The season is still fairly new and the League One table has to be read with caution. So far Zibo Sunday find themselves in 6th position and Meizhou Hakka are placed 1st.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Zibo Sunday form and stats
When playing at home in the League One, Zibo Sunday have managed 0 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 1 games. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Sunday, their manager Z. Hou and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Zibo Sunday has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 4 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Meizhou Hakka form and stats
Only one away game in the League One so far for Meizhou Hakka and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 0 victories, 0 draws and 3 losses from 3 travels.
Meizhou Hakka play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Shaanxi Chang'an (placed 4th). Before that, Meizhou secured a home win against Xinjiang Tianshan with the score 2-1.
It's early days yet, but Meizhou Hakka has scored 1 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Zibo Sunday missing players
Meizhou Hakka missing players
| Zibo Sunday | Meizhou Hakka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | 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 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.7 | 11 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 2.3 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 60% |
| Zibo Sunday | Last season | Meizhou Hakka | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 8 | 15 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 28 | 18 | Scored | S | 11 | 27 | ||
| 30 | 10 | Conceded | C | 7 | 16 | ||
| 91% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 64% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 73% | ||
| 45% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 53% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 40% | ||
| 18% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 53% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 33% | ||
| 41% | 45% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 5.3 | 2.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.9 | 9.5 | ||
| 2 | 1.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | ||
| 54% | 86% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 47% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Hangzhou | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Sichuan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| 6 | Zibo Sunday | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| 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 | Changchun Yatai | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Hangzhou | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Zhenjiang Huasa | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 4 | Chengdu Qianbao | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 7 |
| 5 | Meizhou Hakka | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Taizhou Yuanda | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -8 | 0 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)