It's early days in the Super League and the teams are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
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 Shanghai SIPG when visiting Tianjin Quanjian as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
Tianjin Quanjian form and stats
Tianjin Quanjian are yet to win a home game, having collected 1 point from their first two games.Tianjin Quanjian drew their last game, 1-1 away at Tianjin Teda. Before that, Tianjin Quanjian drew at home versus Hebei CFFC.
Tianjin Quanjian has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 4 goals from 2 home games.
Shanghai SIPG form and stats
Shanghai SIPG are yet to lose a point on their travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games.Shanghai SIPG won their last game, 2-1 versus Wuhan Zall played at home. Preceding that game, the 3-3 draw paying a visit to Sydney.
After this away game Shanghai SIPG return home for a AFC Champions League game against Sydney. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Shanghai SIPG has the goal stats of 6-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips at the early stages of this season.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Tianjin Quanjian won 4 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and Shanghai SIPG has 3 wins.Tianjin Quanjian missing players
Shanghai SIPG missing players
| Tianjin Quanjian | Shanghai SIPG | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | Played | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | Scored | 6 | 13 |
| 10 | 4 | Conceded | 1 | 7 |
| 80% | 50% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | 50% | 60% |
| 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 40% |
| 60% | 50% | Both teams to score | 50% | 80% |
| 20% | 50% | Clean Sheet | 50% | 20% |
| 40% | 50% | Failed To Score | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| Tianjin Quanjian | Last season | Shanghai SIPG | ||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | Played | 15 | 30 |
| 41 | 14 | Scored | 34 | 77 |
| 48 | 18 | Conceded | 21 | 33 |
| 93% | 87% | Over 0.5 | 93% | 97% |
| 77% | 67% | Over 1.5 | 80% | 90% |
| 53% | 47% | Over 2.5 | 53% | 63% |
| 33% | 7% | Over 3.5 | 40% | 40% |
| 27% | 7% | Over 4.5 | 40% | 33% |
| 57% | 47% | Both teams to score | 73% | 70% |
| 23% | 27% | Clean Sheet | 20% | 27% |
| 27% | 40% | Failed To Score | 13% | 7% |
| 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Beijing Guoan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 15 |
| 2 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | Shanghai SIPG | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 10 |
| 5 | Jiangsu Suning | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | Shandong Luneng | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Shenzhen | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Shanghai Shenhua | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Dalian Yifang | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 11 | Guangzhou R&F | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 5 |
| 12 | Hebei CFFC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 13 | Wuhan Zall | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 14 | Beijing Renhe | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 3 |
| 15 | Henan Jianye | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 16 | Tianjin Quanjian | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 2 |
