A important fixture in Super League as both squads are struggling for the top league positions. With Henan Jianye in 3rd position and Wuhan Three Towns at 1st, this has all the looks of a thriling fight. Read on to find out more!
- Henan Jianye have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have the most scored goals (41) in Super League
Jianye have less rest than Wuhan Three Towns in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Super League game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Wuhan Three Towns have had more rest.
Henan Jianye form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium as Henan Jianye have scored 20 goals to get 16 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Super League are 5-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The Henan Jianye regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Meizhou Hakka (placed 5th). The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going unbeaten through four league matches.
Ahead of that match, Henan Jianye won a home game hosting Beijing Guoan (3-0).There will be little rest for Jianye after this match as they are travelling to Wuhan Yangtze for a Super League game in only three days.
Henan Jianye are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (20 goals in 7 games). Jianye have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Wuhan Three Towns form and stats
Wuhan Three Towns have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 16 points collected from 6 Super League games. 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats is the record so far. Impressively, the visitors are on a nine-match winning run which they hope continue versus Henan Jianye.
Impressive finishing from Davidson and Marcão secured the home win 5-1 against Beijing Guoan in their previous game. As mentioned above, Wuhan Three Towns was the only team on the pitch versus Beijing Guoan in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. It's hard not to mention Marcão's lethal finishing against Beijing Guoan. four goals were a big reason for the important victory. Marcão, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 10.0. Marcão scored four goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Guangzhou R&F at their stadium, the result 3-0.Goal hungry football fans should note that 10 of this team's 12 most recent league matches have ended with at least three goals.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Super League trip to Meizhou Hakka.
The Wuhan Three Towns manager Pineda has got the team scoring on the road, with 14 away goals in 6 league matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Amaral Alves 12 goals |  D. da Luz Pereira 8 goals |  L. da Silva Monte 6 goals |
Henan Jianye missing players
Wuhan Three Towns missing players
| Henan Jianye | Wuhan Three Towns | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | 20 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 41 |
| 10 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 86% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 58% | 86% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 83% |
| 33% | 57% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 58% |
| 17% | 29% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 42% |
| 42% | 71% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 42% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 14% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.2 | 4 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 6.3 | 6.8 |
| 5 | 5.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2.7 | 3.8 |
| 2 | 2 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 1.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.2 | 8.9 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 17.2 | 19 |
| 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.5 | 7.1 |
| 58% | 69% | 64% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 52% | 48% |
| 12.6 | 13.6 | 17.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 6.2 | 6.6 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.3 | 2.6 |
- Henan Jianye have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Henan Jianye have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Henan Jianye have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Super League
- Henan Jianye haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Wuhan Three Towns have not yet lost a game.
- Wuhan Three Towns have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Wuhan Three Towns have scored in all their matches so far.
- Wuhan Three Towns have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have the most points (16) away in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have the most scored goals (14) away in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have the most scored goals (41) in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have the the best goal difference (+11) away in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have the the best goal difference (+34) in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Wuhan Three Towns 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 | Wuhan Three Towns | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 34 | 34 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 30 |
| 3 | Henan Jianye | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 26 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | Meizhou Hakka | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | Hangzhou | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 18 |
| 7 | Chengdu Qianbao | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Shanghai SIPG | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | Shenzhen | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Wuhan Yangtze | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | Beijing Guoan | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 16 |
| 13 | Changchun Yatai | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 12 |
| 14 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 10 |
| 15 | Dalian Yifang | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -9 | 8 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -14 | 6 |
| 17 | Hebei CFFC | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -19 | 3 |
| 18 | Guangzhou R&F | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -24 | 3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
