Henan Jianye are unlocking their away locker room to Meizhou Hakka for another crucial game after their 1-1 result versus 3rd-placed Shanghai Shenhua.
- Henan Jianye have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Super League
- Meizhou Hakka have scored at least twice as many goals away as Henan Jianye have scored home.
Meizhou Hakka have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1400 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Henan Jianye form and stats
Henan Jianye have played 5 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). When Henan Jianye hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Shijiazhuang Ever Bright, Henan Jianye, Nantong Zhiyun, Qingdao Jonoon and Dalian Professional), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
Henan Jianye shared the glory with Shanghai Shenhua in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Čović has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three matches in a row. Badass! Midfield player Čović got a match rating of 7.6 in that game, the max score being 10. Čović scored one goal and hit three key passes.
Heartbreak before that as Henan Jianye lost 2-3 at Shanghai SIPG's place.Trouble hitting the net? In this club's last 10 league games, 9 have produced two goals or less.
Jianye aren't scoring a lot here at Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium in the league, with only {3 goals} from 5 games. Henan Jianye are not conceding a lot of goals here at Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches. Henan Jianye has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Meizhou Hakka form and stats
As the visiting team in Super League matches, Meizhou Hakka have produced an overall stat of 1-2-2 so far. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Meizhou are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Meizhou Hakka lost away at Shenzhen (2-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Leading 2-0 was not enough for Meizhou Hakka in their fight with Shenzhen last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 2-3 loss. Rao, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.8. Rao signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and won 5 of 8 duels.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Tianjin Teda.The travelling fans enjoy Meizhou's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. Meizhou Hakka's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 9 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings involving these contenders: Henan Jianye won zero, Meizhou Hakka triumphed in two and we saw zero draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals. The matches between these sides have sometimes been hostile, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last two encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Čović 3 goals |   C. Yang 3 goals | B. Feng 2 goals |
Henan Jianye missing players
Meizhou Hakka missing players
| Henan Jianye | Meizhou Hakka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 90% | 80% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 20% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 20% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 80% | 70% |
| 20% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 30% |
| 3.7 | 3.2 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 5.6 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.6 | 6.3 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.7 | 8.8 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.8 | 10.4 |
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 24% | 21% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 53% | 39% |
| 13.7 | 12.4 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 16 | 15.5 |
| 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 6 | 5.6 |
- All of Meizhou Hakka's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Henan Jianye have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Super League
- Henan Jianye have the most matches under the total-line (9) in Super League
- Meizhou Hakka have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Meizhou Hakka have scored at least twice as many goals away as Henan Jianye have scored home.
- Meizhou Hakka 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 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 23 |
| 2 | Chengdu Qianbao | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Tianjin Teda | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Changchun Yatai | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Wuhan Three Towns | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | Beijing Guoan | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
| 8 | Shandong Luneng | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 14 |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 10 | Shenzhen | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 11 |
| 11 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 10 |
| 12 | Meizhou Hakka | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 9 |
| 13 | Henan Jianye | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Qingdao Jonoon | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 15 | Dalian Professional | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 16 | Nantong Zhiyun | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 6 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
