Buckle up for a show! Today's main antagonists are Hangzhou and Chengdu Rongcheng, victory is the objective and 1 1/2 hours the length.
- Hangzhou have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Chengdu Rongcheng have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Super League
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Hangzhou form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Xuzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium as Hangzhou have scored 24 goals to get 30 points from 14 games. The overall stats in the Super League are 9-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Hangzhou, as their goalkeeper Chao Gu has completely shut out the opponents for 321 minutes in the Super League.
Hangzhou's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Meizhou Hakka (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result. The match result 2-0 has occurred to this team three times in a row! Jin (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.02/10. Jin hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 56 successful passes (of 70 total).
Before that match, a win away at Shanghai Shenhua.The match schedule is unforgiving for Hangzhou as they have a new game in only four days, a FA Cup match thankfully also at home. Guangzhou R&F are visiting.
A decent goal production from Hangzhou in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 14 league matches. Hangzhou are not conceding a lot of goals here at Xuzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 14 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Chengdu Rongcheng form and stats
9-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Chengdu Rongcheng in their Super League matches away. In general it has been a productive period now for Chengdu Rongcheng as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Chengdu Rongcheng goalkeeper Yan Zhang is eager to challenge this, with his 405 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Rongcheng's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Shanghai SIPG that finished 0-0. The attacker Rômulo got a match rating of 7.42 in that game. Rômulo hit three key passes.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Henan Jianye with the score of 1-0.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Meizhou Hakka in just four days.
The visitors have scored 15 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Chengdu Rongcheng as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Chengdu Rongcheng - Hangzhou 1-1 was the product when this pair of participants previously met, also in this season. Hangzhou-Chengdu Rongcheng H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Hangzhou two wins, Chengdu Rongcheng one win, one draw. two of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  F. Andrijašević 1 goals |   R. Pacheco da Silva 1 goals | F. de Sousa Silva 1 goals |
Hangzhou missing players
Chengdu Rongcheng missing players
| Hangzhou | Chengdu Rongcheng | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 30 |
| 16 | 9 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | 15 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 56 | 24 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 41 |
| 25 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | 83% |
| 87% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | 67% |
| 40% | 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 31% | 43% |
| 20% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 13% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 50% | 29% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 31% | 43% |
| 40% | 57% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 17% | 21% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 31% | 27% |
| 4.9 | 5.5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.4 | 5.9 |
| 4.8 | 5.6 | 11 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 13.9 | 13.9 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 13.1 | 14.2 |
| 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
| 35% | 36% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 24% | 29% |
| 11.2 | 11.9 | 21 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 8.4 | 8.5 |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 7.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
- Chengdu Rongcheng have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Super League
- Hangzhou have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 84 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 8 | 58 | 68 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 29 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 69 | 25 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 44 | 65 |
| 3 | Hangzhou | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 56 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 31 | 55 |
| 4 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 41 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 54 |
| 5 | Shanghai SIPG | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 45 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 52 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 51 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 49 |
| 7 | Henan Jianye | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 21 | 50 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 45 |
| 9 | Shanghai Shenhua | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 39 |
| 10 | Meizhou Hakka | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 43 |
| 11 | Dalian Yifang | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 45 | 45 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 0 | 39 |
| 12 | Changchun Yatai | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 45 | 41 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 38 |
| 13 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 40 | 48 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 30 | -8 | 34 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 29 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 29 | 56 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 27 | -27 | 30 |
| 15 | Wuhan Yangtze | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 30 | 61 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 31 | -31 | 16 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 30 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 51 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 31 | -31 | 16 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 30 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 23 | 56 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 26 | -33 | 15 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 30 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 15 | 104 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 57 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 47 | -89 | -6 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
