Struggling Hebei CFFC will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Guangzhou Evergrande in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's quite the trip for Guangzhou Evergrande when visiting Hebei CFFC as the cities are 2100 kilometers apart.
Hebei CFFC form and stats
Hebei CFFC have collected 21 points from their Super League home games so far after 6-3-6.
The Hebei CFFC crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Guangzhou Evergrande here at Langfang Stadium in a Super League match. Preceding that game was the away draw at Dalian Yifang that finished 3-3.
Hebei CFFC has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 23 goals have been conceded.
Guangzhou Evergrande form and stats
The away performances of Guangzhou Evergrande, who have the most scored goals (65) in Super League, have been very solid so far with 13 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats in the Super League. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Guangzhou Evergrande are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Guangzhou Evergrande play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Hebei CFFC (placed 13th). Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Shanghai SIPG.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 40 goals in 15 league games away this season. Guangzhou Evergrande are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 14 times in 15 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Hebei CFFC - Guangzhou Evergrande 1-3 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Hebei CFFC won 1 game, 1 match ended with a draw and Guangzhou Evergrande has 7 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 6 / 3Top Goalscorers
 
Paulinho
19 goals
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Marcão
11 goals
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Talisca
11 goals
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Hebei CFFC missing players
Guangzhou Evergrande missing players
| Hebei CFFC | Guangzhou Evergrande | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 29 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 29 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | 22 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 35 | 21 | 4 | Scored | S | 15 | 40 | 65 |
| 54 | 23 | 8 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 24 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 87% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 87% | 79% |
| 69% | 67% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 66% |
| 31% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 53% | 38% |
| 17% | 13% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 27% | 17% |
| 66% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 53% | 48% |
| 10% | 13% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 47% | 45% |
| 28% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 5.9 | 6.7 | 6.2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.7 | 5.3 |
| 3.9 | 2.9 | 3.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 371 | 230 | 58 | Total Shots | T S | 72 | 201 | 435 |
| 113 | 77 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 36 | 93 | 173 |
| 31% | 27% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 43% | 38% |
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the most clean sheets (13)
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the most points (39) away
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the most scored goals (40) away
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the most scored goals (65)
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the most scored goals in the first half (28)
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the most scored goals in the second half (37)
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the the best goal difference (+26) away
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the the best goal difference (+41)
- Guangzhou Evergrande have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Guangzhou Evergrande have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Guangzhou Evergrande have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Guangzhou Evergrande have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Guangzhou Evergrande haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hebei CFFC has the fewest scored goals in the first half (12)
- Hebei CFFC have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Hebei CFFC haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 29 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 65 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 14 | 41 | 69 |
| 2 | Beijing Guoan | 29 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 57 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 33 | 67 |
| 3 | Shanghai SIPG | 29 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 56 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 30 | 63 |
| 4 | Shandong Luneng | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 53 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 21 | 51 |
| 5 | Jiangsu Suning | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 58 | 41 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 17 | 50 |
| 6 | Wuhan Zall | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 40 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 1 | 44 |
| 7 | Tianjin Teda | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 41 | 45 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 27 | -4 | 38 |
| 8 | Henan Jianye | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 46 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 28 | -6 | 38 |
| 9 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 27 | -9 | 36 |
| 10 | Dalian Yifang | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 51 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 31 | -9 | 35 |
| 11 | Guangzhou R&F | 29 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 54 | 71 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 32 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 39 | -17 | 32 |
| 12 | Shanghai Shenhua | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 43 | 54 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 21 | -11 | 30 |
| 13 | Hebei CFFC | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 35 | 54 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 31 | -19 | 30 |
| 14 | Tianjin Quanjian | 29 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 40 | 51 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 25 | -11 | 25 |
| 15 | Shenzhen | 29 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 28 | -20 | 21 |
| 16 | Beijing Renhe | 29 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 63 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 31 | -37 | 14 |