A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Shanghai SIPG fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and Wuhan Zall's 6th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Shanghai SIPG have the most scored goals (22) in Super League
- Wuhan Zall have yet to win a game.
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.
These teams have little in common geographically as Wuhan Zall have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Shanghai SIPG form and stats
The story so far in the Super League for Shanghai SIPG, who have the most scored goals (22) in Super League, at their home stadium (Kunshan Sports Center Stadium) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Shanghai are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
It's back home for Shanghai, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Dalian Professional away with the result 5-0. Wenjun Lyu, Shiyuan Yang, Shenyuan Li, Abraham Halik and Huachen Zhang found the net in that victory. Oscar (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.12/10. Oscar hit four key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 44 successful passes (of 53 total). As indicated by the result mentioned above, Shanghai played a great game against Dalian Professional and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Changchun Yatai (1-2).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Shanghai as they are travelling to their away game against Hebei CFFC in the Super League. That match is three days after this one.
A decent goal production from Shanghai in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Shanghai have only let in 1 goal at home.
Wuhan Zall form and stats
Wuhan Zall have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Super League, after 0-4-2 (6 played). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Wuhan, who have now gone eleven games without a victory. The Hebei CFFC game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.
Wuhan delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Tianjin Teda (placed 8th) in their previous match; a Super League game. Junmin Hao, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.43. Hao hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 42 successful passes (of 52 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Beijing Guoan's place.A new game in only three days for Wuhan Zall, the Super League home match versus Dalian Professional. Busy days.
The attacking power of Wuhan when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Wuhan have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Wuhan Zall - Shanghai SIPG 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: seven wins for Shanghai SIPG, two draws and one win for Wuhan Zall. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  W. Lü 5 goals |   J. Kouassi 5 goals |  R. Lopes Pereira 4 goals |
Shanghai SIPG missing players
Wuhan Zall missing players
| Shanghai SIPG | Wuhan Zall | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 22 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 82% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 73% |
| 64% | 40% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 73% |
| 45% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 36% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 45% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 64% |
| 55% | 80% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 27% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 36% |
| 7 | 6.6 | 13 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.5 | 4.7 |
| 1.3 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.6 | 12.2 | 21 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9 | 9.3 |
| 4.3 | 4.2 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 47% | 38% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 26% |
- Shanghai SIPG have not yet lost a game at home.
- Shanghai SIPG have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shanghai SIPG have scored more than double the goals of Wuhan Zall.
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the most clean sheets (6) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the most points (13) at home in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the most scored goals (22) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the most scored goals (8) at home in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the most scored goals in the first half (10) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the most scored goals in the second half (12) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the the best goal difference (+16) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the the best goal difference (+7) at home in Super League
- Wuhan Zall have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Wuhan Zall have yet to win a game.
| 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 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 22 |
| 2 | Changchun Yatai | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| 3 | Hebei CFFC | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| 4 | Beijing Guoan | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 5 | Shanghai Shenhua | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 6 | Wuhan Zall | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 7 | Dalian Professional | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -12 | 7 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -14 | 6 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)