This duo has had their share of problems so far, but three lovely points in this very important game would certainly provide a boost. Get set for Henan Jianye - Nantong Zhiyun!
- Henan Jianye have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nantong Zhiyun have yet to win a game away.
Jianye have less rest than Nantong Zhiyun in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Super League game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Qingdao Jonoon, so at least Henan Jianye are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Henan Jianye form and stats
The story so far in the Super League for Henan Jianye at their home stadium (Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats. When Henan Jianye hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Henan Jianye, Meizhou Hakka, Shenzhen, Qingdao Jonoon and Dalian Yifang), they have won 2 of 3 matches! It's trouble wherever Henan Jianye are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 315 minutes without scoring a league goal. Covic was the last player to find the net.
Henan Jianye lost their last game at Qingdao Jonoon (placed 11th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Pina (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.02/10. Pina hit two key passes and had 40 successful passes (of 46 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Chengdu Qianbao (0-2).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Jianye handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this club's last 17 league games, 13 have had less than three goals (under 2.5).
The manager Diaz will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Dalian Yifang in only four days.
Henan Jianye aren't scoring a lot here at Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium in the league, with only {7 goals} from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Jianye have conceded only 7 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Henan Jianye has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Nantong Zhiyun form and stats
Nantong Zhiyun have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Super League, after 0-3-5 (8 played). Nantong Zhiyun has showed their ability to avoid defeat with four draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 23 days ago, in the Shanghai Shenhua fixture.
Nantong played 1-1 against Shandong Luneng in their previous match. As mentioned above, Nantong Zhiyun drew the match against Shandong Luneng. Manager la Torre brought on Castillo to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Defender Bressan was the best team player with a rating of 7.12. Bressan won 7 of 13 duels.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Dalian Yifang.Nantong Zhiyun are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.
Low on goals? 12 of this club's most recent 16 league fixtures have contained two or less goals.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Nantong have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Nantong Zhiyun - Henan Jianye 1-0 was the outcome when these two sides previously played each other, some time ago this season.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Čović 8 goals |   R. Castillo Álvarez 5 goals |  R. Baldé 3 goals |
Henan Jianye missing players
Nantong Zhiyun missing players
| Henan Jianye | Nantong Zhiyun | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 21 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 23 |
| 94% | 88% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 59% | 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 65% |
| 24% | 25% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 25% | 29% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 47% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 59% |
| 18% | 25% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 41% | 38% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 29% |
| 3.2 | 2.9 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 3.4 | 5.5 |
| 5.8 | 4.6 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 6.6 | 5.3 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.1 | 8.6 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 9 | 12.9 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.5 | 4.2 |
| 26% | 29% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 25% | 18% |
| 14.2 | 11.8 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 16 | 13.6 |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | 3.8 |
- Henan Jianye have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nantong Zhiyun have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Nantong Zhiyun have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Nantong Zhiyun have yet to win a game away.
- Nantong Zhiyun haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 18 | 40 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 34 |
| 3 | Chengdu Qianbao | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 | Shandong Luneng | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 29 |
| 5 | Tianjin Teda | 17 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 25 |
| 7 | Changchun Yatai | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 25 |
| 8 | Wuhan Three Towns | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 24 |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 22 |
| 10 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 21 |
| 11 | Qingdao Jonoon | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 | Meizhou Hakka | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -6 | 16 |
| 13 | Henan Jianye | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 15 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 13 |
| 15 | Dalian Yifang | 17 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 24 | -30 | 11 |
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