Guizhou Zhicheng will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Meizhou Hakka.
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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Guizhou Zhicheng form and stats
The story so far in the League One for Guizhou Zhicheng at their home stadium (Wuhua People's Stadium) is 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Jiangxi Liansheng.
Zhicheng have scored 2 league goals here from 3 matches, not a lot. Zhicheng's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 3 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Meizhou Hakka form and stats
Meizhou Hakka, who have the most scored goals (12) in League One, are happy with their away performances in the League One so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Shaanxi Chang'an.
A quick return to home after this game, as Meizhou are hosting Jiangxi Liansheng in the League One only four days away.
Meizhou create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 8 goals in 3 travels. It's not easy to score on Meizhou as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Meizhou Hakka - Guizhou Zhicheng 0-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Guizhou Zhicheng won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Meizhou Hakka has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / fiveTop Goalscorers
  L. Doumbouya 4 goals |   H. Gui 2 goals | C. Egbuchunam 2 goals |
Guizhou Zhicheng missing players
Meizhou Hakka missing players
| Guizhou Zhicheng | Meizhou Hakka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | 19 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 38 | 74 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 16 | 31 |
| 67% | 50% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 50% | 39% |
- All of Meizhou Hakka's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Meizhou Hakka has the fewest conceded goals (4) in League One
- Meizhou Hakka has the most clean sheets (2) away in League One
- Meizhou Hakka has the most clean sheets (4) in League One
- Meizhou Hakka has the most points (7) away in League One
- Meizhou Hakka has the most scored goals (12) in League One
- Meizhou Hakka has the most scored goals (8) away in League One
- Meizhou Hakka has the most scored goals in the second half (8) in League One
- Meizhou Hakka has the the best goal difference (+6) away in League One
- Meizhou Hakka has the the best goal difference (+8) in League One
- Meizhou Hakka have not yet lost a game.
- Meizhou Hakka have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Meizhou Hakka have scored in all their away matches so far.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Meizhou Hakka | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | Hangzhou | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | Guizhou Zhicheng | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | Shenyang Urban | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 5 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -9 | 4 |
| 6 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)