With the edgy opening match finished it’s time for the second Super League duel of the season. Wuhan Zall eagerly anticipate Hebei CFFC in front of their home fans.
Hebei CFFC have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Wuhan Zall form and stats
The previous season, Wuhan Zall's league results were 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, results that produced 5th position in the Super League. During these eight matches they scored 12 goals and gave away 11. Playing as the home team in the former season Wuhan Zall produced 1-2-1 (win-draw-lost) with 7 goals and 6 conceded.
A strong away win for Wuhan Zall against Shanghai SIPG the last match, as Viana were on target. Defender Viana got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.1/10. Viana scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 3 of 4 duels.
Ahead of that match, Wuhan lost 1-2 at home to Chongqing Dangdai Lifan.There will be little rest for Wuhan Zall after this match as they are travelling to Guangzhou Evergrande for a Super League game in only four days.
Hebei CFFC form and stats
Let's have a look at how Hebei CFFC performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 6 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 37 and conceded 55 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 9 with 16/32 goals scored/conceded.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Wuhan Three Towns with 0-4 on the scoreboard. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Wuhan Three Towns was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. Hebei CFFC keeper Bao had a first-class shift vs Wuhan Three Towns, but despite pulling off six saves the beating could not be stopped. Midfielder Yao was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.02. Yao hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Guangzhou R&F's place.After this away game Hebei return home for a Super League game against Shanghai SIPG. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Wuhan Zall wins - draws - Hebei CFFC wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Wuhan Zall missing players
Hebei CFFC missing players
| Wuhan Zall | Hebei CFFC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Wuhan Zall | Last season | Hebei CFFC | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 23 | 14 | Scored | S | 6 | 15 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Conceded | C | 15 | 28 | ||
| 82% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 91% | ||
| 77% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 41% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 18% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 5% | ||
| 9% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | ||
| 64% | 82% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 41% | ||
| 18% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 27% | ||
| 36% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 41% | ||
| 4 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.4 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 9.4 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 34% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 21% | ||
| 11.6 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 14.5 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Changchun Yatai | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Shenzhen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Shandong Luneng | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Shanghai Shenhua | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Wuhan Zall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Dalian Yifang | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Henan Jianye | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Beijing Guoan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Hangzhou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Shanghai SIPG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Chengdu Qianbao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 Shenhua | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 37 |
| 2 | Henan Jianye | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 30 |
| 3 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| 4 | Tianjin Teda | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
| 5 | Wuhan Zall | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| 6 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 20 |
| 7 | Dalian Yifang | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| 8 | Qingdao Hainiu | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -11 | 11 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
