Home advantage is relaxed and nice for Guangzhou Evergrande, but Henan Jianye are fully bent and capable to go home as winners. Who wins?
- Guangzhou Evergrande have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Henan Jianye have scored more than double the goals of Guangzhou Evergrande.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Henan Jianye, who are travelling more than 1400 kilometers to play this game.
It's no vacation for neither Guangzhou Evergrande nor Henan Jianye as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Guangzhou Evergrande form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Super League this season. Guangzhou Evergrande have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Tianhe Stadium.
Guangzhou Evergrande are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Shenzhen. Midfield player Yan got a match rating of 7.25 in that game, the max score being 10. Yan hit four key passes and had 85 successful passes (of 92 total).
In the game before, a strong away victory at Sichuan. A FA Cup game.
Goals from both sides! That has happened in 5 league games in a row for this club. Will it happen again?
With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Evergrande defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. When Guangzhou Evergrande hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Wuhan Yangtze, Cangzhou Mighty Lions, Guangzhou R&F, Hebei CFFC and Shenzhen), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Henan Jianye form and stats
5 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Henan Jianye playing as the away team in the Super League this season.
Wang, Mierzejewski and Zhong scored in Henan Jianye's previous match, the home game against Wuhan Yangtze that ended 3-0. Midfield player Wang was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.15/10. Wang scored one goal, hit four key passes and had 69 successful passes (of 79 total).
Ahead of that, the FA Cup win away at Guangxi Baoyun.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Super League trip to Shanghai SIPG.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Henan Jianye have scored 16 goals in 12 league games away. It's not easy to score on Jianye as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have battled before this season: Henan Jianye - Guangzhou Evergrande 2-1. Evergrande-Henan Jianye H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Guangzhou Evergrande seven wins, Henan Jianye one win, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  L. da Silva Monte 9 goals |  Y. Zhong 6 goals |
Guangzhou Evergrande missing players
Henan Jianye missing players
| Guangzhou Evergrande | Henan Jianye | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 26 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 18 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 19 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 16 | 46 |
| 48 | 19 | 8 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 26 |
| 88% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 62% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 73% |
| 54% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 42% | 62% |
| 23% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 27% |
| 19% | 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 46% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 42% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 50% | 38% |
| 46% | 42% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 27% |
| 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.1 | 5 |
| 5.7 | 6.5 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 2.1 | 2.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | 8.2 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.7 | 12.2 | 12 |
| 3 | 3.1 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 25% | 32% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 31% | 40% |
| 14 | 14.8 | 18 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.7 | 11.7 | 11.6 |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
- 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.
- Henan Jianye have scored more than double the goals of Guangzhou Evergrande.
| 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 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 73 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 51 | 62 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 61 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 40 | 62 |
| 3 | Shanghai SIPG | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 22 | 49 |
| 4 | Henan Jianye | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 46 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 46 |
| 5 | Hangzhou | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 44 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 20 | 46 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 44 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 46 |
| 7 | Chengdu Qianbao | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 45 |
| 8 | Shanghai Shenhua | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 42 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 40 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 38 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 39 | 36 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 34 |
| 12 | Dalian Professional | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 30 |
| 13 | Shenzhen | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 28 | 47 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 27 | -19 | 30 |
| 14 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 40 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 28 | -7 | 28 |
| 15 | Wuhan Yangtze | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 27 | 53 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 24 | -26 | 18 |
| 16 | Guangzhou R&F | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -28 | 15 |
| 17 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 26 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 48 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 29 | -30 | 14 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 26 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 13 | 86 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 47 | -73 | 0 |
