Shijiazhuang Ever Bright hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 17 points and a 6th position in the Super League table. Visiting Wuhan Zall holds 5th place with 17 pts.
It's no vacation for neither Shijiazhuang Ever Bright nor Wuhan Zall as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
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
3 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have to build on here at Dalian Sports Center in the Super League.
Shijiazhuang manager A. Ghotbi and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Wuhan Zall in the Super League. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Shenzhen.
Shijiazhuang have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Dalian Sports Center with 12 goals in 7 league matches. Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Wuhan Zall form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Wuhan Zall so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-5 (win-draw-lose). Wuhan Zall has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
There were no winners in Wuhan's previous match, a Super League home game that ended 0-0 vs Shijiazhuang Ever Bright. A 1-2 defeat away at Qingdao Hainiu (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) before that.
The attacking power of Wuhan Zall when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 7 league matches away. 8 goals have been conceded by Wuhan in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Wuhan Zall - Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 0-0. Shijiazhuang Ever Bright-Wuhan Zall H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Shijiazhuang two wins, Wuhan Zall three wins, two draws. two of these seven 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 |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 22 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| 27 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 89% | 89% |
| 68% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 44% | 68% |
| 53% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 44% | 47% |
| 37% | 56% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 5% | 11% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 53% | 56% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 47% |
| 21% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 22% | 26% |
| 32% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 56% | 37% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 152 | 75 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 65 | 148 |
| 56 | 29 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 26 | 50 |
| 39% | 48% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 23% | 40% |
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Wuhan Zall have scored away.
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Wuhan Zall has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Super League
| 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 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 32 |
| 2 | Beijing Guoan | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 28 |
| 3 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
| 4 | Hebei CFFC | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 24 |
| 5 | Wuhan Zall | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 6 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 17 |
| 7 | Qingdao Hainiu | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 10 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -22 | 3 |
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