Welcome to Chengdu Sports Center and the match starring Chengdu Rongcheng and Meizhou Hakka in the Super League. Here's all you need to know!
- Chengdu Rongcheng have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Meizhou Hakka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
For Meizhou Hakka most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
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.
Chengdu Rongcheng form and stats
When playing at home in the Super League, Chengdu Rongcheng have managed 8 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 14 games. Two home wins in a row for Rongcheng bring valid hopes of a third.
Chengdu Rongcheng are returning here after visiting Beijing Guoan and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Palacios and Silva (2) scored the goal(s). Rongcheng made it very difficult for themselves, when Gan got a red card in the 57th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Chengdu Rongcheng won the match 3-2! The attacking player Silva was named "man of the match" for Chengdu Rongcheng with a rating of 9.01/10. Silva scored two goals, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Before that, Chengdu Rongcheng had a home game versus Shenzhen which ended with a victory 4-0.Rongcheng are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 4 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 4, drew 0 and lost 0.
Chengdu Rongcheng have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Chengdu Sports Center with 25 goals in 14 league matches.
Meizhou Hakka form and stats
Meizhou Hakka have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Super League, after 2-4-8 (14 played).
Meizhou's previous game was their home loss versus Nantong Zhiyun (0-4). That defeat was their first after four consecutive league matches winning points. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Nantong Zhiyun was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. Kosović got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, top player of the team. Kosović hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 58 successful passes (of 71 total).
A draw for Meizhou Hakka before that, at their own venue hosting Hangzhou (1-1).Take note that 15 of this team's 20 most recent league rounds have ended with three or more goals.
Meizhou Hakka are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 14 games (in the league). For Meizhou, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. Meizhou Hakka has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two teams meet this season, as the records show this recent game: Meizhou Hakka - Rongcheng 3-1. Numbers for the preceeding seven meetings involving these two contenders are: four wins for Chengdu Rongcheng, two draws and one win for Meizhou Hakka. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: two games.
Top Goalscorers
  F. de Sousa Silva 11 goals |  E. de Oliveira Cardoso 7 goals |   T. Conraad 7 goals |
Chengdu Rongcheng missing players
Meizhou Hakka missing players
| Chengdu Rongcheng | Meizhou Hakka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 14 | 8 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 48 | 25 | 14 | Scored | S | 3 | 17 | 42 |
| 32 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 12 | 30 | 51 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 72% | 71% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 86% |
| 55% | 64% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 64% | 62% |
| 34% | 36% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | 38% |
| 17% | 14% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 21% | 21% |
| 55% | 57% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 79% | 72% |
| 34% | 29% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 17% | 21% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 14% | 21% |
| 5.1 | 5.9 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 3.8 | 3.1 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14.9 | 16.1 | 16.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 10.1 | 11.4 |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 32% | 32% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 39% | 37% |
| 9.6 | 8.6 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.2 | 16 | 13.8 |
| 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 6.4 | 5.4 |
- Chengdu Rongcheng have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Meizhou Hakka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Meizhou Hakka haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 Port | 29 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 58 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 30 | 60 |
| 2 | Shandong Taishan | 29 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 54 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 30 | 55 |
| 3 | Hangzhou | 29 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 55 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 22 | 52 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 29 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 52 |
| 5 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 48 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 50 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 50 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 48 |
| 7 | Wuhan Three Towns | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 47 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 15 | 48 |
| 8 | Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | 29 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 38 | 28 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 45 |
| 9 | Changchun Yatai | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 41 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 23 | -3 | 39 |
| 10 | Henan Songshan Longmen | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 2 | 36 |
| 11 | Meizhou Hakka | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 42 | 51 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 30 | -9 | 34 |
| 12 | Cangzhou | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 60 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 40 | -31 | 30 |
| 13 | Qingdao Hainiu | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 34 | 45 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 22 | -11 | 27 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 29 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 20 | -15 | 22 |
| 15 | Dalian Pro | 29 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 23 | 44 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 27 | -21 | 20 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 29 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 22 | 76 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 46 | -54 | 12 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
