After the first game it's Shijiazhuang Ever Bright - Henan Jianye 0-0 in points. Who will triumph in this second Super League game of the season?
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright form and stats
Preceding that match was a defeat to Wuhan Zall (1-2).
Last season, Shijiazhuang Ever Bright's league statistics were 4 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the League One. Over these 14 matches they scored 18 goals and conceded 21. Playing at home last season Shijiazhuang Ever Bright managed 3-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with 12 goals and 10 conceded.
Henan Jianye form and stats
Preceding that game was the away victory against Tianjin Teda (after extra-time) with the score of 2-1.
Let's have a look at how Henan Jianye performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 1 victory, 3 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 14 and conceded 33 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 1 and lost 5 with 8/16 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: three - zero - one (Shijiazhuang wins - draws - Henan Jianye wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Diomande 1 goals |   M. Buya Turay 1 goals |
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright missing players
Henan Jianye missing players
| Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | Henan Jianye | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | Last season | Henan Jianye | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 23 | 15 | Scored | S | 13 | 23 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Conceded | C | 19 | 38 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | ||
| 70% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 85% | ||
| 55% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 60% | ||
| 35% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 35% | ||
| 5% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 15% | ||
| 55% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 90% | 70% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | ||
| 30% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 25% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 10.4 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | ||
| 40% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shandong Luneng | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Qingdao Hainiu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Shenzhen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Guangzhou R&F | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Henan Jianye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
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