It's only round two of the Super League for these participants. and fresh bodies and minds here at Huitang Stadium as Tianjin Teda host Shenzhen. Get smart with this preview!
These teams have little in common geographically as Shenzhen have to travel 2200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Tianjin Teda form and stats
The previous season, Tianjin Teda's league stats were 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, leading to 4th spot in the Super League. During these eight matches they scored 7 goals and conceded 6. Playing as the home team in the former season Tianjin Teda produced 1-2-1 (win-draw-lost) with 3 goals and 3 conceded.
Tianjin Teda drew their last game, 1-1 away at Meizhou Hakka (placed 9th). Midfielder Tian was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.43 (out of ten) in that game. Tian dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Tianjin Teda had a home game versus Shijiazhuang Ever Bright which ended with a victory 1-0.The manager Yu will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Beijing Guoan in only four days.
Shenzhen form and stats
Let's have a look at how Shenzhen performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 9 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded 57 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 3 and lost 12 with 7/34 goals scored/conceded.
Shenzhen go into this game after a win, the home game against Chengdu Qianbao that ended 2-0. Acheampong, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.14. Acheampong scored two goals, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Beijing Guoan.A new game in only four days for Shenzhen, the Super League home match versus Meizhou Hakka. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings involving these contenders: Tianjin Teda won seven, Shenzhen were winners in zero and we saw three draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.Tianjin Teda missing players
Shenzhen missing players
| Tianjin Teda | Shenzhen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Tianjin Teda | Last season | Shenzhen | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 18 | 12 | Scored | S | 21 | 33 | ||
| 35 | 22 | Conceded | C | 18 | 29 | ||
| 86% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | ||
| 59% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 73% | ||
| 45% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 64% | ||
| 27% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 32% | ||
| 14% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 14% | ||
| 55% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 59% | ||
| 27% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 23% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 27% | ||
| 4 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 7.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.9 | 15.5 | ||
| 3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 5.1 | ||
| 27% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 29% | ||
| 11.4 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 10.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wuhan Three Towns | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Changchun Yatai | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Shenzhen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Shandong Luneng | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Shanghai Shenhua | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Wuhan Zall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Dalian Professional | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Henan Jianye | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Beijing Guoan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Hangzhou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Shanghai SIPG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Chengdu Qianbao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 Shenhua | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 37 |
| 2 | Henan Jianye | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 30 |
| 3 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| 4 | Tianjin Teda | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
| 5 | Wuhan Zall | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| 6 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 20 |
| 7 | Dalian Professional | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| 8 | Qingdao Hainiu | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -11 | 11 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
