Hangzhou reset their brains and bodies for this game following their 2-0 result against Shanghai Shenhua, a game that gave some clarity. What will happen against Meizhou Hakka?
- Hangzhou have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
These teams have little in common geographically as Meizhou Hakka have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
This could be an action-packed fixture with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!
Hangzhou form and stats
Hangzhou are steadily winning Super League games and points here at Yellow Dragon Sports Center. 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 13 games. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Hangzhou are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Hangzhou, as their goalkeeper Chao Gu has completely shut out the opponents for 231 minutes in the Super League.
Hangzhou enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Shanghai Shenhua's place. The match ended 2-0 with Mushekwi and Matheus scoring. Midfielder Long was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.84 (out of ten) in that game. Long hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 67 successful passes (of 75 total).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Beijing Guoan in a game that was won 2-0.A decent goal production from Hangzhou in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 13 league matches. From these home matches, Hangzhou have conceded only 9 goals.
Meizhou Hakka form and stats
The visitors are W5-D4-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
It's the second away game in a row for Meizhou, but there's smiles all around after the 4-0 victory versus Hebei CFFC (placed 18th) last time out. That win felt nice as this team had gone three league matches without winning. As mentioned above, Meizhou Hakka was the only team on the pitch versus Hebei CFFC in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. It's hard not to mention Egbuchulam's lethal finishing against Hebei CFFC. three goals were a big reason for the important victory. Egbuchulam, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.81. Egbuchulam scored three goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Shanghai Shenhua.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Meizhou Hakka as they have only managed to score 13 times from 15 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Meizhou have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two teams involved played each other earlier on this match year: Meizhou Hakka - Hangzhou 0-0. Head to head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): Hangzhou won three games, four matches ended in a draw and Meizhou Hakka managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five. Mushekwi likes to meet Meizhou Hakka and have scored 8 goals in these encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Mushekwi 16 goals |  F. Andrijašević 13 goals |  U. Ewolo 9 goals |
Hangzhou missing players
Meizhou Hakka missing players
| Hangzhou | Meizhou Hakka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 29 |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 54 | 22 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 41 |
| 25 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 10 | 18 | 35 |
| 93% | 92% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 80% | 86% |
| 86% | 85% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 47% | 62% |
| 41% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 55% |
| 21% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | 28% |
| 14% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 7% | 17% |
| 52% | 31% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 27% | 48% |
| 38% | 54% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 31% |
| 17% | 23% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 53% | 34% |
| 4.9 | 5.7 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| 4.9 | 5.8 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 4.7 | 4.1 |
| 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | 14 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 11.1 | 12.3 |
| 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
| 35% | 37% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 26% | 34% |
| 11.3 | 12.3 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.2 | 10.9 | 10.4 |
| 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
- 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 | 29 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 83 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 49 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 8 | 58 | 68 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 28 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 68 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 44 | 65 |
| 3 | Hangzhou | 29 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 54 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 29 | 55 |
| 4 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 41 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 54 |
| 5 | Shanghai SIPG | 29 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 52 |
| 6 | Henan Jianye | 29 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 50 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 21 | 50 |
| 7 | Beijing Guoan | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 49 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 41 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 45 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 43 |
| 10 | Shanghai Shenhua | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 34 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 39 |
| 11 | Dalian Professional | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 44 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -1 | 39 |
| 12 | Changchun Yatai | 29 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 43 | 41 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 38 |
| 13 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 38 | 46 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 30 | -8 | 34 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 28 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 29 | 54 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 27 | -25 | 30 |
| 15 | Wuhan Zall | 29 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 30 | 60 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 30 | -30 | 16 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 29 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 51 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 31 | -31 | 16 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 29 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 23 | 56 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 26 | -33 | 15 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 29 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 100 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 53 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 47 | -85 | -6 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
