Meizhou Hakka reset their brains and bodies for another game following their 3-1 result versus Suzhou Dongwu, a fixture that gave some clarity. What will happen against Guizhou Zhicheng?
- Meizhou Hakka have the most scored goals (49) in League One
- Guizhou Zhicheng have the fewest points from losing position (1) in League One
These teams have little in common geographically as Guizhou Zhicheng have to travel 1200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Meizhou Hakka form and stats
Meizhou Hakka, who have the most scored goals (49) in League One, have been very solid at home in the League One so far, with 21 points collected from 8 matches (7-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. Meizhou has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Heilongjiang Lava Spring defeat 107 days ago.
A strong away win for Meizhou against Suzhou Dongwu the last match, as C. Egbuchunam (2) and Cai Haochang were on target.
Before that, Meizhou had a home game versus Jiangxi Liansheng which ended with a victory 4-1.Meizhou are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Chengdu Qianbao awaits in four days.
Goals are plentiful in the league this season as Meizhou has scored 24 goals here in 8 home games. Meizhou have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Guizhou Zhicheng form and stats
The visitors are W4-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the League One. Visiting Zhicheng has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Guizhou Zhicheng are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Beijing BG (placed 15th).
A loss against Zibo Sunday was the result prior to that, in a home game.As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Guizhou Zhicheng's match history for similar games we find one match. The home team won one of these as expected, zero of them by at least two goals. Guizhou Zhicheng managed zero draws and zero surprise wins.
A new game in only three days for Zhicheng, the League One home match versus Hangzhou. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Zhicheng as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Zhicheng as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Meizhou Hakka one win, two draws and Guizhou Zhicheng three victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Egbuchunam 17 goals | X. Liang 12 goals | Y. Guo 6 goals |
Meizhou Hakka missing players
Guizhou Zhicheng missing players
| Meizhou Hakka | Guizhou Zhicheng | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 67 | 34 | 13 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 27 | 13 | 8 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 22 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 85% |
| 77% | 85% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 38% | 46% |
| 69% | 77% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 8% | 19% |
| 54% | 54% | 80% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 35% | 38% | 60% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 58% | 62% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 31% | 35% |
| 38% | 31% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 54% | 46% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 23% | 35% |
| 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 5.2 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 5.7 | 6.4 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| 82% | 87% | 76% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 40% | 37% |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 5.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 5.5 | 5.9 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
- Guizhou Zhicheng have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in League One
- Guizhou Zhicheng have the fewest points from losing position (1) in League One
- Guizhou Zhicheng have the most matches under the total-line (18) in League One
- Meizhou Hakka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Meizhou Hakka have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Meizhou Hakka have scored more than double the goals of Guizhou Zhicheng.
- Meizhou Hakka have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in League One
- Meizhou Hakka have the most scored goals (24) at home in League One
- Meizhou Hakka have the most scored goals (49) in League One
- Meizhou Hakka have the most scored goals in the first half (42) in League One
- Meizhou Hakka have the the best goal difference (+31) in League One
- Meizhou Hakka 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 | Meizhou Hakka | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 31 | 64 |
| 2 | Wuhan Three Towns | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 28 | 61 |
| 3 | Hangzhou | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 24 | 58 |
| 4 | Chengdu Qianbao | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 30 | 55 |
| 5 | Nantong Zhiyun | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 46 |
| 6 | Zhenjiang Huasa | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 15 | 44 |
| 7 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 42 |
| 8 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -1 | 41 |
| 9 | Sichuan | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 38 |
| 10 | Guizhou Zhicheng | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 38 |
| 11 | Nanjing City | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -8 | 32 |
| 12 | Suzhou Dongwu | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -9 | 26 |
| 13 | Zibo Sunday | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -13 | 25 |
| 14 | Shenyang Urban | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -15 | 25 |
| 15 | Beijing BG | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 20 |
| 16 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -24 | 17 |
| 17 | BIT | 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 23 | -39 | 9 |
| 18 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 17 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 18 | -38 | 8 |
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