Super League: Top level versus subpar, at least according to the league table. Chengdu Rongcheng - Henan Jianye. Home victory or a surprise?
- Chengdu Rongcheng have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Henan Jianye have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This has all the signs of an engrossing game with lots of action and energy as both sides are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!
Chengdu Rongcheng form and stats
Chengdu Rongcheng have played 8 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Rongcheng travelled for their previous game, a trip to Shandong Luneng that ended 2-2.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Meizhou Hakka (1-3).Chengdu Rongcheng have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium with 12 goals in 8 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 9 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Henan Jianye form and stats
Henan Jianye have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Super League, after 1-2-4 (7 played).
Henan Jianye might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Shandong Luneng proved too strong as Jianye slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium. It's a bit worrying for Henan Jianye that their goalie Wang managed seven saves in the Shandong Luneng match, but still could not hinder a beating.
A 1-3 defeat away at Changchun Yatai before that.The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Henan Jianye have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have fought previously this season: Henan Jianye - Rongcheng 1-1. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - two - zero (Chengdu Rongcheng wins - draws - Henan Jianye wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Čović 8 goals |  F. de Sousa Silva 5 goals |  E. de Oliveira Cardoso 4 goals |
Chengdu Rongcheng missing players
Henan Jianye missing players
| Chengdu Rongcheng | Henan Jianye | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 17 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 69% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 57% | 53% |
| 56% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 29% | 27% |
| 38% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 20% |
| 12% | 12% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 14% | 7% |
| 56% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | 53% |
| 38% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 33% |
| 5.2 | 6.4 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
| 3.9 | 2.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 7.6 | 6 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13.7 | 15.8 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 10.1 | 9.3 |
| 4.6 | 5.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| 34% | 29% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | 27% |
| 8.4 | 6.9 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.3 | 16.1 | 13.7 |
| 2.9 | 2.4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
- Chengdu Rongcheng have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Chengdu Rongcheng have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Chengdu Rongcheng have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Henan Jianye have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Henan Jianye have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- 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 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 33 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 31 |
| 3 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Tianjin Teda | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | Shandong Luneng | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 25 |
| 6 | Changchun Yatai | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 23 |
| 7 | Beijing Guoan | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| 8 | Wuhan Three Towns | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 17 |
| 11 | Henan Jianye | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 12 | Meizhou Hakka | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -7 | 13 |
| 13 | Nantong Zhiyun | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 11 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -17 | 11 |
| 15 | Qingdao Jonoon | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 10 |
| 16 | Dalian Yifang | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 9 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
