This is shaping up to be quite the engrossing meeting at Tianhe Stadium in the Super League. Shenzhen is in 5th position and receive Changchun Yatai in 4th spot. Learn more about the match here!
- Shenzhen have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Super League
- Changchun Yatai have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Super League
It's quite the trip for Changchun Yatai when visiting Shenzhen as the cities are 3000 kilometers apart.
It's no vacation for neither Shenzhen nor Changchun Yatai as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Shenzhen form and stats
Only two Super League home games for Shenzhen so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
In their previous game, the manager Granero Granero led his Shenzhen to a defeat in the Super League match away at Shanghai SIPG. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Tianhe Stadium. Attacking player Kardec edged out all the other players in that match and got a match rating of 7.41 out of 10. Kardec served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 24 successful passes (of 28 total).
Before that, Shenzhen played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Beijing Guoan.There will be little rest for Shenzhen after this match as they are travelling to Hebei CFFC for a Super League game in only two days.
At Tianhe Stadium, Shenzhen has the goal stats of 4-3 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Changchun Yatai form and stats
Things could have gone better for Changchun Yatai in their Super League away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Changchun are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Super League against Guangzhou R&F (placed 7th). Negrão came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Guangzhou R&F last time out, making the manager Chen feel like a tactical genius. Yan got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, top player of the team. Yan hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 55 successful passes (of 63 total).
A 1-2 defeat away at Shandong Luneng before that.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Changchun manager Chen as the team has another away game coming up in only two days, this time against Guangzhou Evergrande.
Changchun Yatai have the goal stats of 3-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these teams face each other this season, as the records show this recent game: Changchun Yatai - Shenzhen 1-1. Head-to-head data (for the former ten meetings): Shenzhen won two games, one match ended with a tie and Changchun Yatai got seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: nine / oneTop Goalscorers
  G. Figueiredo Pinto Júnior 14 goals |  A. de Souza Pereira Junior 10 goals |  E. Nascimento de Lima 7 goals |
Shenzhen missing players
Changchun Yatai missing players
| Shenzhen | Changchun Yatai | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 9 | 19 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 32 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 15 | 29 |
| 27 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 17 |
| 89% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 89% | 84% |
| 84% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 89% | 79% |
| 74% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 78% | 58% |
| 37% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 16% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 5% |
| 68% | 56% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 78% | 58% |
| 21% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 37% |
| 21% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 21% |
| 6.9 | 7.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| 3.7 | 3.4 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.8 | 5.5 |
| 1.8 | 2.2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14.8 | 15.3 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12.3 | 11.5 |
| 5.3 | 5.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| 32% | 26% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 32% | 32% |
| 10.6 | 9.9 | 19 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12.6 | 12 |
| 3.9 | 3.8 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
- Changchun Yatai have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Changchun Yatai have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Super League
- Changchun Yatai have the most points from losing position (10) in Super League
- Shenzhen have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Super League
- Shenzhen have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Super League
- Shenzhen have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Super League
- Shenzhen have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Super League
- Shenzhen have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 | Shandong Luneng | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 48 |
| 2 | Shanghai SIPG | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 38 |
| 3 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 38 |
| 4 | Changchun Yatai | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 35 |
| 5 | Shenzhen | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 29 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -6 | 28 |
| 7 | Guangzhou R&F | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 25 |
| 8 | Hebei CFFC | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -10 | 25 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
