The glass has been half empty for Hebei CFFC so far, and you could say the same about Changchun Yatai. These struggling sides eye some much needed points here.
- Hebei CFFC have the most conceded goals (34) in Super League
- Changchun Yatai have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Changchun Yatai, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Hebei and Changchun Yatai.
Hebei CFFC form and stats
Hebei CFFC's results here at Pennant Hills Park in the Super League have been very modest with 1 victory, 0 draws and 7 defeats. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Hebei CFFC with their six defeats in a row. Not since the Wuhan Zall game, 50 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Hebei CFFC played out a surprising defeat 0-7 against Shandong Luneng in their previous match, also played in front of their own fans. As you see from the result above, Hebei suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Midfielder Xintao was the best player on the team with a rating of 6.65 (out of ten) in that game. Xintao had 26 successful passes (of 29 total).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Tianjin Teda (3-4).Hebei CFFC have scored 6 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. As for conceded goals, Hebei CFFC's unpleasant statistic is 23 goals surrendered. It's worth mentioning that 12 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Changchun Yatai form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Changchun Yatai so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-2 (win-draw-lose). Visiting Changchun has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Changchun Yatai are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Tianjin Teda (placed 7th). Attacker Erik got a player rating of 7.8 in the game. "Man of the match" Erik scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Shanghai Shenhua that ended 0-0.The visiting Changchun Yatai have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 7 games. The Changchun manager Chen has some worries about the defense as 15 goals have been conceded in these travels. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. When Changchun Yatai is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Shijiazhuang Ever Bright, Guangzhou R&F, Changchun Yatai, Guangzhou Evergrande and Dalian Yifang.
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's five Hebei CFFC victories, two draws and two Changchun Yatai wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  W. Zhang 6 goals |   L. Tan 4 goals |  G. Figueiredo Pinto Júnior 4 goals |
Hebei CFFC missing players
Changchun Yatai missing players
| Hebei CFFC | Changchun Yatai | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| 34 | 23 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 75% |
| 69% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 75% |
| 62% | 62% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 58% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 71% | 50% |
| 23% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 17% |
| 38% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 25% |
| 62% | 62% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 33% |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
| 6.8 | 6.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4.5 | 3.6 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 10.4 | 10.3 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 35% | 46% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 43% | 44% |
| 18.6 | 19.5 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 12.9 | 12.2 |
| 5.5 | 6 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4 |
- Changchun Yatai have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hebei CFFC have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Hebei CFFC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Hebei CFFC have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Hebei CFFC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hebei CFFC have the most conceded goals (23) at home in Super League
- Hebei CFFC have the most conceded goals (34) in Super League
- Hebei CFFC have the most conceded goals in the second half (17) in Super League
- Hebei CFFC have the the worst goal difference (-26) in Super League
- Hebei CFFC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 34 | 34 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 33 |
| 3 | Henan Jianye | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 26 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | Meizhou Hakka | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | Hangzhou | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 18 |
| 7 | Tianjin Teda | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Chengdu Qianbao | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| 9 | Shanghai SIPG | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | Shenzhen | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Wuhan Zall | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | Beijing Guoan | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 16 |
| 13 | Changchun Yatai | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 13 |
| 14 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 10 |
| 15 | Dalian Yifang | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -9 | 8 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -14 | 6 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -24 | 3 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -26 | 3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
