Game week two of the Super League season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Shijiazhuang Ever Bright - Qingdao Hainiu preview:
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright and Qingdao Hainiu 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.
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright form and stats
Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Shijiazhuang, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright shared the glory with Hebei CFFC in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Ahead of that match, Shijiazhuang Ever Bright won a home game hosting Xinjiang Tianshan (2-0).
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Shijiazhuang have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won three times, drawn one and lost one.
Last season, Shijiazhuang Ever Bright's league statistics were 18 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the League One. Over these 30 matches they scored 59 goals and conceded 42. Playing at home last season Shijiazhuang Ever Bright managed 13-0-2 (win-draw-lost) with 34 goals and 15 conceded.
Qingdao Hainiu form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Super League ended in defeat. Last season Qingdao Hainiu had these away match statistics: Played 15; won 7, drew 3 and lost 5.
Two away games in a row for Qingdao, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Wuhan Zall in the Super League. The game before that, in the League One, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Nantong Zhiyun.
Qingdao are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and six defeats. From a total of ten matches.
Qingdao Hainiu have the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Let's have a look at how Qingdao Hainiu performed last season in the League One: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 6 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 59 and conceded 36 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 24/22 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last six meetings): Shijiazhuang won three games, one match ended with a draw and Qingdao Hainiu has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / threeTop Goalscorers
  L. da Conceição Silva 20 goals |   C. Cordova 15 goals |  M. Nascimento 13 goals |
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright missing players
Qingdao Hainiu missing players
| Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | Qingdao Hainiu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 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% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | Last season | Qingdao Hainiu | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 18 | 13 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 59 | 34 | Scored | S | 24 | 59 | ||
| 42 | 15 | Conceded | C | 22 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 77% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 63% | ||
| 37% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 37% | ||
| 33% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 53% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 63% | ||
| 27% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 23% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 5.1 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 282 | 177 | Total Shots | T S | 118 | 317 | ||
| 124 | 79 | Shots on Target | S O | 48 | 111 | ||
| 46% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 53% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Wuhan Zall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Beijing Guoan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Hebei CFFC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Tianjin Teda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 8 | Qingdao Hainiu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 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 | Qingdao Hainiu | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 59 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 57 |
| 2 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 30 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 59 | 42 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 17 | 56 |
| 3 | Guizhou Zhicheng | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 46 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 54 |
| 4 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 46 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 54 |
| 5 | Changchun Yatai | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 52 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 53 |
| 6 | Hangzhou | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 49 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 51 |
| 7 | Nei Mongol Zhongyou | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 51 |
| 8 | Beijing BG | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 51 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 46 |
| 9 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 39 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 44 |
| 10 | Meizhou Hakka | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 44 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 3 | 39 |
| 11 | Meizhou Meixian Techand | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 41 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 28 | -9 | 36 |
| 12 | Nantong Zhiyun | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 20 | -3 | 33 |
| 13 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 39 | 55 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 32 | -16 | 33 |
| 14 | Sichuan Longfor | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 52 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 32 | -16 | 31 |
| 15 | Liaoning Kaixin | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 33 | 57 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 27 | -24 | 21 |
| 16 | Shanghai Shenxin | 30 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 30 | 82 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 37 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 45 | -52 | 12 |
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