There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Super League table so far. Here's the Shijiazhuang Ever Bright - Hebei CFFC latest:
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.
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright form and stats
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the Super League. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Shijiazhuang, who played 2-2 against Beijing Guoan. That match was also played at this venue (Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium). Heartbreak before that as Shijiazhuang Ever Bright lost 0-1 at Chongqing Dangdai Lifan's place.
This is expected to be a close game, with Shijiazhuang Ever Bright perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Shijiazhuang Ever Bright as a small favourite), we find three games. Shijiazhuang has won three of these, drawn zero and lost zero.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (7 in 3 games), Shijiazhuang's attacking play is working. Shijiazhuang have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Hebei CFFC form and stats
Hebei CFFC are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Super League, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
It's the second away game in a row for Hebei CFFC, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Qingdao Hainiu (placed 6th) in the Super League last time out. Before that, Hebei secured a home win against Wuhan Zall with the score 3-1.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Hebei CFFC in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Hebei CFFC, zero draws and four defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Hebei have scored 3 goals in 3 league games away. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Hebei CFFC's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 8 goals in 3 travels.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Hebei CFFC - Shijiazhuang 2-2. Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Shijiazhuang, three draws and one win for Hebei CFFC. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  L. da Conceição Silva 20 goals |  M. Nascimento 13 goals |   M. Amaral Alves 11 goals |
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright missing players
Hebei CFFC missing players
| Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | Hebei CFFC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 6.4 | 6.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 3.7 | 3.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2.1 | 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 74 | 35 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 36 | 76 |
| 28 | 13 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 26 |
| 39% | 54% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 46% |
- All of Hebei CFFC's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Shijiazhuang Ever Bright's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Hebei CFFC has the most conceded goals in the second half (9)
- Hebei CFFC has the most matches over the total-line (6)
- Hebei CFFC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright has the most dropped points from leading position (8)
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have not yet lost a game at home.
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 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 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 17 |
| 2 | Beijing Guoan | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | Wuhan Zall | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | Hebei CFFC | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 5 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Qingdao Hainiu | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -12 | 1 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)