Qingdao Hainiu vs Meizhou Hakka

The Qingdao Tiantai Stadium will host the Chinese Super League matchday 9 match between Qingdao Hainiu and Meizhou Hakka this weekend, 27.04.2025, at 12:35 PM GMT. While it is true that both teams are struggling with consistency this season, the hosts Qingdao Hainiu are in a far worse state than their adversary of the day. Let’s dig into some facts and statistics and find a good bet to wager on.

Qingdao Tiantai’s Statistics

By and large, Qingdao Tiantai has been the worst team in the Super League this season. They are the only team that has yet to win a single match since the start of the season. Their record stands as follows: 8 matches played, 0 wins, 2 draws, and 6 losses (the most in the league), 6 goals scored (the least in the league), and 13 goals conceded. They took just 2 points out of a possible 24.

Looking at their recent performances, one can conclude that they might not escape relegation. Qingdao Tiantai has lost the last 4 games, conceding 2 goals on average.

Their last match was away to Henan; they started well, opening the scoreline in the 25th minute, thanks to their midfielder Jin Yonghao. One would have thought coach Li Xiaopeng and his boys would fight it out to the end to clinch their first win of the season, but that was never going to happen. Nam Ki-Il made some tactical changes and substitutions that quickly paid off in the second half as the Brazilian Lucas Maia netted the equalizer in the 65th minute, while Zhong Yihao gave the hosts the lead just 5 minutes later, before Frank Acheampong extended the lead of Henan in the 79th minute of the encounter.

The above isn’t the first instance where they scored first and lost or drew the game. Qingdao Hainiu has become notorious for giving away the lead each time they score first. Earlier in the season, they hosted Qingdao West Coast and opened the score in the 11th minute via Wellington Silva, only to eventually draw the match 2-2. A week ago, an early goal from Wellington Silva gave them a good lead in that away fixture, but then again, they ended up losing 3-2. If they had managed to hold on to the score in a few of these games, they undoubtedly wouldn’t be sitting bottom of the table as is the case today.

Meizhou Hakka – The Favorite

Meizhou Hakka comes to this fixture as the clear favorite, but they have also been battling with consistency this season. After 8 matches played, their record stands as follows: 3 wins, 2 draws, and 3 losses, 17 goals scored and 15 conceded, totaling 11 points out of a possible 24.

They are unbeaten in their last 2 games, after recording a 2-2 draw against Zhejiang, followed by a comfortable 3-0 home win against Shenzhen Peng City. Rodrigo Henrique, Jerome Mbeleki, and Liu Yun were on the scoresheet in that match. Jerome Mbeleki and Yang Chaosheng are the joint top-scorers for Meizho Hakka this season with 3 goals each. Their contributions will be much needed in this fixture against Qingdao Hainiu come the 27th April.

H2H Confrontations and Prediction

They’ve faced off in the Chinese Super League four times: Qingdao Hainiu won twice, Meizhou Hakka won once, and one of the encounters ended in a draw.

Whilst indeed H2H records often count in football matches, the case with this fixture is something peculiar. We have on one hand a team that is bottom of the league and performing very poorly, while the other is in a much better form. For this reason, I’m backing Meizhou Hakka to win this game at an odd of 2.58. You can obtain very high odds and high limits by signing up for a Game2Bet account today.