Club members at Pennant Hills Park haven’t witnessed many home wins this season, with Guangzhou Evergrande rotting in the 17th place. The guesting Cangzhou Mighty Lions will hope to protect their higher league position in this one.
- Guangzhou Evergrande have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have scored at least twice as many goals away as Guangzhou Evergrande have scored home.
It's quite the trip for Cangzhou Mighty Lions when visiting Guangzhou Evergrande as the cities are 1800 kilometers apart.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Guangzhou Evergrande form and stats
With 2 Super League wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Guangzhou Evergrande are certainly not brimming with confidence. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Evergrande to get some points in this home game.
Guangzhou Evergrande are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-4 away versus Beijing Guoan. Midfielder Yang was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.31 (out of ten) in that game. Yang dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 18 successful passes (of 21 total).
Heartbreak before that as Evergrande lost 0-3 at Shandong Luneng's place.Guangzhou Evergrande have scored {8 league goals} here from 10 matches, not a lot. Guangzhou Evergrande have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions form and stats
5 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses. That’s the product of Cangzhou Mighty Lions playing as the away team in the Super League this season.
Cangzhou play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Shanghai Shenhua (placed 3rd).
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Henan Jianye's place.Cangzhou Mighty Lions has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 11 games. Cangzhou Mighty Lions struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 20 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Cangzhou Mighty Lions - Evergrande 2-0 was the outcome when these teams last played each other, earlier this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's three Guangzhou Evergrande victories, one draw and one Cangzhou Mighty Lions win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Taty Maritu 5 goals |
Guangzhou Evergrande missing players
Cangzhou Mighty Lions missing players
| Guangzhou Evergrande | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 16 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 9 | 19 | 26 |
| 37 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 20 | 31 |
| 86% | 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 55% | 40% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 91% | 82% |
| 50% | 40% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 73% | 45% |
| 18% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | 18% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 36% | 18% |
| 36% | 40% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 55% | 50% |
| 23% | 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 9% | 23% |
| 55% | 50% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | 41% |
| 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 5.4 | 6 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| 2.1 | 3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8.7 | 8.1 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 9.2 | 8.7 |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.4 | 3 |
| 22% | 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 51% | 40% |
| 13.1 | 13.3 | 15.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 13.8 | 14 |
| 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5.3 | 4.5 |
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have scored at least twice as many goals away as Guangzhou Evergrande have scored home.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Guangzhou Evergrande have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| 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 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 63 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 45 | 53 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 30 | 50 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 41 |
| 4 | Shanghai SIPG | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 40 |
| 5 | Henan Jianye | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 40 |
| 6 | Hangzhou | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 39 |
| 7 | Beijing Guoan | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 37 |
| 8 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 35 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 33 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 29 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 29 |
| 12 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -5 | 25 |
| 13 | Shenzhen | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 42 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -18 | 24 |
| 14 | Dalian Yifang | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 22 |
| 15 | Guangzhou R&F | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -18 | 18 |
| 16 | Wuhan Zall | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -21 | 17 |
| 17 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 26 | -24 | 12 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 23 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 71 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 32 | -59 | 3 |
