The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Shenzhen are in the 5th position while the guesting Shijiazhuang Ever Bright worry at 6th.
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 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright when visiting Shenzhen as the cities are 1900 kilometers apart.
Shenzhen form and stats
Shenzhen's struggle is real here at Dalian Sports Center with only 7 points collected from 7 Super League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-4.
Shenzhen drew their last game, also a home match. Tianjin Teda was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Heartbreak before that as Shenzhen lost 0-2 at Tianjin Teda's place.
This is expected to be a close game, with Shenzhen perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Shenzhen as a small favourite), we find four games. Shenzhen has won one of these, drawn one and lost two.
The Shenzhen fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. On the other hand, Shenzhen have conceded 10 goals.
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Shijiazhuang Ever Bright so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose).
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Dalian Professional proved too strong as Shijiazhuang Ever Bright slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Yutong International Sports Center. Preceding that game was the away victory against Dalian Professional with the score of 2-1.
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright goalkeeper Puliang Shao had a great day against Dalian Professional, but despite making six saves the loss could not be avoided.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Shijiazhuang Ever Bright in our archives, and the results are: one win for Shijiazhuang Ever Bright, three draws and five defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Shijiazhuang as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Shenzhen victory, one draw and two Shijiazhuang Ever Bright wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. da Conceição Silva 20 goals |  M. Nascimento 13 goals |   J. Mary Honi Uzuegbunam 9 goals |
Shenzhen missing players
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright missing players
| Shenzhen | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 21 | 10 | 7 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 20 |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 12 | 24 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 75% |
| 50% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 31% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 12% | 12% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 56% | 62% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 62% | 56% |
| 19% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 183 | 81 | 36 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 68 | 137 |
| 55 | 22 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 25 | 51 |
| 38% | 45% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 32% | 39% |
- Shenzhen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 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 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 19 | 34 |
| 2 | Jiangsu Suning | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 26 |
| 3 | Shandong Luneng | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 24 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
| 5 | Shenzhen | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| 6 | Guangzhou R&F | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -14 | 15 |
| 7 | Dalian Professional | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 8 | Henan Jianye | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -19 | 6 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)