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 - Wuhan Zall latest:
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!
These teams have little in common geographically as Wuhan Zall have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright form and stats
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have played 4 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-0 (wins-draws-losses).
It's back home for Shijiazhuang, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Qingdao Hainiu away with the result 1-0. Before that, Shijiazhuang had a home game versus Hebei CFFC which ended with a victory 3-1.
This is expected to be a close game, with Shijiazhuang 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 Ever Bright has won three of these, drawn zero and lost zero.
Goals are plentiful at Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in the league this season as Shijiazhuang has scored 10 goals here in 4 home games. On the other hand, Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have conceded 5 goals.
Wuhan Zall form and stats
As the visiting team in Super League matches, Wuhan Zall, who have the most clean sheets (3) in Super League, have produced an overall stat of 1-0-3 so far.
There were no winners in Wuhan Zall's previous match, a Super League home game that ended 2-2 vs Beijing Guoan (placed 2nd). Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Qingdao Hainiu.
An inspired comeback made the scores level in Wuhan Zall's duel with Beijing Guoan. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after J. Kouassi found the equalizer.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Wuhan Zall in our archives, and the results are: one win for Wuhan, one draw and three defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Wuhan are hosting Shanghai SIPG in the Super League only four days away.
Wuhan have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Wuhan Zall have conceded 6 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Wuhan Zall - Shijiazhuang 2-1, played this season. Shijiazhuang Ever Bright-Wuhan Zall H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Shijiazhuang one win, Wuhan Zall three wins, one draw. two of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. da Conceição Silva 20 goals |  M. Nascimento 13 goals |   J. Kouassi 12 goals |
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright missing players
Wuhan Zall missing players
| Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | Wuhan Zall | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 89% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 44% | 75% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 25% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 56% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 5.6 | 5 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 3.3 | 3.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.5 | 4.9 |
| 2 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | 44 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 33 | 76 |
| 38 | 18 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 17 | 31 |
| 39% | 56% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 29% | 48% |
- All of Shijiazhuang Ever Bright's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have not yet lost a game at home.
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Wuhan Zall has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Super League
- Wuhan Zall has the most clean sheets (3) in Super League
- Wuhan Zall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Wuhan Zall 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 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 20 |
| 2 | Beijing Guoan | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | Wuhan Zall | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Hebei CFFC | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -1 | 14 |
| 5 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 9 |
| 7 | Qingdao Hainiu | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 7 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -16 | 1 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)