Melbourne City have traveled here for an interesting AFC Champions League fight against Hangzhou. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Hangzhou and Melbourne City.
Hangzhou form and stats
Hangzhou have played 14 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Hangzhou last played a AFC Champions League game against Melbourne City that ended with a 1-2 defeat. It was played on a neutral venue. The versatile forward Leonardo bested all others in that game and received a match rating of 7.73 out of 10. Leonardo scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Previous to that game, a Super League home match hosting Henan Jianye in a game that was won 3-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Hangzhou perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hangzhou as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Hangzhou has won 4 of these, drawn 2 and lost 3.
The Hangzhou fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 14 league matches. Hangzhou are not conceding a lot of goals here at Xuzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 14 matches.
Melbourne City form and stats
Two trips in a row for Melbourne City, whose coach Vidošić could celebrate last time after the AFC Champions League win against Hangzhou. Behich was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.84. The defender Behich scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 2 of 4 duels.
The game earlier was the Ffa Cup-duel against Sydney, a home defeat (1-2).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Mushekwi 16 goals |  L. Nascimento Lopes de Souza 7 goals |  F. Andrijašević 6 goals |
Hangzhou missing players
Melbourne City missing players
| Hangzhou | Melbourne City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 51 | 24 | Scored | S | 22 | 55 | ||
| 32 | 9 | Conceded | C | 18 | 38 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 64% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 92% | 84% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 7 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.3 | ||
| 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13.6 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.6 | 17.2 | ||
| 5.6 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 6 | ||
| 36% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 36% | ||
| 11 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 11 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ventforet Kofu | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Buriram United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Melbourne City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Hangzhou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 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 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 56 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 31 | 59 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 27 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 50 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 27 | 51 |
| 3 | Hangzhou | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 48 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 17 | 48 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| 5 | Beijing Guoan | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 46 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 45 |
| 6 | Chengdu Qianbao | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 41 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 44 |
| 7 | Wuhan Three Towns | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 43 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 42 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 27 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 33 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 41 |
| 9 | Changchun Yatai | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 40 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 38 |
| 10 | Meizhou Hakka | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 41 | 46 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 30 | -5 | 33 |
| 11 | Henan Jianye | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 24 | -4 | 32 |
| 12 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 48 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 28 | -20 | 30 |
| 13 | Qingdao Jonoon | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 31 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 22 | -8 | 26 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 27 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 21 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -18 | 19 |
| 15 | Dalian Yifang | 27 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 25 | -19 | 19 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 27 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 22 | 71 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 41 | -49 | 12 |
