Both Shenzhen and Shanghai Shenhua are aching for points in this game, in spite of the away team having a 19 point advantage so far this season.
- Shenzhen have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Shanghai Shenhua is in the best form (5-1-0) in Super League
It's quite the trip for Shanghai Shenhua when visiting Shenzhen as the cities are 1400 kilometers apart.
This could be an appealing match with lots of spark and energy as both participants are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!
Shenzhen form and stats
The story so far in the Super League for Shenzhen at their home stadium (Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Shenzhen, their manager Zhang and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Shenzhen travelled for their previous game, a trip to Guangzhou R&F that ended 1-1. Midfielder Jiang was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.33 (out of ten) in that game. Jiang hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at Changchun Yatai.Shenzhen has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
As the visiting team in Super League matches, Shanghai Shenhua have produced an overall stat of 4-3-1 so far.
Bassogog scored in Shanghai Shenhua's previous match, the home game against Henan Jianye that ended 1-0. Shanghai Shenhua goalie Ma was high and low in the Henan Jianye game, contributing seven saves towards the victory. Goalkeeper Ma got the top player rating of the team with 9.1/10. Ma topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Dalian Yifang.Shanghai has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 8 games. As opposed to that, Shanghai Shenhua have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Shanghai Shenhua have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive games without defeat (3-2-0) when playing Shenzhen.Top Goalscorers
  J. Zhu 7 goals |   F. Opoku Acheampong 6 goals |  C. Mougang Bassogog 4 goals |
Shenzhen missing players
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
| Shenzhen | Shanghai Shenhua | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 8 | 14 | 27 |
| 39 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 84% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 88% | 74% |
| 63% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | 32% |
| 37% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 16% |
| 26% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 5% |
| 58% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 75% | 53% |
| 16% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | 42% |
| 26% | 29% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 4.2 | 3.1 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10.1 | 9.1 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 10 | 10.4 |
| 3.6 | 3.6 | 0.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| 32% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 61% | 54% |
| 12.2 | 14.1 | 20.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 10.2 | 9.4 |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 6.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
- Shanghai Shenhua have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shanghai Shenhua have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Shanghai Shenhua have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Shanghai Shenhua haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Shanghai Shenhua is in the best form (5-1-0) in Super League
- Shenzhen have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Shenzhen haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Wuhan Three Towns | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 41 | 47 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 26 | 43 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 39 |
| 4 | Shanghai SIPG | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 34 |
| 5 | Hangzhou | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 32 |
| 6 | Henan Jianye | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 31 |
| 7 | Meizhou Hakka | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 30 |
| 8 | Chengdu Qianbao | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 28 |
| 9 | Beijing Guoan | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 27 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 26 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 25 |
| 12 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 16 | -3 | 21 |
| 13 | Shenzhen | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -17 | 20 |
| 14 | Dalian Yifang | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 15 | Wuhan Zall | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -15 | 17 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 19 | -16 | 11 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 19 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -26 | 10 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 19 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 60 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 25 | -49 | 3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
