We have to say that both contenders are in pretty good shape, Tianjin Teda holding a 6 point lead on Meizhou Hakka in the league table. Let's start!
- Meizhou Hakka have the most points from losing position (7) in Super League
- Tianjin Teda have not yet lost a game.
Tianjin Teda have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
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 1-0-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Stress levels are on the rise for Meizhou Hakka's attacking players as they have now played 198 minutes without scoring in a league game. Yang was their last goal scorer.
Meizhou suffered a surprising defeat 0-2 against Shanghai SIPG in their previous match, also played at home.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Qingdao Jonoon.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Meizhou Hakka as they are travelling to their away game against Shenzhen in the Super League. That match is four days after this one.
Meizhou Hakka have scored {3 league goals} here from 4 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 6 goals have been conceded.
Tianjin Teda form and stats
Tianjin Teda are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Super League, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses). Visiting Tianjin has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Tianjin Teda's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Shandong Luneng that finished 3-3. Drawing 3-3 against Shandong Luneng after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Yu needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. Ming, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.42. Ming served one assist, hit one key pass and won 8 of 10 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Henan Jianye.The schedule is very tough for Tianjin now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Super League game at Dalian Professional is waiting in only four days.
The visiting Tianjin Teda have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 3 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the prior two meetings featuring these two sides are: zero wins for Meizhou Hakka, one draw and one win for Tianjin Teda. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: two games.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Ba 4 goals |   C. Ye 2 goals |  C. Yang 2 goals |
Meizhou Hakka missing players
Tianjin Teda missing players
| Meizhou Hakka | Tianjin Teda | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 88% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 62% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | 7.8 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.7 | 5.5 |
| 1.9 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.1 | 9.2 | 5.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 10.7 | 10.6 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 36% | 41% |
| 16.2 | 16.2 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 14 | 12.1 |
| 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
- All of Tianjin Teda's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Meizhou Hakka have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Meizhou Hakka have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Meizhou Hakka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Meizhou Hakka have the most points from losing position (7) in Super League
- Meizhou Hakka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Tianjin Teda have not yet lost a game.
- Tianjin Teda have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Tianjin Teda have won significantly less corners away then 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 | Shanghai SIPG | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 20 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Chengdu Qianbao | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | Tianjin Teda | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Changchun Yatai | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Wuhan Three Towns | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Beijing Guoan | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Shandong Luneng | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 8 |
| 9 | Qingdao Jonoon | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 10 | Meizhou Hakka | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 11 | Shenzhen | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 8 |
| 12 | Henan Jianye | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 14 | Dalian Professional | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Nantong Zhiyun | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 16 | Hangzhou | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
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