Season ticket holders at Jinzhou Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Shijiazhuang Ever Bright languishing in the 6th position so far. The guesting Shenzhen will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright and Shenzhen should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Shenzhen 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.
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright form and stats
When playing at home in the Super League, Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games. Three consecutive losses here at Jinzhou Stadium is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
Stress levels are on the rise for Shijiazhuang Ever Bright's attacking players as they have now played 189 minutes without scoring in a league game. Matheus was their last goal scorer.
No payout for Shijiazhuang in their previous match, an away game at Shenzhen that ended in defeat 0-1. Before that game, the home loss against Dalian Yifang with the scoreline 0-2.
The defeat against Shenzhen was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored three minutes into stoppage time (by J. Mary).
A decent goal production from Shijiazhuang in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 7 league matches. 10 goals have been conceded.
Shenzhen form and stats
The visitors are W3-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
The supporters enjoyed Shenzhen's previous game versus Shijiazhuang Ever Bright, a Super League 1-0 win played at home. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Tianjin Teda.
The end of the last match, against Shijiazhuang Ever Bright, was very satisfying as John Mary scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Shenzhen are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 7 away games so far. Shenzhen have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Shenzhen - Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 1-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Shijiazhuang Ever Bright won two games, one match ended with a draw and Shenzhen has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / fourTop Goalscorers
  L. da Conceição Silva 20 goals |  M. Nascimento 13 goals |   J. Mary Honi Uzuegbunam 9 goals |
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright missing players
Shenzhen missing players
| Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | Shenzhen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 20 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 22 |
| 25 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 71% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 82% |
| 53% | 62% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 47% |
| 35% | 50% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 29% |
| 6% | 12% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 53% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 53% |
| 18% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 38% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 139 | 69 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 102 | 193 |
| 52 | 26 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 33 | 60 |
| 38% | 46% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 37% |
- All of Shenzhen's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Shenzhen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 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 | Shanghai SIPG | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 32 |
| 2 | Beijing Guoan | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 28 |
| 3 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
| 4 | Hebei CFFC | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 24 |
| 5 | Wuhan Zall | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 6 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 17 |
| 7 | Qingdao Hainiu | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 10 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -22 | 3 |
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