16th- against 9th position might not seem all that tempting to look into. But: We have the facts that makes Wuhan Yangtze - Meizhou Hakka (even) more intriguing!
- Wuhan Yangtze have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
These teams have little in common geographically as Meizhou Hakka have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Wuhan Yangtze form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Super League this season. Wuhan Yangtze have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses from their games here at Changshu Sports Centre Stadium. All in all it has been a very rough period for Wuhan Yangtze who hasn’t won a league-game in their last ten attempts. days ago.
No payout for Yangtze in their previous match, an away game at Dalian Professional that ended in defeat 1-2. The forward Huajun bested all the other footballers in that match and received a match rating of 7.4 out of 10. Huajun served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Tianjin Teda.Lots of goals? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 15 of the 17 most recent league matches with this club has had at least three goals.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Wuhan Yangtze as they have a new game in only four days, a Super League match thankfully also at home. Guangzhou R&F are visiting.
Wuhan Yangtze has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. 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 are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (28 from 12 played).
Meizhou Hakka form and stats
The visitors are W3-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Super League. Meizhou Hakka has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
The attacking players of Meizhou have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 180 minutes.
There might be some fixture complaints from Meizhou Hakka as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-1 against Changchun Yatai. Junjian, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.4. Junjian won 11 of 13 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-7 loss visiting Shanghai SIPG's place.A new game in only four days for Meizhou Hakka, the Super League home match versus Henan Jianye. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Meizhou Hakka as they have only managed to score 7 times from 10 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Meizhou have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two teams in this fixture also met each other previously this match year: Meizhou Hakka - Wuhan Yangtze 2-1. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: three - two - one (Yangtze wins - draws - Meizhou Hakka wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Vukanović 9 goals |   F. Brown Forbes 7 goals |  R. Santana da Silva 5 goals |
Wuhan Yangtze missing players
Meizhou Hakka missing players
| Wuhan Yangtze | Meizhou Hakka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 24 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 7 | 32 |
| 46 | 28 | 9 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 86% |
| 86% | 92% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 40% | 64% |
| 77% | 92% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 30% | 55% |
| 36% | 42% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 27% |
| 18% | 17% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 18% |
| 59% | 75% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 30% | 55% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 27% |
| 27% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 60% | 32% |
| 3.5 | 3 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.6 | 8.6 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.1 | 12.8 |
| 3 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
| 36% | 33% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 19% | 32% |
| 13.5 | 13.4 | 14.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 10.8 | 10.4 |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4 | 3.4 |
- Wuhan Yangtze have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 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 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 63 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 45 | 53 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 50 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 32 | 53 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 41 |
| 4 | Henan Jianye | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 40 |
| 5 | Shanghai SIPG | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 40 |
| 6 | Hangzhou | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 39 |
| 7 | Beijing Guoan | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 37 |
| 8 | Chengdu Qianbao | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 35 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 33 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 29 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 29 |
| 12 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -5 | 25 |
| 13 | Dalian Professional | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 25 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 42 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -18 | 24 |
| 15 | Guangzhou R&F | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -18 | 18 |
| 16 | Wuhan Yangtze | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 24 | 46 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -22 | 17 |
| 17 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 26 | -24 | 12 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 23 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 71 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 32 | -59 | 3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
