The home crowds anticipate a win in this match, as the home advantage should be put to good use against a struggling visitor. Wuhan Three Towns are in 7th place while the guesting Henan Jianye lose sleep at 12th.
- Henan Jianye have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Super League
Both participants have had enough days rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's agree to expect an enthusiastic match!
Wuhan Three Towns form and stats
3-5-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Wuhan Three Towns so far this season. It’s been three wins in a row for Wuhan Three Towns here at Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
In their previous game, the manager Takahata led his Wuhan to a defeat away at Hangzhou. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Wuhan Sports Center Stadium. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going unbeaten through three league rounds. Stanciu (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.92/10. Stanciu hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Wuhan Three Towns had a home game versus Qingdao Jonoon which ended with a victory 1-0.Wuhan are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 6 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 4, drew 1 and lost 1.
Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 11 latest league matches highlights that 9 of them had goals from both teams.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Super League game versus Shanghai Shenhua in only four days. This game is also played here at Wuhan Sports Center Stadium.
The Wuhan Three Towns fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.
Henan Jianye form and stats
Henan Jianye have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Super League, after 1-2-7 (10 played). It's all red in the travel logs of Henan Jianye, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
There might be some fixture complaints from Henan Jianye as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 1-3 against Beijing Guoan. Midfield player Wang was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.35/10. Wang hit one key pass and had 43 successful passes (of 53 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Shenzhen.A new game in only four days for Jianye, the Super League home match versus Tianjin Teda. Busy days.
The attacking power of Henan Jianye when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 10 league matches away. As for defending, Henan Jianye rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Henan Jianye - Wuhan 1-1 was the score in these sides' previous H2H match, played this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Wuhan Three Towns victory, one draw and one Henan Jianye win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Čović 10 goals |   A. Yakubu 9 goals |  A. Braga Bispo Junior 4 goals |
Wuhan Three Towns missing players
Henan Jianye missing players
| Wuhan Three Towns | Henan Jianye | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 30 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 18 |
| 22 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 26 |
| 90% | 78% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 85% | 67% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 70% | 65% |
| 50% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 30% | 30% |
| 20% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 25% |
| 10% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 70% | 56% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 55% |
| 25% | 33% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 10% | 15% |
| 15% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 35% |
| 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.3 | 6.6 | 5.5 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 16.8 | 18.1 | 22 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.2 |
| 5.8 | 6.1 | 7.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| 26% | 18% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 23% | 28% |
| 10.6 | 9.6 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.7 | 15.9 | 13.4 |
| 3.5 | 3.6 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
- Henan Jianye have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Henan Jianye have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Super League
- Henan Jianye haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 27 | 49 |
| 2 | Shandong Taishan | 21 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 35 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 35 |
| 4 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 21 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Beijing Guoan | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 31 |
| 6 | Hangzhou | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 31 |
| 7 | Wuhan Three Towns | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 30 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 20 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 30 |
| 9 | Changchun Yatai | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 28 |
| 10 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 24 |
| 11 | Qingdao Jonoon | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 16 | -2 | 19 |
| 12 | Henan Jianye | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -8 | 19 |
| 13 | Meizhou Hakka | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 26 | -11 | 19 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 20 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -11 | 15 |
| 15 | Dalian Yifang | 19 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -11 | 12 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 30 | -32 | 12 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
