Shenzhen battle against Shijiazhuang Ever Bright for glory and sporting success.
- Shenzhen have not yet lost a game at home.
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have yet to win a game.
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Shenzhen form and stats
Shenzhen have less points than they have played home games in the Super League so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 2 points. Two draws in a row at home now for Shenzhen.
The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Shandong Luneng in the Super League last time out and are looking for a win here. Midfielder Tsun Dai was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.33 (out of ten) in that game. Dai scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 27 successful passes (of 31 total).
In the preceding match a 4-2 victory visiting Guangzhou R&F.The manager J. Cruijff will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Chongqing Dangdai Lifan in only three days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Shenzhen at home in the league. 2 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright form and stats
The Super League season is young and Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far. Shijiazhuang has drawn their two previous away games.
Shijiazhuang are looking to quickly end their 251 minutes long goal drought in the Super League.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Guangzhou R&F (placed 2nd) in their previous outing. The Super League match ended in a draw 0-0. Goalkeeper Puliang Shao got the top player rating of the team with 8.15/10. Shao stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
A loss against Guangzhou Evergrande was the result prior to that, in a home game.A quick return to home after this game, as Shijiazhuang Ever Bright are hosting Shandong Luneng in the Super League only three days away.
Shijiazhuang have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 3 league away games 3 goals have been scored. Shijiazhuang have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Shenzhen two wins, two draws and Shijiazhuang Ever Bright two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. de Souza Pereira Junior 3 goals | T. Dai 2 goals | Y. Li 1 goals |
Shenzhen missing players
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright missing players
| Shenzhen | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 60% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 60% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 40% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 40% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 60% |
| 7 | 13 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 2.6 | 3.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.6 | 20 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 20 | 11.7 | 9.2 |
| 4.6 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.7 | 2.6 |
| 35% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 27% | 23% |
- Shenzhen have created more than twice as many corners as Shijiazhuang Ever Bright.
- Shenzhen have not yet lost a game at home.
- Shenzhen have scored more than double the goals of Shijiazhuang Ever Bright.
- Shenzhen have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Shenzhen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Shenzhen have yet to win a game at home.
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have yet to win a game.
| Shenzhen | Last season | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 28 | 13 | Scored | S | 8 | 23 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 13 | 29 | ||
| 95% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 95% | ||
| 85% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 70% | ||
| 50% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 55% | ||
| 30% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 35% | ||
| 10% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | ||
| 55% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 55% | ||
| 25% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 20% | ||
| 25% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 30% | ||
| 5.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.6 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.9 | ||
| 37% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 40% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | Guangzhou R&F | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Shenzhen | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Qingdao Hainiu | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 6 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 7 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 8 | Henan Jianye | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
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