7th- against 3rd place might not sound all that sexy. Here's the information that makes Shijiazhuang Ever Bright - Shenzhen (even) more interesting!
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Super League
- Shenzhen have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Super League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
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
With 1 Super League win, 2 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Shijiazhuang Ever Bright are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The Shijiazhuang crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Guangzhou R&F here at Tianhe Stadium in a Super League match. Midfielder Odil Akhmedov was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.63 (out of ten) in that game. Akhmedov hit three key passes and had 34 successful passes (of 41 total).
Heartbreak before that as Shijiazhuang Ever Bright lost 2-5 at Guangzhou Evergrande's place.The manager A. Ghotbi will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Shandong Luneng in only three days.
The lack of attacking qualities in Shijiazhuang means that they have only scored 3 goals in 6 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Shijiazhuang's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Shenzhen form and stats
Shenzhen's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Shenzhen collect 12 points from their 6 away matches in the Super League. 4 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).
Shenzhen lost away at Shandong Luneng (2-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Juan Quintero got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, top player of the team. Quintero served one assist and hit two key passes. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Shenzhen, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
A 0-1 loss hosting Guangzhou R&F before that.A new game in only three days for Shenzhen, the Super League home match versus Chongqing Dangdai Lifan. Busy days.
Shenzhen are a potent attacking force on the road with their 15 goals in 6 league games. Shenzhen's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 10 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Shenzhen - Shijiazhuang 2-1 earlier this season. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's two Shijiazhuang victories, two draws and three Shenzhen wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. de Souza Pereira Junior 6 goals |  L. Gao 3 goals |  F. Opoku Acheampong 3 goals |
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright missing players
Shenzhen missing players
| Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | Shenzhen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 7 | 15 | 21 |
| 20 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 15 |
| 83% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 83% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 42% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 67% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 50% | 25% |
| 50% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 58% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 17% | 25% |
| 42% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 33% |
| 3.3 | 3.5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.2 | 6.6 |
| 4 | 3.8 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.7 | 9 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 13.8 | 14.9 |
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9 | 5.7 | 5.2 |
| 29% | 18% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 44% | 34% |
- All of Shenzhen's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Shenzhen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shenzhen have scored more than double the goals of Shijiazhuang Ever Bright.
- Shenzhen have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Super League
- Shenzhen have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Super League
- Shenzhen have the most points (12) away in Super League
- Shenzhen have the most scored goals (15) away in Super League
- Shenzhen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Shenzhen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have the fewest points (5) at home in Super League
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Super League
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Super League
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Super League
| 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 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 17 | 27 |
| 2 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 24 |
| 3 | Shenzhen | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Guangzhou R&F | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 |
| 5 | Henan Jianye | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 14 |
| 6 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 11 |
| 7 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 7 |
| 8 | Qingdao Hainiu | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -22 | 7 |
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