About Match
On paper the standings are lopsided — Nantong Zhiyun 4th with 36 points, Meizhou Hakka 15th with 18, 18 apart. Recent form flatters Meizhou Hakka's table spot — 11th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 15th. Against a league average of 1.36 goals per team per game, Meizhou Hakka run at 1 scored and 2.09 conceded, Nantong Zhiyun at 1.33 and 0.86. If Meizhou Hakka win, their total rises to 21 and up to 14th, assuming the rest of the results stand.
5 meetings are on record — 3 won by Meizhou Hakka, 2 by Nantong Zhiyun, 0 drawn, at 3 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 80% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%.
The venue is Huitang Stadium in Wuhua, with room for 30,000 spectators.