This should be quite a game, with Henan Jianye at 5th and Chengdu Rongcheng placed 4th. Here's our full preview!
- Henan Jianye have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Chengdu Rongcheng is in the best form (5-1-0) in Super League
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Super League.
Henan Jianye form and stats
Henan Jianye have performed here at Jinjiang Sports Center this season with 9 wins from 14 Super League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 4. It’s been three wins in a row for Henan Jianye here at Jinjiang Sports Center, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
It's back home for Henan Jianye, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Shanghai SIPG away with the result 3-1. Ke, Huang and Karanga found the net in that victory. Midfield player Zhong got a match rating of 7.91 in that game, the max score being 10. Zhong signed up for two assists and hit two key passes.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Guangzhou Evergrande that finished 1-1.The Jianye manager Mejía has got the team scoring with 30 from 14 home games in the league. Henan Jianye's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Chengdu Rongcheng form and stats
8-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Chengdu Rongcheng in their Super League matches away. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Chengdu Rongcheng hope to make it five in this match.
Rongcheng have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Yan Zhang. It's been 225 minutes since they last conceded in Super League.
Rômulo and Kim scored in Chengdu Rongcheng's previous match, the home game against Guangzhou Evergrande that ended 2-0. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three games in a row for the away team? The correct answer is Rômulo and that is impressive stuff! Attacker Rômulo got a player rating of 9.3 in the game. "Man of the match" Rômulo scored one goal and hit nine key passes.
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Guangzhou R&F.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Rongcheng as they have only managed to score 14 times from 15 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Chengdu Rongcheng as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the records show this recent fixture: Chengdu Rongcheng - Henan Jianye 0-0.
Top Goalscorers
  L. da Silva Monte 10 goals | Z. Huang 6 goals |  Y. Zhong 6 goals |
Henan Jianye missing players
Chengdu Rongcheng missing players
| Henan Jianye | Chengdu Rongcheng | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 28 |
| 15 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 50 | 30 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 14 | 40 |
| 28 | 15 | 7 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 87% | 86% |
| 75% | 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 71% |
| 61% | 79% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 33% | 46% |
| 29% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 11% | 14% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 46% | 50% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 46% |
| 36% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 47% | 43% |
| 25% | 21% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 25% |
| 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.6 | 6.1 |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 12.2 | 11.7 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 12.9 | 14.1 |
| 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| 39% | 46% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 24% | 31% |
| 11.6 | 11.6 | 15.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 8.4 | 8.7 |
| 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
- Chengdu Rongcheng have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Super League
- Chengdu Rongcheng is in the best form (5-1-0) in Super League
- Henan Jianye have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Henan Jianye have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Chengdu Rongcheng have scored away.
- Henan Jianye 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 | 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 |
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