianye | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | Shenzhen | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -9 | 11 |
| 12 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 13 | Meizhou Hakka | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 9 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 9 |
| 15 | Qingdao Jonoon | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 16 | Dalian Yifang | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 6 |
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