SHANGHAI SIPG v Chengdu Better City result

Full-time · SHANGHAI SIPG 1–3 Chengdu Better City

Super League – China · Sun, 20 Apr 2025 12:35 BST

Updated 7 May 2026, 05:13 UK · refreshed continuously

Team pages: SHANGHAI SIPG · Chengdu Better City · Head-to-head

SHANGHAI SIPG 1–3 Chengdu Better City — Chengdu Better City won this Super League – China match.

Match report, in numbers

The result

Chengdu Better City won 3–1 at SHANGHAI SIPG in the Super League – China on Sunday 20 April.

Chengdu Better City have scored in 12 consecutive matches.

The goals

Chengdu Better City led 2–1 at half-time. The goals — Chengdu Better City: Rômulo (9’, assisted by Hu Hetao), Wei Shihao (21’, assisted by Y. Gurfinkel) and T. Letschert (74’, assisted by Felipe Silva); SHANGHAI SIPG: Gustavo (31’).

The numbers

Expected goals (xG) had little between the sides: SHANGHAI SIPG 2.39, Chengdu Better City 2.69, from 15 shots to 15 (the provider’s expected goals for this match).

Discipline

The bookings — SHANGHAI SIPG: Zhen Wei (8’), Yusup Umidjan (28’), Li Shuai (56’), Yan Junling (66’) and Wu Lei (82’); Chengdu Better City: Tim Chow (15’), Yang Ming-Yang (77’) and Liu Dianzuo (90+5’).

What it changes

SHANGHAI SIPG have scored in six consecutive matches.

Chengdu Better City are unbeaten in their last six matches.

Chengdu Better City recorded the only away win among the eight finished matches of round 8.

Who stood out

By TACTIX Impact for this match, T. Letschert (Chengdu Better City) 9.4, Rômulo (Chengdu Better City) 7.6 and Y. Gurfinkel (Chengdu Better City) 7.0 led the match.

Next up

SHANGHAI SIPG next host Chengdu Better City on 18 October 2026.

Chengdu Better City next travel to SHANGHAI SIPG on 18 October 2026.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

Next for SHANGHAI SIPG: SHANGHAI SIPG v Chengdu Better City, Sunday 18 October — the preview.

The numbers

Result: SHANGHAI SIPG 1–3 Chengdu Better City · Super League – China
Referee: Haixin Li, China
Head-to-head (last 6): SHANGHAI SIPG 3 · draws 0 · Chengdu Better City 3 · 3 goals/game
Recent form: SHANGHAI SIPG 2W 2D 1L · Chengdu Better City 3W 2D 0L

SHANGHAI SIPG 1–3 Chengdu Better City (Super League – China): this fixture is settled. TACTIX’s pre-match coverage ran across every major market, and every graded call — wins and losses — is in the live track record (as of 7 May 2026). See the live track record →

Key stats

2 / 1.38

Goals

against 1.5 / 0.75 · 4 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

4.83 / 6.75

Corners

against 4.67 / 3.13 · 1 of the last 4 over 9.5

over 6 matches

5.83 / 6.25

Shots on target

against 2 / 2.75 · 2 of the last 4 over 8.5

over 6 matches

3 / 2.63

Cards

against 2.33 / 4.63 · 3 of the last 4 over 3.5

over 6 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 16 April 2025. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 16 April 2025. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	SHANGHAI SIPG for / against	Line	Chengdu Better City for / against
Goals scored	2 for · 1.5 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	1.38 for · 0.75 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	4.83 for · 4.67 against n 6 Last 5	9.5standard	6.75 for · 3.13 against n 8 Last 5
Shots	17.33 for · 10.17 against n 6 Last 5	19.5standard	17.25 for · 8.88 against n 8 Last 5
Shots on target	5.83 for · 2 against n 6 Last 5	8.5standard	6.25 for · 2.75 against n 8 Last 5
Fouls committed	15 for · 13.5 against n 6 Last 5	21.5standard	14.88 for · 16.25 against n 8 Last 5
Cards shown	3 for · 2.33 against n 6 Last 5	3.5standard	2.63 for · 4.63 against n 8 Last 5

Referee: Haixin Li, China.

SHANGHAI SIPG

SHANGHAI SIPG — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 16 April 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
Yang Shiyuan n 8	34.6	3.9 6/3	1.9 5/1	—
Zhang Linpeng n 8	24.4	3.2 4/1	0.9 2/0	—
Li Shenglong n 8	30.9	2.9 6/1	1.8 3/2	—
Aifeierding Aisikaer n 8	32.4	2.8 4/3	2.8 4/3	—
Li Xinxiang n 4	58.8	2.7 4/2	1.1 1/1	Felipe Silva

SHANGHAI SIPG — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 16 April 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
Gustavo n 8	70.5	3.5 6/5	1.3 4/2
Liu Ruofan n 8	58.4	2.7 6/4	1.2 4/2
Shen Zigui n 8	18.5	2.4 3/1	0.6 1/0
Leonardo n 8	85.6	2.2 7/5	1.3 6/2
Gabrielzinho n 8	60.4	1.7 6/2	0.9 5/0

SHANGHAI SIPG — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 16 April 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
Li Xinxiang n 4	58.8	0.4 1/0	0.8 1/1
Wang Shenchao n 8	32.1	0.4 1/0	0.4 1/0
Leonardo n 8	85.6	0.5 4/0	0.1 1/0
Gustavo n 8	70.5	0.6 3/1	0 0/0
Shen Zigui n 8	18.5	0 0/0	0.6 1/0

SHANGHAI SIPG — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 16 April 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
Ming Tian n 8	51.1	3.7 8/3
Yang Shiyuan n 8	34.6	3.6 5/2
Aifeierding Aisikaer n 8	32.4	3.5 3/3
Li Xinxiang n 4	58.8	3.1 4/1
Wang Zhenao n 8	54.6	3.1 6/4

SHANGHAI SIPG — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 16 April 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
Yan Junling n 8	90	1.5 3/1

Chengdu Better City

Chengdu Better City — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 16 April 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
Li Moyu n 4	13.8	6.5 3/1	1.6 1/0	—
Pedro Delgado n 8	51.1	3.1 7/4	1.5 4/2	—
Dinghao Yan n 8	46.5	3.1 7/4	0 0/0	—
Tim Chow n 8	85.1	2.5 8/8	0.7 4/1	—
Felipe Silva n 8	88.4	2.4 7/6	3.8 8/7	Li Xinxiang

Chengdu Better City — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 16 April 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
Li Moyu n 4	13.8	4.9 2/1	4.9 2/1
I. Kallon n 8	72.1	3 6/6	0.6 4/0
Pedro Delgado n 8	51.1	2.9 5/3	1.8 5/2
Rômulo n 8	78.6	2.7 8/6	1.1 6/1
Felipe Silva n 8	88.4	1.9 7/5	1.3 6/3

Chengdu Better City — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 16 April 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
Pedro Delgado n 8	51.1	0.7 2/1	0.2 1/0
I. Kallon n 8	72.1	0.2 1/0	0.3 2/0
Felipe Silva n 8	88.4	0.4 3/0	0 0/0
Wei Shihao n 8	51.1	0.2 1/0	0.2 1/0
M. Palacios n 8	75.5	0.3 2/0	0 0/0

Chengdu Better City — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 16 April 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
Liao Lisheng n 8	43	4.4 3/3
Li Moyu n 4	13.8	3.3 2/0
Tim Chow n 8	85.1	3.2 7/6
Hu Hetao n 8	82.1	2.6 7/3
Chao Gan n 8	54.4	2.5 6/4

Chengdu Better City — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 16 April 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
Liu Dianzuo n 8	90	2.5 5/3
Jian Tao n 8	90	2.4 6/5

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Match statistics & details

Full-time team statistics as recorded by the data provider; – = not recorded.
SHANGHAI SIPG		Chengdu Better City
66%	Possession	34%
2.39	Expected goals (xG)	2.69
15	Shots	15
8	Shots on target	7
5	Shots off target	7
2	Blocked shots	1
9	Shots inside the box	11
4	Corners	2
2	Offsides	2
15	Fouls	21
5	Yellow cards	3
0	Red cards	0
4	Saves	7
511	Passes	266
87%	Pass accuracy	76%

SHANGHAI SIPG player stats

Player	Min	G	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
Yan Junling	90	0	0	0	0	0	Y	6.2
Yusup Umidjan	90	0	0	0	0	0	Y	6.6
Zhen Wei	90	0	1	1	0	0	Y	6.9
Matheus Jussa	90	0	1	0	1	4	0	7.2
Leonardo	90	0	1	1	1	3	0	6.9
Gustavo	90	1	1	1	1	1	0	7.3
Li Shuai	89	0	2	0	1	2	Y	6.3
Mateus Vital	89	0	2	2	2	3	0	7.3
Ming Tian	71	0	1	1	0	2	0	6.9
Li Xinxiang	71	0	0	0	0	2	0	6.3
Gabrielzinho	71	0	1	1	0	0	0	6.3
Wang Shenchao sub	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	6.7
Wu Lei sub	19	0	1	0	1	0	Y	6.2
Liu Ruofan sub	19	0	1	1	0	0	0	6.3
Lu Wenjun sub	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.3
Li Shenglong sub	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	6.9

Chengdu Better City player stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
Liu Dianzuo	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	Y	7.9
Hu Hetao	90	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	6.7
T. Letschert	90	1	0	1	1	0	4	0	8
Yuan Mincheng	90	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.3
Yang Li	90	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.6
Y. Gurfinkel	90	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	8.2
Tim Chow	90	0	0	0	0	1	6	Y	7
Felipe Silva	90	0	1	5	3	2	0	0	7.2
Rômulo	89	1	0	3	1	3	2	0	8.5
Yang Ming-Yang	83	0	0	0	0	0	2	Y	6.3
Wei Shihao	69	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	6.9
Pedro Delgado sub	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.5
Chao Gan sub	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.3
Yang Shuai sub	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–

Sh = shots, SoT = shots on target, KP = key passes, Tkl = tackles; – = not recorded for that player. Rating is the data provider’s.

Form, head-to-head & standings

The numbers behind SHANGHAI SIPG v Chengdu Better City — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

SHANGHAI SIPGLDWDW

Last 5: 2W 2D 1L · 2.2 scored / 2 conceded per game

Chengdu Better CityDWWWD

Last 5: 3W 2D 0L · 1.6 scored / 0.4 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

SHANGHAI SIPG 3 · 0 draws · Chengdu Better City 3 · 3 goals/game

2024-10-18 Chengdu Better City 3–1 SHANGHAI SIPG
2024-05-22 SHANGHAI SIPG 2–0 Chengdu Better City
2023-09-23 Chengdu Better City 2–1 SHANGHAI SIPG
2023-06-03 SHANGHAI SIPG 0–1 Chengdu Better City
2023-01-08 Chengdu Better City 0–4 SHANGHAI SIPG
2023-01-05 SHANGHAI SIPG 4–0 Chengdu Better City

League standing · 2025

Last recorded position — not updated during the season.

SHANGHAI SIPG#1 pos66 pts30 pl+28 GD

Chengdu Better City#3 pos60 pts30 pl+32 GD

Goals per game

SHANGHAI SIPG scored2.4

Chengdu Better City scored2

SHANGHAI SIPG conceded1.47

Chengdu Better City conceded0.93

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What is the head-to-head record between SHANGHAI SIPG and Chengdu Better City?: In their last 6 meetings, SHANGHAI SIPG won 3, Chengdu Better City won 3 and there were 0 draws, averaging 3 goals per game.
What is the recent form of SHANGHAI SIPG and Chengdu Better City?: Recent form — SHANGHAI SIPG 2W 2D 1L; Chengdu Better City 3W 2D 0L.

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