Preview: 15 points are between the squads so far this season, Hangzhou the sharpest side. Will Wuhan Yangtze upset the odds?
- Wuhan Yangtze have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hangzhou have won significantly less corners away then at home.
Wuhan Yangtze have less rest than Hangzhou in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Super League game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Changshu Sports Centre Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Hangzhou have had more rest.
Wuhan Yangtze form and stats
Wuhan Yangtze's results here at Changshu Sports Centre Stadium in the Super League have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats. With seven home Super League games in a row without a win, the Yangtze fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.
Wuhan Yangtze experienced a slightly shocking defeat 0-1 against Chengdu Qianbao in their previous outing, also a home game. Defender Li got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.42/10. Li won 5 of 7 duels.
Preceding that match was the home game against Shijiazhuang Ever Bright that was lost 1-4.Scoring bonanza? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 12 of the 14 most recent league matches with this club has seen at least three goals.
Wuhan Yangtze are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Yangtze have conceded 25 goals in these home games, a significant number. When Wuhan Yangtze hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Guangzhou R&F, Hebei CFFC, Shenzhen, Guangzhou Evergrande and Dalian Yifang), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 5 of 5 times.
Hangzhou form and stats
2 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Hangzhou playing as the away team in the Super League this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Hangzhou as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.
Hangzhou go into this game after a win, the home game against Wuhan Three Towns that ended 2-1. Those three points felt nice as this club had gone three league rounds without winning. Mushekwi, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.04. Mushekwi scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Hangzhou travelled to Meizhou Hakka and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.Hangzhou have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. 12 goals have been conceded by Hangzhou in these games.
Head 2 Head
Wuhan Yangtze have pulled off a streak of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (3-3-0) when playing Hangzhou.Top Goalscorers
  N. Mushekwi 8 goals |   F. Brown Forbes 7 goals |  F. Andrijašević 7 goals |
Wuhan Yangtze missing players
Hangzhou missing players
| Wuhan Yangtze | Hangzhou | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 11 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | 13 | 7 | Scored | S | 7 | 13 | 28 |
| 38 | 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 89% |
| 84% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 79% |
| 74% | 91% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 30% | 32% |
| 37% | 45% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 16% |
| 21% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 10% | 5% |
| 58% | 82% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 70% | 47% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 42% |
| 26% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 21% |
| 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.7 |
| 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8.5 | 8.1 | 7.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.7 | 11.4 | 12.7 |
| 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 39% | 37% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 28% | 31% |
| 13.3 | 13.5 | 15.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 10.8 | 10.8 |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
- Hangzhou have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- 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 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 41 | 47 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 27 | 46 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 39 |
| 4 | Shanghai SIPG | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 34 |
| 5 | Hangzhou | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 32 |
| 6 | Henan Jianye | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 31 |
| 7 | Chengdu Qianbao | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 31 |
| 8 | Meizhou Hakka | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 30 |
| 9 | Beijing Guoan | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 30 |
| 10 | Changchun Yatai | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 26 |
| 11 | Tianjin Teda | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 26 |
| 12 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 16 | -3 | 21 |
| 13 | Shenzhen | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -17 | 20 |
| 14 | Dalian Yifang | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 15 | Wuhan Yangtze | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -16 | 17 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 19 | -16 | 12 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 19 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -26 | 10 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 19 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 60 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 25 | -49 | 3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
