Loyal fans at Rugao Olympic Sports Center Stadium haven’t witnessed many wins this season, with Nantong Zhiyun languishing in the 14th place. The guesting Beijing Guoan will believe to defend their higher league spot in this one.
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest scored goals (17) in Super League
- Beijing Guoan have scored more than double the goals of Nantong Zhiyun.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Super League. That game, against Tianjin Jinmen Tiger, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Beijing Guoan.
Nantong Zhiyun form and stats
Nantong Zhiyun's struggle is real here at Rugao Olympic Sports Center Stadium with only 10 points collected from 10 Super League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-4-4.
The home team returns to Rugao Olympic Sports Center Stadium after drawing with Hangzhou (placed 7th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. The Nantong Zhiyun goalkeeper Qinghao was crucial in the match against Hangzhou last time out, making seven saves. Qinghao, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.32 out of 10 in that game. Qinghao saved a penalty.
1-1 away at Changchun Yatai before that.Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 10 most recent league games highlights that 9 of them had at least one goal from each side.
Nantong have scored {9 league goals} here from 10 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Nantong Zhiyun defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Beijing Guoan form and stats
Beijing Guoan have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Super League, after 2-4-4 (10 played).
Beijing Guoan has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Tianjin Jinmen Tiger for a 0-0 draw. Ngadeu, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.75. Ngadeu won 2 of 6 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Henan Songshan Longmen.Beijing have conceded 16 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The fixture lists shows this result when the contenders faced each other earlier this campaign; Beijing Guoan - Nantong Zhiyun 1-0.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Castillo Álvarez 7 goals |  Z. Wang 7 goals | S. Kang 6 goals |
Nantong Zhiyun missing players
Beijing Guoan missing players
| Nantong Zhiyun | Beijing Guoan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 35 |
| 28 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 8 | 16 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 71% | 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 70% | 76% |
| 29% | 40% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | 48% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 40% | 38% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 19% |
| 67% | 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 60% | 62% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 30% | 33% |
| 24% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| 5.2 | 6.8 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.5 | 6.5 | 6.4 |
| 5.4 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.8 | 16.4 | 17.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.8 | 12.6 | 13.1 |
| 4.3 | 5.5 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
| 19% | 16% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 24% | 36% |
| 13.7 | 11.6 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.8 | 12.1 | 11.2 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
- Beijing Guoan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Beijing Guoan have scored more than double the goals of Nantong Zhiyun.
- Beijing Guoan have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Nantong Zhiyun have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Super League
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest scored goals (17) in Super League
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest scored goals (9) at home in Super League
- Nantong Zhiyun have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Super League
- Nantong Zhiyun have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Super League
- Nantong Zhiyun have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 32 | 52 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 38 |
| 3 | Chengdu Qianbao | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 36 |
| 4 | Shandong Taishan | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 35 |
| 5 | Wuhan Three Towns | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 33 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 32 |
| 7 | Hangzhou | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 32 |
| 8 | Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | 21 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 31 |
| 9 | Cangzhou | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -5 | 30 |
| 10 | Changchun Yatai | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -1 | 28 |
| 11 | Meizhou Hakka | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 41 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 26 | -9 | 22 |
| 12 | Qingdao Jonoon | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 16 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Henan Songshan Longmen | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -10 | 19 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 21 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -11 | 16 |
| 15 | Dalian Pro | 21 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -11 | 15 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 55 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 34 | -36 | 12 |
