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Following a welcome return to form against Hangzhou Greentown, third-placed Shanghai Shenhua gear up for fixtures against the top two. In any other month, taking on the three-time reigning champions would be the big game to look forward… Read More
SIPG FC’s unbeaten start to 2015 has seen them rise to first place following last weekend’s hard earned victory at home to newly promoted Chongqing Lifan. Whilst only a point separates themselves and Guangzhou Evergrande in second, Shanghai’s next… Read More
A tale of football, defeat, alcohol, bird-chasing and general sordidness. Just another weekend for the infamous sino-foreign Shenhua fans group, the SEC, except it was an away trip in Beijing. The names have been changed to protect the… Read More
This week Chris Atkins joins Shanghai Ultra in the pub to discuss many things. Bcheng’s absence is a laughing matter, the ACL is good for Evergrande and Guoan, and some middle-ranking teams are on the agenda, as is… Read More
An all-too-predictable failure in Zhengzhou continued Shanghai Shenhua’s all-too-predictable slide back into mid-table from their early-season burst. With injury and form concerns mounting, will Francois Gillot continue to chop and change for the visit of Yangtze Delta derby… Read More
With Shanghai Shenhua’s early-season vim having fizzled out, a trip to Henan with their impressive early-season home record might just be the last thing the Hongkou side need. Can Shenhua get their act together and succeed where Evergrande… Read More
Beijing Guoan remain unbeaten in this season’s AFC Champions League after drawing with Urawa Red Diamonds. The capital side top the group with ten points and look certain to move onto the round of 16, leaving Urawa little… Read More
Fresh from their annual Gongti surrender, can Shenhua pick themselves and their 2015 feelgood factor back up off the floor with a home fixture against basement-dwelling Chongqing Lifan come Saturday? Battered in Beijing In spite of early-season form… Read More
SIPG FC can make first place their own on Sunday with a win at Tianjin TEDA. After neighbours Shanghai Shenhua lost in Beijing on Friday evening to end their 100% start to the campaign, can their cross-city rivals become… Read More
CSL football resumes after the international break with a mouthwatering start to round 4: the China Derby, with table-topping Shanghai Shenhua taking their 100% record to Gongti to face off against traditional rivals Beijing Guoan. Can Shenhua avenge… Read More
