Meizhou Hakka have claimed 8 of their 14 in total here in their own stadium fortress. What will happen against Chengdu Rongcheng?
- Meizhou Hakka have not yet lost a game at home.
- Chengdu Rongcheng have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Super League
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.
Meizhou Hakka form and stats
Meizhou Hakka have played 4 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-0 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Meizhou Hakka after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The Meizhou goalkeeper Yu Hou is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 223 minutes without conceding a goal in the Super League.
An away draw last time out for Meizhou Hakka, facing Beijing Guoan in a game that ended 0-0. Meizhou Hakka's goalie Yu played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Beijing Guoan with a stunning eight saves. Yu, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.81 out of 10 in that game. Yu topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Meizhou had a home game versus Shenzhen which ended with a victory 1-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Meizhou Hakka have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 1 and lost 0.
Early season league goal statistics from Meizhou Hakka's 4 home games: 8 goals, 4 conceded.
Chengdu Rongcheng form and stats
Playing away, Chengdu Rongcheng, who have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Super League, have won 0 games, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the Super League this season. One point away has become something of a habit for Chengdu Rongcheng who have played out draws in their last three away games.
Rongcheng had fun at their own home (Huitang Stadium) last time out, beating Tianjin Teda 2-1. Hu and Abdugheni scored. Eureka; their first victory in the league after eight rounds not winning. Chow got a match rating of 7.51 in that game, top player of the team. Chow served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Shijiazhuang Ever Bright.Chengdu Rongcheng are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 4 away games. It's not easy to score on Chengdu Rongcheng as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The last head to head encounter ended Chengdu Rongcheng - Meizhou 0-0, played this season. Data for the former four meetings involving these two teams are: zero wins for Meizhou Hakka, two draws and two wins for Chengdu Rongcheng. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Santana da Silva 3 goals | R. Dugalic 2 goals | N. Kosović 2 goals |
Meizhou Hakka missing players
Chengdu Rongcheng missing players
| Meizhou Hakka | Chengdu Rongcheng | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 56% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 22% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 11% | 25% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 56% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 25% | 56% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 75% | 44% |
| 5.6 | 5.5 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6.8 | 5.7 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10.9 | 10 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 14.5 | 13.6 |
| 3.9 | 3.8 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
| 31% | 53% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 6% | 24% |
| 10.4 | 9 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 8.2 | 9.6 |
| 3.6 | 2.8 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.5 | 3 |
- Chengdu Rongcheng have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Chengdu Rongcheng have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Super League
- Chengdu Rongcheng have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Super League
- Chengdu Rongcheng have yet to win a game away.
- Meizhou Hakka have not yet lost a game at home.
- Meizhou Hakka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Meizhou Hakka have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Chengdu Rongcheng have scored away.
- Meizhou Hakka have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Meizhou Hakka have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Meizhou Hakka 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 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 25 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Henan Jianye | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 5 | Beijing Guoan | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 6 | Shanghai SIPG | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | Meizhou Hakka | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 8 | Shenzhen | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | Wuhan Zall | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 12 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | Tianjin Teda | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 13 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 15 | Dalian Yifang | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 7 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -12 | 3 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -14 | 3 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -16 | 3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
