The bragging rights belong to Wuhan Three Towns at this point, with their 2nd spot in the Super League table and eagerly waiting for Meizhou Hakka (who are placed 9th).
- Wuhan Three Towns have the most scored goals (70) in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Meizhou Hakka have scored away.
Wuhan Three Towns have less rest than Meizhou Hakka in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a FA Cup game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Dantong Hantong.
Wuhan Three Towns form and stats
Wuhan Three Towns have performed here at Wuhan Sports Center Stadium this season with 9 wins from 12 Super League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 3.
Wuhan Three Towns are returning here after guesting Dantong Hantong in a FA Cup fixture and winning with a 5-1 scoreline.
Before that game, the home loss against Henan Jianye with the scoreline 1-3.Lots of goals and action? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 17 of the 22 most recent league matches with this team has seen three goals or more.
Wuhan always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Wuhan Sports Center Stadium with 44 goals in 12 league games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Wuhan Three Towns have conceded 14 goals.
Meizhou Hakka form and stats
Playing away, Meizhou Hakka have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 4 defeats in the Super League this season.
Two trips in a row for Meizhou Hakka, whose manager Ristić could celebrate last time after the FA Cup win against Hebei Kungfu.
Preceding that game was the away Super League victory against Guangzhou R&F with the score of 1-0.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Meizhou Hakka as they have only managed to score 8 times from 12 away games in the league. Meizhou Hakka have conceded 13 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Here's the end result when the contenders faced each other previously this campaign; Meizhou Hakka - Wuhan 1-2. Head to head totals (for the last three meetings): Wuhan Three Towns won three games, zero matches ended with a draw and Meizhou Hakka managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / two.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Amaral Alves 20 goals |  D. da Luz Pereira 15 goals |   A. Vukanović 9 goals |
Wuhan Three Towns missing players
Meizhou Hakka missing players
| Wuhan Three Towns | Meizhou Hakka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 70 | 44 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 36 |
| 22 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 13 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 75% | 84% |
| 88% | 92% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 33% | 60% |
| 76% | 92% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 25% | 52% |
| 48% | 83% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 17% | 28% |
| 32% | 67% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 8% | 20% |
| 56% | 58% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 52% |
| 40% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 42% | 32% |
| 4% | 8% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 58% | 32% |
| 5.6 | 5.9 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17.6 | 20 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 11.5 | 13 |
| 6.6 | 9.1 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
| 42% | 40% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 7% | 19% | 32% |
| 8.4 | 7.6 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.7 | 10.1 | 10 |
| 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.7 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
- Wuhan Three Towns have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Wuhan Three Towns have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Wuhan Three Towns have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Meizhou Hakka have scored away.
- Wuhan Three Towns have the most scored goals (44) at home in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have the most scored goals (70) in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have the most scored goals in the first half (33) in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have the the best goal difference (+30) at home in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have the the best goal difference (+48) in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns 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 | Shandong Luneng | 25 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 60 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 41 | 62 |
| 2 | Wuhan Three Towns | 25 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 70 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 48 | 59 |
| 3 | Shanghai SIPG | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 23 | 49 |
| 4 | Hangzhou | 25 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 42 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 19 | 43 |
| 5 | Henan Jianye | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 43 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 43 |
| 7 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 42 |
| 8 | Shanghai Shenhua | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 42 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 40 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 35 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 31 |
| 12 | Dalian Yifang | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 29 |
| 13 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 28 | -7 | 27 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 25 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 26 | 47 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 27 | -21 | 27 |
| 15 | Wuhan Zall | 25 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 27 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -23 | 18 |
| 16 | Guangzhou R&F | 25 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 48 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -27 | 15 |
| 17 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 25 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 46 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 27 | -28 | 14 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 25 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 82 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 43 | -70 | 0 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
