It's game two of the Super League season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Wuhan Zall-Shanghai Shenhua!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Wuhan Zall form and stats
Wuhan drew their last game, 1-1 away at Hebei CFFC (placed 4th). Heartbreak before that as Wuhan Zall lost 0-1 at Shandong Luneng's place.
Jean Evrard Kouassi was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Hebei CFFC after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
Last season, Wuhan Zall's league statistics were 5 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 5th position in the Super League. Over these 14 matches they scored 16 goals and conceded 16. Playing at home last season Wuhan Zall managed 4-1-2 (win-draw-lost) with 11 goals and 8 conceded.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
Shanghai had fun at their own home (Jiangyin Sports Park Stadium) last time out, beating Beijing Guoan 2-1. Xi Wu and Giovanni Moreno scored. Preceding that, the 1-4 home loss versus Ulsan.
Let's have a look at how Shanghai Shenhua performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 6 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 16 and conceded 15 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 1 with 5/3 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Wuhan, three draws and one win for Shanghai Shenhua. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  J. Kouassi 1 goals |   G. Moreno Cardona 1 goals |  X. Wu 1 goals |
Wuhan Zall missing players
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
| Wuhan Zall | Shanghai Shenhua | ||||||
| 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 | 1 |
| 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% | 100% |
| 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% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| Wuhan Zall | Last season | Shanghai Shenhua | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 22 | 14 | Scored | S | 7 | 25 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 6 | 20 | ||
| 90% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 70% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 65% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 30% | ||
| 10% | 10% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 30% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | ||
| 50% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 45% | ||
| 25% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 45% | ||
| 35% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 30% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 7.9 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 11.3 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 42% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 33% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Changchun Yatai | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Hebei CFFC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Wuhan Zall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Dalian Yifang | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)