Hangzhou know they face a difficult visit to Guangzhou Evergrande and their Tianhe Stadium. This match preview has all the details you need ahead of the match.
- Guangzhou Evergrande have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Hangzhou have scored more than double the goals of Guangzhou Evergrande.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
These are busy days for the home side, as they were in action only four days ago in the Super League. This match was also played here at Tianhe Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Hangzhou have had more rest.
Guangzhou Evergrande form and stats
Guangzhou Evergrande's struggle is real here at Tianhe Stadium with only 9 points collected from 11 Super League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-6. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts.
The home fans saw a 3-3 draw versus Cangzhou Mighty Lions last time out and are looking for a win here. Evergrande salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Cangzhou Mighty Lions, trailing 0-2 at one point. Not giving up resulted in Yang equalizing. Attacking player Yang outdid all the other footballers in that game and got a match rating of 8.52 out of 10. Yang scored two goals.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Beijing Guoan (1-4).Guangzhou Evergrande's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Hangzhou form and stats
4 wins, 7 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Hangzhou playing as the away team in the Super League this season. Hangzhou are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eleven in a row without losing.
Hangzhou have lots to to set right after their surprise loss (0-2) to Shenzhen in their previous outing, played in front of their own supporters. That defeat ended this club's string of league fixtures in a row without losing; 14 games in total! Jin got a match rating of 7.04 in that game, top player of the team. Jin hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Tianjin Teda at their stadium, the result 2-1.The visiting Hangzhou have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 13 games. 14 goals have been conceded by Hangzhou in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two teams in this fixture also played each other earlier on this match year: Hangzhou - Guangzhou Evergrande 3-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - one - one (Guangzhou Evergrande wins - draws - Hangzhou wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Wei 4 goals |  D. Yan 1 goals |
Guangzhou Evergrande missing players
Hangzhou missing players
| Guangzhou Evergrande | Hangzhou | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 23 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 16 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | 11 | 6 | Scored | S | 9 | 19 | 34 |
| 40 | 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 19 |
| 87% | 82% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 91% |
| 57% | 45% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 85% | 83% |
| 52% | 45% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 35% |
| 22% | 27% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 23% | 13% |
| 17% | 18% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 8% | 4% |
| 39% | 45% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 69% | 48% |
| 22% | 27% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 23% | 39% |
| 52% | 45% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 15% | 22% |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4 | 5 |
| 5.7 | 6.6 | 7.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
| 2.1 | 2.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8.7 | 8.2 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 12.2 | 13 |
| 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| 25% | 35% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 29% | 30% |
| 13.5 | 14.2 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11.3 | 11.1 |
| 4.7 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
- Guangzhou Evergrande have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Guangzhou Evergrande have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Hangzhou have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hangzhou have scored more than double the goals of Guangzhou Evergrande.
- Hangzhou have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 67 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 48 | 56 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 23 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 54 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 35 | 56 |
| 3 | Shanghai SIPG | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 43 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 23 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 42 |
| 5 | Henan Jianye | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 40 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 40 |
| 7 | Hangzhou | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 39 |
| 8 | Chengdu Qianbao | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 38 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 34 |
| 10 | Changchun Yatai | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 30 |
| 11 | Tianjin Teda | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 29 |
| 12 | Shenzhen | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 42 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 27 | -16 | 27 |
| 13 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 23 | -5 | 26 |
| 14 | Dalian Professional | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 25 |
| 15 | Guangzhou R&F | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 24 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -21 | 18 |
| 16 | Wuhan Yangtze | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 24 | 46 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -22 | 18 |
| 17 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 26 | -24 | 13 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 24 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 77 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 38 | -65 | 3 |
