Super League: We're previewing an entertaining and important duel starring Qingdao Jonoon and Henan Jianye at Qingdao Tiantai Stadium. Both need the points!
- Qingdao Jonoon have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Super League
- Qingdao Jonoon have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Henan Jianye have scored away.
Qingdao Jonoon and Henan Jianye should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Qingdao Jonoon form and stats
When playing at home in the Super League, Qingdao Jonoon have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games. When Qingdao Jonoon hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Nantong Zhiyun, Meizhou Hakka, Shenzhen, Qingdao Jonoon and Dalian Professional), they have won 2 of 2 matches!
A nice win for Qingdao last time playing, versus Shenzhen. That was also a home game and the match ended 5-0 with Forbes, Wang and Peng scoring for the victors. A huge relief, as that was the first league win after failing to win eight games in a row. As mentioned above, Qingdao Jonoon "killed" Shenzhen in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Forbes was absolutely essential when Qingdao beat Shenzhen 5-0, scoring three goals. The striker Forbes outdid all the other footballers in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 8.82 out of 10. Forbes scored three goals.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Shijiazhuang Ever Bright.The Qingdao Jonoon fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 8 league matches. Qingdao Jonoon's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Henan Jianye form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Henan Jianye so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-5 (win-draw-lose). Three has not been a lucky number for Henan Jianye as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Shijiazhuang Ever Bright match.
Jianye aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 225 league minutes without a goal. Covic was the last player to find the net.
Henan Jianye play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Chengdu Qianbao (placed 3rd). Midfielder Pina was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.04. Pina dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 30 successful passes (of 37 total).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Shandong Luneng.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Henan Jianye in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Henan Jianye, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
Lacking goals? 12 of this side's latest 16 league fixtures have had two goals or less.
A new game in only four days for Jianye, the Super League home match versus Nantong Zhiyun. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Henan Jianye as they have only managed to score 6 times from 8 away games in the league. Henan Jianye struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
This was the final score when the participants met previously this campaign; Henan Jianye - Qingdao 0-0. Qingdao Jonoon-Henan Jianye H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Qingdao Jonoon two wins, Henan Jianye four wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  N. Čović 8 goals |   F. Brown Forbes 5 goals |  E. Kangwa 4 goals |
Qingdao Jonoon missing players
Henan Jianye missing players
| Qingdao Jonoon | Henan Jianye | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 20 | 13 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 22 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 19 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 69% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 56% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 31% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 19% |
| 19% | 12% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 50% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 19% | 25% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 38% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 38% |
| 4 | 3.6 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| 5.8 | 4.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7.1 | 5.9 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12.2 | 12.8 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 8.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 30% | 36% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 25% | 27% |
| 13.5 | 14.9 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 16.2 | 14 |
| 4.9 | 5 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
- Henan Jianye have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Henan Jianye haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Qingdao Jonoon have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Henan Jianye have scored away.
- Qingdao Jonoon have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Super League
- Qingdao Jonoon 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 | Shanghai SIPG | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 37 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 31 |
| 3 | Chengdu Qianbao | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Shandong Luneng | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 28 |
| 5 | Tianjin Teda | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 24 |
| 7 | Changchun Yatai | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 24 |
| 8 | Wuhan Three Towns | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 19 |
| 10 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 11 | Meizhou Hakka | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 16 |
| 12 | Henan Jianye | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 15 |
| 13 | Qingdao Jonoon | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 13 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 12 |
| 15 | Dalian Professional | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 11 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 24 | -27 | 11 |
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