Dalian Zhixing are flying at 1st, while Tai'an Tiankuang are bringing up the rear 10 points behind in the league standings. Will they trim the gap?
- Dalian Zhixing have the most scored goals (16) in League Two
- Tai'an Tiankuang haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Dalian Zhixing form and stats
3-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Dalian Zhixing so far this season. Dalian Zhixing has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away).
Dalian Zhixing travelled for their previous game, a trip to Nantong Haimen Codion that ended 2-2.
Before that, Zhixing had a home game versus Wuhan Chufeng Heli which ended with a victory 1-0.Dalian Zhixing have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 goals}.
Tai'an Tiankuang form and stats
Playing away, Tai'an Tiankuang have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the League Two this season.
There were no winners in Tiankuang's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs BIT (placed 3rd).
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Qingdao Red Lions.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Tai'an Tiankuang as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Tai'an Tiankuang - Dalian Zhixing 0-0 was the product when these sides last played each other, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  X. Zhao 3 goals |  Z. Ji 2 goals |  H. Yuan 2 goals |
Dalian Zhixing missing players
Tai'an Tiankuang missing players
| Dalian Zhixing | Tai'an Tiankuang | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 80% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 70% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 20% | 30% |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 60% |
| 60% | 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 5.1 | 3.5 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10 | 5.6 | 4.8 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.6 | 5 |
| 1.7 | 1.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 6.8 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 7.8 | 8.6 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| 53% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 31% | 37% |
| 5.2 | 3.8 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 10.6 | 9.1 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
- Dalian Zhixing have not yet lost a game.
- Dalian Zhixing have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Dalian Zhixing have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in League Two
- Dalian Zhixing have the fewest conceded goals (5) in League Two
- Dalian Zhixing have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in League Two
- Dalian Zhixing have the most matches over the total-line (5) in League Two
- Dalian Zhixing have the most scored goals (16) in League Two
- Dalian Zhixing have the most scored goals in the second half (12) in League Two
- Dalian Zhixing have the the best goal difference (+11) in League Two
- Dalian Zhixing have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Dalian Zhixing have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Dalian Zhixing is in the best form (5-1-0) in League Two
- Tai'an Tiankuang haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dalian Zhixing | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 2 | Qingdao Red Lions | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 |
| 3 | BIT | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | Tai'an Tiankuang | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 5 | Nantong Haimen Codion | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Wuhan Chufeng Heli | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 7 | Hubei Huachuang | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 9 |
| 8 | Zibo Qisheng | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -13 | 3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
