Wuhan Yangtze are receiving Cangzhou Mighty Lions for another crucial match after their 0-2 result vs 11th-placed Changchun Yatai.
- Wuhan Yangtze have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's quite the trip for Cangzhou Mighty Lions when visiting Wuhan Yangtze as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Wuhan Yangtze form and stats
With 2 Super League wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Wuhan Yangtze are certainly not brimming with confidence. When Wuhan Yangtze hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Wuhan Yangtze, Guangzhou R&F, Hebei CFFC, Shenzhen and Guangzhou Evergrande), they have won 2 of 3 matches! Yangtze has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Li and the players.
Wuhan Yangtze haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 200 minutes ago. Kajevic scored that one.
No payout for Wuhan Yangtze in their previous match, an away game at Changchun Yatai that ended in defeat 0-2. Han was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.12 out of 10. The defender Han won 5 of 5 duels.
Ahead of that match, Wuhan Yangtze lost 0-3 at home to Shenzhen.Lots of goals? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 11 of the 12 most recent league games with this side has had three goals or more.
The Yangtze fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Wuhan Yangtze with 20 goals conceded in these matches.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions form and stats
There's been little loot from Cangzhou Mighty Lions's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 7 away games in the Super League. Cangzhou Mighty Lions only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.
It's the second away game in a row for Cangzhou Mighty Lions, but there's smiles all around after the 4-3 victory versus Wuhan Three Towns (placed 1st) last time out. That win felt good as this side had gone five league games without winning. As you can tell from the result, the match against Wuhan Three Towns was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Cangzhou goalie Shao was high and low in the Wuhan Three Towns game, contributing ten saves towards the victory. Attacker Kanté got a player rating of 10.0 in the game. "Man of the match" Kanté scored four goals and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Shanghai SIPG.The visiting Cangzhou Mighty Lions have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 7 games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Cangzhou Mighty Lions have conceded 15 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Wuhan Yangtze wins - draws - Cangzhou Mighty Lions wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Brown Forbes 7 goals |  A. Kajević 4 goals |   J. Kanté Martínez 4 goals |
Wuhan Yangtze missing players
Cangzhou Mighty Lions missing players
| Wuhan Yangtze | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 21 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 33 | 20 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 15 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 86% | 82% |
| 76% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 35% |
| 35% | 44% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 12% |
| 18% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 12% |
| 59% | 89% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 53% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 24% | 11% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 43% | 41% |
| 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 4.6 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.3 | 5.6 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8.5 | 8 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.9 | 8.2 |
| 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 43% | 43% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 47% | 35% |
| 13.1 | 13.2 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 15.6 | 15.4 |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 6.1 | 4.9 |
- All of Wuhan Yangtze's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Wuhan Yangtze have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Wuhan Yangtze have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Wuhan Yangtze have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Wuhan Yangtze 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 | Wuhan Three Towns | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 57 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 42 | 47 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 26 | 43 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 33 |
| 4 | Henan Jianye | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 30 |
| 5 | Meizhou Hakka | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 30 |
| 6 | Hangzhou | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 29 |
| 7 | Shanghai SIPG | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 28 |
| 8 | Chengdu Qianbao | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 27 |
| 9 | Beijing Guoan | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 27 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 23 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 22 |
| 12 | Dalian Professional | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Shenzhen | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 25 | -16 | 19 |
| 14 | Wuhan Yangtze | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -12 | 17 |
| 15 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 15 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 19 | -16 | 11 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -24 | 9 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 18 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 55 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 25 | -44 | 3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
