The Super League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Hebei CFFC and Wuhan Zall are placed 5th and 3rd respectively.
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.
These teams have little in common geographically as Wuhan Zall have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Hebei CFFC form and stats
Hebei CFFC must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Super League games here at Kunshan Sports Center Stadium.
The Hebei supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Tianjin Teda in Super League and win 2-0. Heartbreak before that as Hebei lost 1-3 at Beijing Guoan's place.
This is expected to be a close game, with Hebei CFFC perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hebei as a small favourite), we find four games. Hebei CFFC has won zero of these, drawn one and lost three.
The Hebei manager F. Xie has got the team scoring with 6 from 3 home games in the league. 4 goals have been conceded.
Wuhan Zall form and stats
No Super League points yet away for Wuhan Zall, from their first 2 matches. Wuhan seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-0 against Chongqing Dangdai Lifan in their previous game. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Shanghai SIPG wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Wuhan playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were one Wuhan Zall win, one draw and two defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Wuhan Zall has managed 1 goal and let in 3 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: two - zero - three (Hebei wins - draws - Wuhan Zall wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Kouassi 12 goals |   M. Amaral Alves 11 goals |  X. Dong 10 goals |
Hebei CFFC missing players
Wuhan Zall missing players
| Hebei CFFC | Wuhan Zall | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 3.8 | 4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 6.3 | 10 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
| 2.2 | 2.7 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | 30 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 17 | 40 |
| 19 | 15 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 37% | 40% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 47% |
- All of Hebei CFFC's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hebei CFFC has the most conceded goals in the second half (8)
- Hebei CFFC have not yet lost a game at home.
- Hebei CFFC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Wuhan Zall has the most clean sheets (2)
- Wuhan Zall have lost all their away matches so far.
- Wuhan Zall haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Hebei CFFC | Last season | Wuhan Zall | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 37 | 21 | Scored | S | 22 | 41 | ||
| 55 | 23 | Conceded | C | 25 | 41 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 93% | ||
| 90% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 77% | ||
| 70% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 53% | ||
| 30% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 17% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 13% | ||
| 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 60% | ||
| 10% | 13% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | ||
| 27% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 17% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.9 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 376 | 230 | Total Shots | T S | 155 | 329 | ||
| 116 | 77 | Shots on Target | S O | 55 | 121 | ||
| 32% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Beijing Guoan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Shanghai SIPG | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 3 | Wuhan Zall | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Hebei CFFC | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 6 | Qingdao Hainiu | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 7 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 1 |
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