Super League: The middle-of-the-table spots illustrates the road Changchun Yatai and Henan Jianye have undertaken so far. Both squads are set to play; let's get this baby out!
- Changchun Yatai have the most scored goals (24) in Super League
- Changchun Yatai have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Henan Jianye have scored away.
Henan Jianye have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Not a lot of time to rest for the host team, as they had a Super League game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Shandong Luneng, so at least Changchun are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Changchun Yatai form and stats
The story so far in the Super League for Changchun Yatai at their home stadium (Changchun's People Stadium) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
The followers are hoping that Changchun Yatai will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the game against Shandong Luneng (placed 5th). Midfield player Žulj got a match rating of 7.34 in that game, the max score being 10. Žulj served one assist, hit four key passes and had 49 successful passes (of 61 total).
Before that one, a strong away win at Nanjing City. A FA Cup game. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Changchun Yatai have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Changchun have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Changchun's People Stadium with 11 goals in 6 league matches. Changchun Yatai have conceded 11 from these games.
Henan Jianye form and stats
There's been little loot from Henan Jianye's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 6 away games in the Super League. Henan Jianye only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 2 draws.
It's the second away game in a row for Henan Jianye, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Shijiazhuang Ever Bright (placed 11th) last time out. Goalkeeper Wang was absolutely vital in the Jianye victory against Shijiazhuang Ever Bright, making six saves. Wang was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.23. The agile goalkeeper Wang topped it up with a clean sheet.
Earlier, the FA Cup win away at Hunan Xiangtao. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Henan Jianye playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 0 Henan Jianye wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
Low-scoring game? 10 of this team's most recent 13 league rounds have had two or less goals.
A quick return to home after this game, as Henan Jianye are hosting Shandong Luneng in the Super League only four days away.
The attacking power of Henan Jianye when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. As opposed to that, Jianye have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - three - one (Changchun Yatai wins - draws - Henan Jianye wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Nascimento Lopes de Souza 10 goals |  N. Čović 7 goals |  L. Tan 5 goals |
Changchun Yatai missing players
Henan Jianye missing players
| Changchun Yatai | Henan Jianye | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 24 | 11 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 24 | 11 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 92% |
| 77% | 83% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 54% |
| 62% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 54% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 46% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 62% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 54% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 31% |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
| 5.6 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8 | 5.7 |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.2 | 14 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.8 | 9.6 |
| 5.1 | 5.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| 36% | 35% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 26% | 29% |
| 14.1 | 10.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 16.3 | 13.3 |
| 5.5 | 4.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
- Changchun Yatai have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Changchun Yatai have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Henan Jianye have scored away.
- Changchun Yatai have the most scored goals (24) in Super League
- Changchun Yatai haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Henan Jianye have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Henan Jianye 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 | Shanghai SIPG | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 32 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 28 |
| 3 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 27 |
| 4 | Tianjin Teda | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Shandong Luneng | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 21 |
| 6 | Changchun Yatai | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| 7 | Beijing Guoan | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Hangzhou | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | Wuhan Three Towns | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| 10 | Henan Jianye | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 11 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 13 |
| 12 | Shenzhen | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -15 | 11 |
| 13 | Meizhou Hakka | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -9 | 9 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -10 | 9 |
| 15 | Qingdao Jonoon | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 8 |
| 16 | Dalian Yifang | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 8 |
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