Club members at Pennant Hills Park haven’t enjoyed many victories this season, with Hebei CFFC rotting in the 18th spot. The guesting Meizhou Hakka will try to defend their higher league place in this game.
- Hebei CFFC have the fewest scored goals (15) in Super League
- Meizhou Hakka have scored more than double the goals of Hebei CFFC.
Meizhou Hakka have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Super League.
Hebei CFFC form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Super League this season. Hebei CFFC have only managed 1 win, 0 draws and 12 losses from their games here at Pennant Hills Park. There's also a terrible streak running regardless of playing venue as Hebei CFFC have lost 21 games in a row.
Hebei CFFC played out a slightly shocking loss 1-4 against Dalian Professional in their previous match, also played at home. Goalkeeper Bao got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.32 out of ten. Bao saved a penalty.
Preceding that match was the home game against Hangzhou that was lost 1-6.Scoring bonanza? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 16 of the 17 most recent league games with this side has had three or more goals.
Hebei have scored {9 league goals} here from 13 matches, not a lot. This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Hebei CFFC have let the opposition score 49 times, an average of more than three per game.
Meizhou Hakka form and stats
4 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Meizhou Hakka playing as the away team in the Super League this season. It's a growing despair in Meizhou Hakka as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Home advantage was not enough for Meizhou in their previous game as they lost hosting Shanghai Shenhua, 0-1. Defender Dugalić was the best team player with a rating of 7.44. Dugalić won 6 of 11 duels.
Prior to that match, the Meizhou Hakka manager Ristić faced defeat when travelling to Dalian Professional and losing 1-2.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Meizhou Hakka as they have only managed to score 9 times from 14 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Meizhou Hakka have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The former head-to-head meeting ended Meizhou Hakka - Hebei 6-0, earlier this season. Chen likes to play against Hebei CFFC and have scored 2 goals in these games.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Vukanović 9 goals |   W. Zhang 6 goals |  R. Santana da Silva 5 goals |
Hebei CFFC missing players
Meizhou Hakka missing players
| Hebei CFFC | Meizhou Hakka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 27 | 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 15 | 9 | 6 | Scored | S | 7 | 9 | 37 |
| 96 | 49 | 18 | Conceded | C | 3 | 18 | 35 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 79% | 86% |
| 82% | 85% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 43% | 61% |
| 79% | 77% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 36% | 54% |
| 57% | 69% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 14% | 25% |
| 39% | 46% | 75% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 18% |
| 43% | 46% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 29% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 36% | 29% |
| 57% | 54% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 57% | 36% |
| 2 | 2.3 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| 6.4 | 6.2 | 7.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.9 | 4.2 |
| 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | 6.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.4 | 11.1 | 12.4 |
| 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
| 36% | 43% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 20% | 32% |
| 19.5 | 20.4 | 19.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 11.5 | 10.6 |
| 6.9 | 7.3 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
- 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 the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Super League
- Hebei CFFC have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Super League
- Hebei CFFC have the fewest points (3) at home in Super League
- Hebei CFFC have the fewest scored goals (15) in Super League
- Hebei CFFC have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Super League
- Hebei CFFC have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Super League
- Hebei CFFC have the most conceded goals (49) at home in Super League
- Hebei CFFC have the most conceded goals (96) in Super League
- Hebei CFFC have the most conceded goals in the first half (40) in Super League
- Hebei CFFC have the most conceded goals in the second half (56) in Super League
- Hebei CFFC have the the worst goal difference (-40) at home in Super League
- Hebei CFFC have the the worst goal difference (-81) in Super League
- Hebei CFFC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Meizhou Hakka have created more than twice as many corners as Hebei CFFC.
- Meizhou Hakka have scored more than double the goals of Hebei CFFC.
| 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 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 79 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 49 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 54 | 65 |
| 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 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 52 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 27 | 52 |
| 4 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 51 |
| 5 | Henan Jianye | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 22 | 50 |
| 6 | Shanghai SIPG | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 49 |
| 7 | Beijing Guoan | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 46 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 23 | 7 | 49 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 41 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 44 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 40 |
| 10 | Shanghai Shenhua | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 39 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 42 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 37 |
| 12 | Dalian Professional | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -3 | 36 |
| 13 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 38 | 42 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 30 | -4 | 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 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 29 | 59 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 30 | -30 | 15 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 28 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 51 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 31 | -31 | 15 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 28 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 22 | 54 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 26 | -32 | 15 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 28 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 15 | 96 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 49 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 47 | -81 | -6 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
