The managers Jordi Vinyals and Y. Petrov are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the League One league table.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Qingdao Hainiu form and stats
Seven points from three games is a great start for Qingdao Hainiu, who are hoping to build on that form here at GuoXin Stadium. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Qingdao Hainiu has won their last four matches. It’s been three wins in a row for Qingdao Hainiu here at GuoXin Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.Qingdao Hainiu are returning here after visiting Nei Mongol Zhongyou in a League One game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Before that, Qingdao Hainiu had a FA Cup home game versus Lhasa Chengtou which ended with a victory 2-0.
The Qingdao Hainiu fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 matches. Defensively Qingdao Hainiu have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright form and stats
It's not happening yet for Shijiazhuang Ever Bright on their travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have lost on their last two travels.Shijiazhuang Ever Bright are travelling after their nice 5-0 home win in the League One against Shaanxi Chang'an. Before that, Shijiazhuang Ever Bright secured a home win against Nei Mongol Zhongyou with the score 3-1.
As for goals scored and conceded in away games so far, Shijiazhuang Ever Bright has managed 0 goals and let in 2 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's 1 Qingdao Hainiu victory, 1 draw and 2 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright wins.Top Goalscorers
  Muriqui 4 goals |  Wang Dong 3 goals |  M. Martins 3 goals |
Qingdao Hainiu missing players
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright missing players
| Qingdao Hainiu | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | Played | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 5 | Scored | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | 1 | Conceded | 2 | 5 |
| 83% | 67% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | 0% | 67% |
| 83% | 67% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 33% | Both teams to score | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 67% | Clean Sheet | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 33% | Failed To Score | 100% | 33% |
| 4 | 6.3 | Corners For (avg) | 6.5 | 4.8 |
| 4.8 | 3.7 | Corners Against (avg) | 5 | 3.5 |
| 1.2 | 0.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 0 | 0 |
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright has failed to keep a clean sheet in 2 away matches.
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Hangzhou | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | Qingdao Hainiu | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 4 | Meizhou Meixian Techand | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | Meizhou Hakka | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Guizhou Zhicheng | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 7 | Nei Mongol Zhongyou | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Changchun Yatai | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Sichuan Longfor | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 10 | Liaoning Kaixin | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 8 |
| 11 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 12 | Shanghai Shenxin | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Beijing BG | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 5 |
| 15 | Nantong Zhiyun | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -9 | 2 |
