Club members at Huitang Stadium haven’t witnessed many home wins this season, with Meizhou Hakka languishing in the 13th position. The opposing Changchun Yatai will believe to protect their higher league spot in this one.
- Meizhou Hakka have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
These teams have little in common geographically as Changchun Yatai have to travel 2900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It's no vacation for neither Meizhou Hakka nor Changchun Yatai as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Meizhou Hakka form and stats
4-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Meizhou Hakka so far this season. There’s a good atmosphere here at Huitang Stadium after three straight home wins.
Meizhou are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-6 away versus Shandong Taishan. Meizhou Hakka were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Conraad, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the champion player for the team in that match, earning a rating of 7.2 (out of 10). Conraad scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Dalian Yifang.Some stats: A review of the 12 most recent league games highlights that 11 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Super League game versus Qingdao Jonoon in only four days. This game is also played here at Huitang Stadium.
Meizhou Hakka have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Huitang Stadium with 14 goals in 9 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 13 goals have been conceded.
Changchun Yatai form and stats
As the visiting team in Super League matches, Changchun Yatai have produced an overall stat of 3-3-4 so far. Changchun Yatai has showed their ability to avoid defeat with five draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 31 days ago, in the Wuhan Three Towns fixture.
There were no winners in Changchun's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Nantong Zhiyun (placed 14th). Yi, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.42. Yi won 4 of 5 duels.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Tianjin Teda that ended 0-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Changchun Yatai playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 2 Changchun Yatai wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Sports betting statistic: Both teams have scored in 8 of this club's last 10 league games.
A new game in only four days for Changchun Yatai, the Super League home match versus Chengdu Rongcheng. Busy days.
Changchun find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Changchun Yatai have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The sides have faced each other already this season, with the match result Changchun Yatai - Meizhou Hakka 2-4 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Meizhou two wins, one draw and Changchun Yatai three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Yang 4 goals |
Meizhou Hakka missing players
Changchun Yatai missing players
| Meizhou Hakka | Changchun Yatai | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 32 |
| 39 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 0 | 15 | 31 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 80% | 90% |
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 75% |
| 70% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 55% |
| 35% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 20% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 30% | 30% |
| 80% | 78% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 65% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 25% |
| 20% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 30% | 20% |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
| 5.9 | 5.7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.4 | 5.2 |
| 2.3 | 1.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.2 | 9.8 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.3 | 12.2 |
| 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 45% | 44% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 31% | 36% |
| 14.7 | 12.8 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 16.1 | 13.3 |
| 5.7 | 4.9 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.6 | 5.2 |
- Meizhou Hakka have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Meizhou Hakka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 27 | 49 |
| 2 | Shandong Taishan | 21 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 35 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 35 |
| 4 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 21 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Beijing Guoan | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 31 |
| 6 | Hangzhou | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 31 |
| 7 | Wuhan Three Towns | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 30 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 20 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 30 |
| 9 | Changchun Yatai | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 28 |
| 10 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 24 |
| 11 | Qingdao Jonoon | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 16 | -2 | 19 |
| 12 | Henan Jianye | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -8 | 19 |
| 13 | Meizhou Hakka | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 26 | -11 | 19 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 20 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -11 | 15 |
| 15 | Dalian Yifang | 19 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -11 | 12 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 30 | -32 | 12 |
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