The Super League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Shenzhen and Henan Jianye are placed 5th and 6th respectively.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
It's quite the trip for Henan Jianye when visiting Shenzhen as the cities are 1500 kilometers apart.
Shenzhen form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Shenzhen's two home games in the Super League so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Dalian Sports Center.
Shenzhen's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus Guangzhou Evergrande (placed 1st). A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Shanghai Shenhua.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Shenzhen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found two games) they have won zero times, drawn one and lost one.
At Dalian Sports Center, Shenzhen has the goal stats of 4-3 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Henan Jianye form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Super League away game of the season. During their previous season 15 away games resulted in 2 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats.
There were no winners in Henan Jianye's previous match, a Super League home game that ended 1-1 vs Guangzhou R&F (placed 8th). Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Dalian Professional.
Jianye are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, three draws and three defeats. From a total of six matches.
A new game in only four days for Henan Jianye, the Super League home match versus Guangzhou Evergrande. Busy days.
Henan Jianye have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Shenzhen victories, three draws and four Henan Jianye wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Ohandza Zoa 10 goals |   J. Mary Honi Uzuegbunam 9 goals | C. Mougang Bassogog 8 goals |
Shenzhen missing players
Henan Jianye missing players
| Shenzhen | Henan Jianye | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.3 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| 3 | 2.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 0.7 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | 21 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 12 | 35 |
| 13 | 7 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 46% | 57% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 38% |
| Shenzhen | Last season | Henan Jianye | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 17 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 31 | 24 | Scored | S | 18 | 41 | ||
| 57 | 23 | Conceded | C | 28 | 46 | ||
| 97% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 90% | ||
| 83% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 73% | ||
| 53% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 30% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 33% | ||
| 13% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 23% | ||
| 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 63% | ||
| 7% | 13% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 23% | ||
| 47% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 23% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 394 | 230 | Total Shots | T S | 158 | 342 | ||
| 116 | 69 | Shots on Target | S O | 51 | 125 | ||
| 27% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | Jiangsu Suning | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Shandong Luneng | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Shenzhen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Henan Jianye | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 7 | Dalian Professional | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 8 | Guangzhou R&F | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 68 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 14 | 44 | 72 |
| 2 | Beijing Guoan | 30 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 60 | 26 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 34 | 70 |
| 3 | Shanghai SIPG | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 62 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 36 | 66 |
| 4 | Jiangsu Suning | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 60 | 41 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 19 | 53 |
| 5 | Shandong Luneng | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 51 |
| 6 | Wuhan Zall | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 0 | 44 |
| 7 | Tianjin Teda | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 43 | 45 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 27 | -2 | 41 |
| 8 | Henan Jianye | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 46 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 28 | -5 | 41 |
| 9 | Dalian Professional | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 44 | 51 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 31 | -7 | 38 |
| 10 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 29 | -11 | 36 |
| 11 | Hebei CFFC | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 37 | 55 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 32 | -18 | 33 |
| 12 | Guangzhou R&F | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 54 | 72 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 22 | 40 | -18 | 32 |
| 13 | Shanghai Shenhua | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 43 | 57 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | -14 | 30 |
| 14 | Tianjin Quanjian | 30 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 40 | 53 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 27 | -13 | 25 |
| 15 | Shenzhen | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 57 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 34 | -26 | 21 |
| 16 | Beijing Renhe | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 65 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 33 | -39 | 14 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)