Hangzhou battle Qingdao Hainiu for recognition and football prosperity.
It's no vacation for neither Hangzhou nor Qingdao Hainiu as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Hangzhou form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Hangzhou as they were promoted from League One last season. Happy days that were secured through 14 wins, 9 draws and 7 losses from 30 games. The team scored 27 goals at home last season and conceded 18. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
Qingdao Hainiu form and stats
Let's have a look at how Qingdao Hainiu performed last season in the Play-offs 1/2: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 1 victory, 1 draw and 6 defeats. In total they scored 7 and conceded 18 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 1 and lost 2 with 4/9 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Qingdao Hainiu - Hangzhou 0-1 was the scoreline in these sides' latest head-to-head match, played this season. Hangzhou-Qingdao Hainiu H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Hangzhou two wins, Qingdao Hainiu three wins, two draws. five of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  N. Mushekwi 24 goals |  F. Andrijašević 7 goals |  M. Nascimento 6 goals |
Hangzhou missing players
Qingdao Hainiu missing players
| Hangzhou | Qingdao Hainiu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 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% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Hangzhou | Last season | Qingdao Hainiu | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 22 | 14 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 17 | ||
| 69 | 40 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | ||
| 28 | 14 | Conceded | C | 25 | 52 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 95% | ||
| 74% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 65% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 50% | ||
| 29% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 15% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 53% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 36% | ||
| 41% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 9% | ||
| 12% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 64% | 59% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 6.7 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 5.3 | 6.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 8.2 | ||
| 3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | ||
| 68% | 63% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 20% | ||
| 3.2 | 3.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.9 | 14.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.6 | ||
| 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 | Shanghai Shenhua | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 37 |
| 2 | Henan Jianye | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 30 |
| 3 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| 4 | Tianjin Teda | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
| 5 | Wuhan Zall | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| 6 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 20 |
| 7 | Dalian Professional | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| 8 | Qingdao Hainiu | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -11 | 11 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
