Qingdao Hainiu hope to fill the stadium for this match despite that the season has been demanding up to now with 20 points and a 13th spot in the Super League table. Opponents Changchun Yatai are in 8th place with 34 pts.
- Qingdao Hainiu have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Super League
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Qingdao Hainiu and Changchun Yatai should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Qingdao Hainiu form and stats
Qingdao Hainiu have played 11 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 315 minutes without scoring a league goal. Sarić was the last player to find the net.
The home team returns to Qingdao Tiantai Stadium after drawing with Hangzhou (placed 7th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. Junshuai was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.33 out of 10. The defender Junshuai won 4 of 10 duels.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Meizhou Hakka.A decent goal production from Qingdao Hainiu in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 11 league matches. Qingdao Hainiu's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Changchun Yatai form and stats
As the visiting team in Super League matches, Changchun Yatai have produced an overall stat of 3-3-5 so far.
The club members enjoyed Changchun's previous fixture versus Cangzhou (placed 10th), a 3-1 win played at home. Tan got a match rating of 8.45 in that game, top player of the team. Tan scored two goals and hit one key pass.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Chengdu Qianbao.Changchun Yatai are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.
Sports betting fact: Both sides have scored goal(s) in 10 of this club's last 13 league games.
The visiting Changchun have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 11 games. In the opposite end, Changchun Yatai have conceded 19 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these sides meet this campaign, as the records show this recent match: Changchun Yatai - Qingdao Hainiu 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Qingdao Hainiu victories, two draws and two Changchun Yatai wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, nine matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Brown Forbes 7 goals |
Qingdao Hainiu missing players
Changchun Yatai missing players
| Qingdao Hainiu | Changchun Yatai | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 13 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 25 | 18 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 16 | 38 |
| 33 | 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 19 | 36 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 82% | 91% |
| 65% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 64% | 74% |
| 43% | 55% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 55% | 57% |
| 30% | 45% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 45% | 48% |
| 22% | 27% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 36% | 30% |
| 39% | 36% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 55% | 65% |
| 22% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 36% | 26% |
| 48% | 36% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 27% | 17% |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 5.2 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.9 | 13.5 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.9 | 11.9 |
| 4 | 4.6 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 27% | 35% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 37% |
| 13.1 | 13.9 | 16.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.3 | 16.8 | 14.9 |
| 4.9 | 5 | 8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 5.9 | 5.4 |
- Qingdao Hainiu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Qingdao Hainiu have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Super League
- Qingdao Hainiu haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 51 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 31 | 53 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 42 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 23 | 41 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 41 |
| 4 | Beijing Guoan | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 38 |
| 5 | Wuhan Three Towns | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 36 |
| 6 | Chengdu Qianbao | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 36 |
| 7 | Hangzhou | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 36 |
| 8 | Changchun Yatai | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 34 |
| 9 | Tianjin Teda | 23 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 31 |
| 10 | Cangzhou | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 24 | -11 | 30 |
| 11 | Meizhou Hakka | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 42 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 27 | -8 | 26 |
| 12 | Henan Jianye | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -6 | 25 |
| 13 | Qingdao Hainiu | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 17 | -8 | 20 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -11 | 19 |
| 15 | Dalian Yifang | 23 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -13 | 18 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 58 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 36 | -38 | 12 |
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