With their 0 point advantage in the league table, Wuhan Zall fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Shijiazhuang Ever Bright.
Wuhan Zall and Shijiazhuang Ever Bright should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
It's quite the trip for Shijiazhuang Ever Bright when visiting Wuhan as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Wuhan Zall form and stats
Wuhan Zall have played 7 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager L. Pang led his Wuhan to a defeat in the Super League match away at Qingdao Hainiu (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties). The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Jinzhou Stadium. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Qingdao Hainiu.
Wuhan Zall's goalkeeper Chunyu Dong was extremely busy against Qingdao Hainiu (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties), saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Wuhan Zall have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won four, drawn four and lost zero.
Wuhan Zall are traveling soon after this match as the Super League match at Shijiazhuang Ever Bright awaits in four days.
A decent goal production from Wuhan in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches. 8 goals have been conceded.
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright form and stats
There's been little loot from Shijiazhuang Ever Bright's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 7 away games in the Super League. Shijiazhuang Ever Bright only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws.
Shijiazhuang played 2-2 against Shenzhen in their previous match. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Shenzhen's place.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Shijiazhuang in our archives, and the results are: one win for Shijiazhuang Ever Bright, three draws and five defeats.
A new game in only four days for Shijiazhuang, the Super League home match versus Wuhan Zall. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Shijiazhuang's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 11 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Shijiazhuang Ever Bright - Wuhan Zall 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Wuhan Zall three wins, one draw and Shijiazhuang Ever Bright two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. da Conceição Silva 20 goals |  M. Nascimento 13 goals |   J. Kouassi 12 goals |
Wuhan Zall missing players
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright missing players
| Wuhan Zall | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 20 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 22 |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 72% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 72% |
| 50% | 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 56% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 22% | 39% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 50% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 56% |
| 22% | 22% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 33% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 28% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 145 | 80 | 31 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 70 | 145 |
| 50 | 24 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 26 | 55 |
| 40% | 58% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 31% | 40% |
- All of Wuhan Zall's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright is in the worst form (1-1-4)
- Wuhan Zall has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Super League
- Wuhan Zall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Wuhan Zall haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 SIPG | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 32 |
| 2 | Beijing Guoan | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 28 |
| 3 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
| 4 | Hebei CFFC | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 24 |
| 5 | Wuhan Zall | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 6 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 17 |
| 7 | Qingdao Hainiu | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 10 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -22 | 3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)