Loyal fans at Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre haven’t enjoyed many wins this season, with Shenzhen lying uncomfortably in the 12th position. The visiting Meizhou Hakka will believe to guard their higher league place in this match.
- Shenzhen have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Super League
- Meizhou Hakka have the most points from losing position (7) in Super League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Shenzhen and Meizhou Hakka.
Shenzhen form and stats
2-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Shenzhen so far this season.
Shenzhen lost their last game at Shandong Luneng (placed 8th) after a 0-3 scoreline. Midfield player Zhang got a match rating of 6.74 in that game, the max score being 10. Zhang dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 31 successful passes (of 37 total).
Before that, Shenzhen played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Nantong Zhiyun.With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Shenzhen defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Meizhou Hakka form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
There were no winners in Meizhou Hakka's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Tianjin Teda (placed 5th). Yin got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, top player of the team. Yin scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 27 successful passes (of 31 total).
A loss against Shanghai SIPG was the result prior to that, in a home game.Meizhou has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games. Meizhou Hakka's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 6 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Shenzhen-Meizhou Hakka H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Shenzhen five wins, Meizhou Hakka three wins, zero draws. five of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  F. Opoku Acheampong 3 goals |   C. Ye 2 goals |  C. Yang 2 goals |
Shenzhen missing players
Meizhou Hakka missing players
| Shenzhen | Meizhou Hakka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 16 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 56% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 22% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 5.1 | 6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 4.9 | 4.3 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.2 | 6.7 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.7 | 9.8 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11 | 10.4 |
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 35% | 35% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 50% | 36% |
| 14.6 | 13.3 | 20 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 16.2 | 15.6 |
| 5.1 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
- All of Meizhou Hakka's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Meizhou Hakka have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Meizhou Hakka have the most points from losing position (7) in Super League
- Meizhou Hakka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shenzhen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Shenzhen have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Super League
- 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 SIPG | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 23 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | Chengdu Qianbao | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 | Changchun Yatai | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Tianjin Teda | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | Wuhan Three Towns | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | Beijing Guoan | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 8 | Shandong Luneng | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 10 | Qingdao Jonoon | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 11 | Hangzhou | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 12 | Shenzhen | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 8 |
| 13 | Henan Jianye | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 14 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 7 |
| 15 | Dalian Professional | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 16 | Nantong Zhiyun | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 6 |
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