The new season is about to kick off and the fans are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as Guizhou Zhicheng welcome Hangzhou for the opening game at Huitang Stadium. Read on!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Hangzhou, who are travelling more than 1600 kilometers to play this game.
Guizhou Zhicheng form and stats
Last season, Guizhou Zhicheng's league statistics were 17 wins, 3 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the League One. Over these 30 matches they scored 46 goals and conceded 28. Playing at home last season Guizhou Zhicheng managed 11-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 11 conceded.
Hangzhou form and stats
A new game in only four days for Hangzhou, the League One home match versus Jiangxi Liansheng. Busy days.
It's a day of discovery for Hangzhou as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Hangzhou have played one with the results W0-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Hangzhou has scored 0 goals and conceded 2 times.
Let's have a look at how Hangzhou performed last season in the League One: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 9 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded 40 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 8 and lost 2 with 22/22 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings between the teams: Zhicheng won two, Hangzhou won zero and zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.Guizhou Zhicheng missing players
Hangzhou missing players
| Guizhou Zhicheng | Hangzhou | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Guizhou Zhicheng | Last season | Hangzhou | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 8 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | ||
| 46 | 29 | Scored | S | 22 | 49 | ||
| 28 | 11 | Conceded | C | 22 | 40 | ||
| 93% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 93% | ||
| 67% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 80% | ||
| 50% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 63% | ||
| 13% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 30% | ||
| 13% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 20% | ||
| 50% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 87% | 73% | ||
| 37% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 13% | ||
| 5.5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 270 | 155 | Total Shots | T S | 106 | 260 | ||
| 110 | 72 | Shots on Target | S O | 35 | 95 | ||
| 41% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 63% | 52% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guizhou Zhicheng | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Hangzhou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Meizhou Hakka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Shenyang Urban | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Qingdao Hainiu | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 59 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 57 |
| 2 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 30 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 59 | 42 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 17 | 56 |
| 3 | Guizhou Zhicheng | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 46 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 54 |
| 4 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 46 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 54 |
| 5 | Changchun Yatai | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 52 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 53 |
| 6 | Hangzhou | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 49 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 51 |
| 7 | Nei Mongol Zhongyou | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 51 |
| 8 | Beijing BG | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 51 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 46 |
| 9 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 39 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 44 |
| 10 | Meizhou Hakka | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 44 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 3 | 39 |
| 11 | Meizhou Meixian Techand | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 41 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 28 | -9 | 36 |
| 12 | Nantong Zhiyun | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 20 | -3 | 33 |
| 13 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 39 | 55 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 32 | -16 | 33 |
| 14 | Sichuan Longfor | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 52 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 32 | -16 | 31 |
| 15 | Liaoning Kaixin | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 33 | 57 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 27 | -24 | 21 |
| 16 | Shanghai Shenxin | 30 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 30 | 82 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 37 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 45 | -52 | 12 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)