Most people believe in Beijing Guoan in this fixture against Wuhan Yangtze, but the guests will battle to the finish. Here's our match preview!
- Wuhan Yangtze haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
These teams have little in common geographically as Wuhan Yangtze have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Beijing Guoan and Wuhan Yangtze should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Beijing Guoan form and stats
The story so far in the Super League for Beijing Guoan at their home stadium (Mokpo International Football Center Main) is 6 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
The Beijing Guoan crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Wuhan Three Towns here at Mokpo International Football Center Main. Up until that game this team had gone eight consecutive league meetings without being beaten. Midfield player Zhang got a match rating of 7.3 in that game, the max score being 10. Zhang hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Henan Jianye.Beijing have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Mokpo International Football Center Main with 21 goals in 13 league matches. Beijing Guoan's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Wuhan Yangtze form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Wuhan Yangtze so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 3-0-7 (win-draw-lose). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Wuhan Yangtze are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Wuhan Yangtze are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the game against Guangzhou R&F (placed 16th). That victory was so important for this club, after a terrible period of eleven league matches in a row not winning. Viana was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.44. The defender Viana scored one goal and won 2 of 3 duels.
A draw for Yangtze before that, at their own venue hosting Meizhou Hakka (0-0).Take note that 16 of this club's 19 latest league rounds have ended with three goals or more.
Wuhan Yangtze have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 11 goals have been scored. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Wuhan Yangtze have conceded 18 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date registered history involving both these teams is the Wuhan Yangtze - Beijing 1-4 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Beijing Guoan eight wins, one draw and Wuhan Yangtze one victory. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Brown Forbes 8 goals |   X. Zhang 4 goals |
Beijing Guoan missing players
Wuhan Yangtze missing players
| Beijing Guoan | Wuhan Yangtze | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 24 |
| 11 | 6 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 39 | 21 | 13 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 26 |
| 34 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 9 | 18 | 47 |
| 92% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 75% | 69% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 83% |
| 62% | 54% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 60% | 75% |
| 42% | 38% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 30% | 33% |
| 25% | 23% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 62% | 54% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 40% | 58% |
| 25% | 31% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 17% |
| 21% | 31% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 30% | 29% |
| 5.2 | 5.8 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 4 | 3.4 |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
| 1.6 | 1 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.8 | 14.8 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.7 | 8.6 |
| 5 | 5.2 | 6.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.7 | 3 |
| 33% | 31% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 41% | 37% |
| 11.2 | 11.2 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
- Wuhan Yangtze haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wuhan Three Towns | 24 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 69 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 50 | 59 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 24 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 56 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 37 | 59 |
| 3 | Shanghai SIPG | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 20 | 46 |
| 4 | Hangzhou | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 39 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 19 | 42 |
| 5 | Shanghai Shenhua | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 42 |
| 6 | Henan Jianye | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 40 |
| 7 | Beijing Guoan | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 40 |
| 8 | Chengdu Qianbao | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 39 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 37 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 32 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 33 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 31 |
| 12 | Dalian Professional | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 28 |
| 13 | Shenzhen | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 27 | -18 | 27 |
| 14 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 25 | -7 | 26 |
| 15 | Wuhan Yangtze | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 26 | 47 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -21 | 18 |
| 16 | Guangzhou R&F | 24 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 21 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -26 | 15 |
| 17 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 24 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 26 | -28 | 13 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 24 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 78 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 39 | -66 | 0 |
