The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Hebei CFFC are in the 4th position while the guesting Qingdao Hainiu worry at 7th.
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.
Hebei CFFC form and stats
12 points is a decent return from 6 Super League games here at Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium for Hebei CFFC. The data says 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Hebei CFFC, as their goalkeeper Yaxiong Bao has completely shut out the opponents for 182 minutes in the Super League.
Before that match, a win away at Tianjin Teda.
Goals decide football matches and Hebei are scoring many of them at home; 14 on target from 6 league matches. Hebei CFFC's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Qingdao Hainiu form and stats
There's been little loot from Qingdao Hainiu's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 6 away games in the Super League. Qingdao Hainiu only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 2 draws. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Qingdao are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Prior to that match, the Qingdao manager J. Wu faced defeat when travelling to Beijing Guoan and losing 1-5.
Qingdao have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 6 goals have been scored. In the opposite end, Qingdao have conceded 11 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Qingdao Hainiu - Hebei 1-2 played earlier this season. Hebei CFFC-Qingdao Hainiu H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Hebei CFFC four wins, Qingdao Hainiu zero wins, one draw. three of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  C. Cordova 15 goals | X. Gao 13 goals |  M. Amaral Alves 11 goals |
Hebei CFFC missing players
Qingdao Hainiu missing players
| Hebei CFFC | Qingdao Hainiu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 22 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 22 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 92% |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 83% | 85% |
| 69% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 62% |
| 62% | 67% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 23% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 62% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 46% |
| 31% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 23% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 144 | 63 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 35 | 101 |
| 51 | 28 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 12 | 32 |
| 43% | 50% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 50% | 44% |
- All of Hebei CFFC's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hebei CFFC has the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Super League
- Hebei CFFC have not yet lost a game at home.
- Hebei CFFC have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Qingdao Hainiu have scored away.
- Hebei CFFC have scored in all their home matches so far.
- 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 | Shanghai SIPG | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 32 |
| 2 | Beijing Guoan | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 25 |
| 3 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 21 |
| 4 | Hebei CFFC | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| 5 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 6 | Wuhan Zall | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | Qingdao Hainiu | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -10 | 10 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -22 | 2 |
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