There has been highs and lows for these sides so far this season, placed in positions near the midpoint of the Super League table. Here's the Changchun Yatai - Cangzhou latest:
- Changchun Yatai haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Cangzhou is in the best form (4-1-1) in Super League
It's quite the trip for Cangzhou when visiting Changchun Yatai as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.
This could be an intriguing game with lots of fun and bustle as both contenders are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!
Changchun Yatai form and stats
The story so far in the Super League for Changchun Yatai at their home stadium (Changchun's People Stadium) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
A nice win for Changchun last time playing, versus Chengdu Rongcheng. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Cheng scoring for the victors. A big relief, as that was the first league win after playing, but not winning, seven consecutive games. Wu, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.83 out of 10 in that game. Wu topped it up with a clean sheet.
A defeat was the result before that one, 2-4 away at Meizhou Hakka.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 Changchun Yatai have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 3 and lost 1.
An interesting fact: 9 of the most recent 12 league games from this football club have seen goals scored by both sides.
A decent goal production from Changchun Yatai in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. On the other hand, Changchun have conceded 16 goals.
Cangzhou form and stats
3-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cangzhou in their Super League matches away.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Cangzhou, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-4 versus Shandong Taishan (placed 3rd). That loss was their first after three consecutive league fixtures winning points. Cangzhou lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one. Zhukov got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, top player of the team. Zhukov hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 34 successful passes (of 42 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Dalian Pro.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cangzhou playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 4 Cangzhou wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Cangzhou have scored 12 goals in 10 league games away. The Cangzhou manager Zhao has some worries about the defense as 21 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Cangzhou - Changchun Yatai 2-4 was the score in these squads' last head to head match, played this season. Changchun Yatai-Cangzhou H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Changchun Yatai four wins, Cangzhou three wins, zero draws. five of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Changchun Yatai missing players
Cangzhou missing players
| Changchun Yatai | Cangzhou | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 22 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 35 | 19 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 26 |
| 35 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 21 | 35 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 77% |
| 55% | 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 45% | 45% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 30% | 18% |
| 32% | 27% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| 64% | 73% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 70% | 68% |
| 27% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 9% |
| 18% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 23% |
| 3.6 | 3.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.2 | 5.1 |
| 5.1 | 4.1 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.7 | 5.4 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11.6 | 12.4 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10.2 | 11.6 |
| 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 37% | 41% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 30% | 30% |
| 14.6 | 12.4 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 15.3 | 14.3 |
| 5.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
- Cangzhou have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cangzhou have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Cangzhou haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cangzhou is in the best form (4-1-1) in Super League
- Changchun Yatai 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 Port | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 50 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 31 | 52 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 41 |
| 3 | Shandong Taishan | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 22 | 38 |
| 4 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 36 |
| 5 | Beijing Guoan | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 35 |
| 6 | Hangzhou | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 35 |
| 7 | Wuhan Three Towns | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 33 |
| 8 | Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | 22 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 31 |
| 9 | Changchun Yatai | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 31 |
| 10 | Cangzhou | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 21 | -9 | 30 |
| 11 | Meizhou Hakka | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 41 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 26 | -8 | 25 |
| 12 | Henan Songshan Longmen | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -9 | 22 |
| 13 | Qingdao Hainiu | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 17 | -8 | 19 |
| 14 | Dalian Pro | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -10 | 18 |
| 15 | Nantong Zhiyun | 22 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -12 | 16 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 57 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 36 | -37 | 12 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
