After the first game it's Shijiazhuang Ever Bright - Meizhou Hakka 3-1 in points. Who will triumph in this second Super League match of the season?
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There have been little to rest for the hosting team, as they performed in a Super League fixture only four days earlier. That game was an away game at Beijing Guoan, so at least Shijiazhuang are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright form and stats
The season before, Shijiazhuang Ever Bright's league statistics were 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, providing 3rd place in the Super League. During these eight matches they scored 12 goals and let in 9. Appearing at home in the last season Shijiazhuang Ever Bright delivered 3-1-0 (win-draw-lost) with 7 goals and 2 conceded.
A good away victory last time out for Shijiazhuang Ever Bright, who won 2-1 against Beijing Guoan (placed 12th). The attacker Maritu was announced as "man of the match" for Shijiazhuang Ever Bright with a rating of 8.14/10. Maritu scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Heartbreak before that as Shijiazhuang Ever Bright lost 0-1 at Tianjin Teda's place.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Super League game versus Chengdu Qianbao in only three days. This game is also played here.
Meizhou Hakka form and stats
Let's have a look at how Meizhou Hakka performed last season in the League One: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 6 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 44 and conceded 41 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 1 and lost 8 with 22/24 goals scored/conceded.
Meizhou played 1-1 against Tianjin Teda in their previous match. Chen was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.65. The defender Chen won 3 of 4 duels.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Zhenjiang Huasa in the League One.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Meizhou Hakka manager Ristić as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Shenzhen.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: four - one - one (Shijiazhuang Ever Bright wins - draws - Meizhou Hakka wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Shijiazhuang Ever Bright missing players
Meizhou Hakka missing players
| Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | Meizhou Hakka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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% | 0% |
| 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 | 4 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | Last season | Meizhou Hakka | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 12 | 24 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Scored | S | 39 | 79 | ||
| 32 | 10 | Conceded | C | 15 | 35 | ||
| 91% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 94% | ||
| 86% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 59% | 74% | ||
| 45% | 18% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 62% | ||
| 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 47% | ||
| 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 59% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 41% | 53% | ||
| 23% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 53% | 38% | ||
| 27% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 15% | ||
| 3.3 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9.6 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.1 | ||
| 35% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 74% | 76% | ||
| 12.5 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3 | 3.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.4 | 1.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wuhan Three Towns | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Changchun Yatai | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Shenzhen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Shandong Luneng | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Shanghai Shenhua | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Wuhan Zall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Dalian Professional | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Henan Jianye | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Meizhou Hakka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Tianjin Teda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Beijing Guoan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Hangzhou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Shanghai SIPG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Chengdu Qianbao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 Shenhua | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 37 |
| 2 | Henan Jianye | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 30 |
| 3 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| 4 | Tianjin Teda | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
| 5 | Wuhan Zall | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| 6 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 20 |
| 7 | Dalian Professional | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| 8 | Qingdao Hainiu | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -11 | 11 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
