Numbers, recent trends, game results, form, head-2-head, selected XIs and much more: Here's all you must know on Meizhou Hakka - Shenzhen!
- Meizhou Hakka have not yet lost a game at home.
- Shenzhen have scored in all their matches so far.
It's no vacation for neither Meizhou Hakka nor Shenzhen as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Meizhou Hakka form and stats
Meizhou Hakka have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the Super League. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Meizhou Hakka's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-1 versus Shijiazhuang Ever Bright (placed 14th). The home side are looking to build on that result. At last, a league victory after three fixtures without. Midfield player Kosović got a match rating of 9.4 in that game, the max score being 10. Kosović scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 48 successful passes (of 55 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Tianjin Teda.This is expected to be a close game, with Meizhou Hakka perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Meizhou as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Meizhou Hakka has won 1 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Meizhou Hakka as they are travelling to their away game against Beijing Guoan in the Super League. That match is four days after this one.
The Meizhou manager Ristić has got the team scoring with 7 from 3 home games in the league. Meizhou Hakka have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Shenzhen form and stats
Things could have gone better for Shenzhen in their Super League away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
Shenzhen might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Tianjin Teda proved too strong as Shenzhen slumped to a 2-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre. Gao, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.25. Gao scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Before that, Shenzhen travelled to Chengdu Qianbao and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Shenzhen playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 0 Shenzhen wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Super League trip to Shijiazhuang Ever Bright.
Shenzhen has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 5 goals from 3 games. Shenzhen have conceded 7 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have fought before this season: Shenzhen - Meizhou Hakka 1-2. Data for the former seven meetings involving these two squads are: two wins for Meizhou, zero draws and five wins for Shenzhen. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  F. Opoku Acheampong 4 goals |   R. Santana da Silva 3 goals | R. Dugalic 2 goals |
Meizhou Hakka missing players
Shenzhen missing players
| Meizhou Hakka | Shenzhen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 71% |
| 29% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 43% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 71% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.9 | 5.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.3 | 3.4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.7 | 4.3 |
| 2.1 | 2.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.3 | 10.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 10.3 |
| 4 | 4.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.3 | 4 |
| 36% | 54% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 39% |
| 8.6 | 8.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12 | 12.4 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4.1 |
- All of Meizhou Hakka's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Shenzhen's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Meizhou Hakka have not yet lost a game at home.
- Meizhou Hakka have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Shenzhen have scored in all their matches so far.
- Shenzhen have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Shenzhen 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 Shenhua | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Wuhan Three Towns | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 16 |
| 3 | Shandong Luneng | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Henan Jianye | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 5 | Beijing Guoan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Tianjin Teda | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Meizhou Hakka | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | Changchun Yatai | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Shanghai SIPG | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Shenzhen | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Hangzhou | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 12 | Dalian Professional | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 13 | Wuhan Zall | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 15 | Chengdu Qianbao | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -9 | 3 |
| 17 | Hebei CFFC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -15 | 0 |
| 18 | Guangzhou R&F | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -16 | 0 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
