Changchun Yatai are placed 2nd so far, while Hebei CFFC are lagging 3 points behind in the table. Can they reduce the gap?
- Changchun Yatai is in the best form (4-1-1)
- Hebei CFFC have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Super League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
These teams have little in common geographically as Hebei CFFC have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Changchun Yatai form and stats
Changchun Yatai have played 5 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-0 (wins-draws-losses). In general it's been a long time since Changchun tasted defeat here at Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league.
Changchun enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Shanghai Shenhua's place. The match ended 2-1 with Junior Negao (2) scoring. Attacking player Junior Negao bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 8.33 out of 10. Negao scored two goals.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Shanghai SIPG in a game that was won 2-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Changchun handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, two draws and zero defeats.
Changchun are traveling soon after this match as the Super League match at Beijing Guoan awaits in three days.
The Changchun fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 5 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Changchun Yatai have only let in 1 goal at home.
Hebei CFFC form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Super League, are W2-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
The attacking players of Hebei have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 230 minutes. Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Hebei goalkeeper Yaxiong Bao is eager to challenge this, with his 250 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Hebei's last game was the home draw against Beijing Guoan (0-0). Haifeng Ding was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.9. The defender Ding hit three key passes and won 8 of 9 duels.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Shanghai Shenhua that ended 0-0.We have checked recent matches where Hebei have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were one victory, two draws and one defeat.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Shanghai SIPG in just three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hebei CFFC as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. Hebei are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Hebei CFFC - Changchun 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Changchun one win, two draws and Hebei CFFC five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Figueiredo Pinto Júnior 8 goals |  E. Nascimento de Lima 3 goals |   H. Yin 3 goals |
Changchun Yatai missing players
Hebei CFFC missing players
| Changchun Yatai | Hebei CFFC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 73% | 60% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 64% | 40% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 20% | 45% |
| 55% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 55% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 45% |
| 45% | 80% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 60% | 45% |
| 27% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 27% |
| 4.1 | 3.6 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 5.4 | 6.4 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5 | 6.3 |
| 1.5 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.3 | 12.6 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.2 | 10.8 |
| 5.1 | 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 29% | 26% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 19% | 24% |
- Changchun Yatai have not yet lost a game at home.
- Changchun Yatai have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Changchun Yatai have the most points from losing position (7) in Super League
- Changchun Yatai is in the best form (4-1-1)
- Hebei CFFC have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Super League
- Hebei CFFC have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Super League
- Hebei CFFC have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Super League
| 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 SIPG | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 22 |
| 2 | Changchun Yatai | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| 3 | Hebei CFFC | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| 4 | Beijing Guoan | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 5 | Shanghai Shenhua | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 6 | Wuhan Zall | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 7 | Dalian Professional | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -12 | 7 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -14 | 6 |
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