Only victory will please the Chengdu Rongcheng regulars in this Chengdu Sports Center duel with Wuhan Yangtze, seeing as they have a robust lead on the opposition in the Super League standings.
- Chengdu Rongcheng have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Super League
- Wuhan Yangtze have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Wuhan Yangtze are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.
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.
Chengdu Rongcheng form and stats
7-7-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Chengdu Rongcheng so far this season. In general it's been a long time since Rongcheng tasted defeat here at Chengdu Sports Center, as they have taken at least one point from their last 14 home games in the league.
Chengdu Rongcheng's last game was hosting Wuhan Three Towns (placed 1st) and winning 1-0. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Seo when Silva scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 65th minute. The talented striker Rômulo outperformed all others in that match and got a match rating of 8.1 out of 10. Rômulo served one assist, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 41 successful passes (of 50 total).
A win at home before that, as predicted. The team were big favourites against Meizhou Hakka and won 3-0.
Sports betting people who enjoy looking for low-scoring matches might be interested to know that this team have played 5 league fixtures in a row with zero, one or two goals (under 2.5).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Super League game versus Dalian Professional in only four days. This game is also played here at Chengdu Sports Center.
Chengdu Rongcheng have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Chengdu Sports Center with 27 goals in 15 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Chengdu Rongcheng are not conceding a lot of goals here at Chengdu Sports Center in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 15 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Wuhan Yangtze form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Wuhan Yangtze so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 4-0-11 (win-draw-lose).
Impressive finishing from Forbes, Yuhao and Li secured the home win 3-0 against Dalian Professional in their previous game. That win felt good as this side had gone three league rounds without winning. Li, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.2. Li scored one goal and won 8 of 11 duels.
Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Tianjin Teda.Take note that 22 of this team's 27 latest league matches have ended with three or more goals.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Yangtze manager Li as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Hangzhou.
The attacking power of Wuhan Yangtze when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 15 league matches away. For Wuhan Yangtze, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. Yangtze has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The squads have met each other previously this season, with the result Wuhan Yangtze - Chengdu Rongcheng 0-1 entered in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Brown Forbes 11 goals |  B. Willemen Da Silva 4 goals |  A. Kajević 4 goals |
Chengdu Rongcheng missing players
Wuhan Yangtze missing players
| Chengdu Rongcheng | Wuhan Yangtze | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 32 |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 43 | 27 | 14 | Scored | S | 2 | 14 | 33 |
| 27 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 13 | 31 | 64 |
| 84% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 66% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | 84% |
| 41% | 53% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 67% | 75% |
| 16% | 33% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 33% | 31% |
| 9% | 20% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 16% |
| 44% | 53% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | 53% |
| 47% | 47% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | 16% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 34% |
| 5.9 | 6.4 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.3 | 15.5 | 18.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.7 | 8.6 |
| 4.8 | 5.7 | 7.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 28% | 32% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 37% | 37% |
| 8.6 | 8.9 | 6.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.8 | 13.7 | 13.1 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 4.7 | 4.3 |
- Chengdu Rongcheng have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Chengdu Rongcheng have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Chengdu Rongcheng have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Super League
- Chengdu Rongcheng have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Wuhan Yangtze have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- 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 | 32 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 86 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 10 | 58 | 72 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 32 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 81 | 29 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 52 | 72 |
| 3 | Hangzhou | 31 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 57 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 31 | 59 |
| 4 | Shanghai SIPG | 32 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 48 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 23 | 59 |
| 5 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 32 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 43 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 59 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 57 | 43 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 14 | 58 |
| 7 | Henan Jianye | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 52 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 45 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 49 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 42 | 38 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 46 |
| 10 | Shanghai Shenhua | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 39 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 43 |
| 11 | Dalian Professional | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 25 | -4 | 42 |
| 12 | Changchun Yatai | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 45 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 41 |
| 13 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 40 | 50 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 30 | -10 | 38 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 31 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 29 | 66 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 37 | -37 | 30 |
| 15 | Guangzhou R&F | 32 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 28 | 58 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 26 | -30 | 20 |
| 16 | Wuhan Yangtze | 32 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 33 | 64 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 31 | -31 | 19 |
| 17 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 32 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 58 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 31 | -35 | 17 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 32 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 18 | 108 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 57 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 51 | -90 | -3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
