This game involves two participants living in the basement of the Super League, Meizhou Hakka holding 12th position and Dalian Professional in 15th. A good opportunity for one of the contenders to boost their situation.
- Meizhou Hakka have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Dalian Professional have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Super League
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Meizhou Hakka form and stats
3 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Meizhou Hakka have to build on here at Huitang Stadium in the Super League. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Meizhou Hakka after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The Meizhou followers got no joy from their last match, a FA Cup duel also played here at Huitang Stadium: A 0-6 defeat against Shandong Luneng.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Wuhan Three Towns (1-2).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Meizhou Hakka handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
An interesting fact: 9 of the most recent 10 league games from this club have seen goals scored by both sides.
A decent goal production from Meizhou Hakka in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Meizhou defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Dalian Professional form and stats
Dalian Professional have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Super League, after 0-3-6 (9 played).
Dalian Professional delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Henan Jianye in their previous game; a FA Cup fixture.
A 1-4 defeat away at Chengdu Qianbao before that.We have checked recent matches where Dalian Professional have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 0 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Few goals the story here? 12 of this side's latest 16 league rounds have contained zero, one or two goals.
The attacking power of Dalian Professional when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Professional's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
These teams played each other before this campaign: Dalian Professional - Meizhou Hakka 1-1. Head-to-head data (for the former six meetings): Meizhou Hakka won two games, two matches ended with a tie and Dalian Professional managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / three.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Yang 4 goals |   C. Manzoki 4 goals |  X. Yan 4 goals |
Meizhou Hakka missing players
Dalian Professional missing players
| Meizhou Hakka | Dalian Professional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 25 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 32 | 12 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 83% |
| 94% | 88% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 67% |
| 67% | 62% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| 33% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 17% |
| 17% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 11% |
| 78% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | 61% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 44% | 39% |
| 4.3 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 6.2 | 6.1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 2.5 | 1.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 9.2 | 9.4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 9.4 | 9.8 |
| 3.1 | 3.4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 45% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 22% | 25% |
| 15.2 | 13.9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 12.9 | 12.8 |
| 5.8 | 5.4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.3 | 3.6 |
- Dalian Professional have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Dalian Professional have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Super League
- Dalian Professional have yet to win a game away.
- 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 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 43 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 35 |
| 3 | Chengdu Qianbao | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Shandong Luneng | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 29 |
| 5 | Tianjin Teda | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 28 |
| 7 | Wuhan Three Towns | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 27 |
| 8 | Changchun Yatai | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 26 |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 21 |
| 11 | Qingdao Jonoon | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -2 | 16 |
| 12 | Meizhou Hakka | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 16 |
| 13 | Henan Jianye | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 16 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -10 | 14 |
| 15 | Dalian Professional | 18 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 12 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 27 | -30 | 12 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
