Here's all you must learn, and a little bit more, going into the Nantong Zhiyun - Cangzhou Mighty Lions fixture!
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Super League
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's quite the trip for Cangzhou Mighty Lions when visiting Nantong Zhiyun as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
There have been little to rest for the team playing at home, as they played a FA Cup game only three days back. This match was also played here at Rugao Olympic Sports Center Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Cangzhou Mighty Lions have had more rest.
Nantong Zhiyun form and stats
Nantong Zhiyun have played 9 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-4-3 (wins-draws-losses). The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Nantong Zhiyun has five draws from their last five matches.
Nantong's previous match was a FA Cup game also played at their own arena, ending 2-0 against Wuhan Three Towns. The home team hope to to build on that result.
Before that, Nantong Zhiyun played out a Super League draw 1-1 when visiting Henan Jianye.Low on goals? In this team's last 17 league matches, 13 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).
Nantong aren't scoring a lot here at Rugao Olympic Sports Center Stadium in the league, with only {8 goals} from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Nantong Zhiyun's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions form and stats
2-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cangzhou Mighty Lions in their Super League matches away.
Cangzhou play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Shanghai SIPG (placed 1st). That loss was their first after four consecutive league rounds winning points. Midfielder Zhukov was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.21. Zhukov hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 40 successful passes (of 47 total).
Before that, Cangzhou Mighty Lions secured a home win against Chengdu Qianbao with the score 2-1.Take note! Both teams have scored goal(s) in 10 of this club's last 13 league games.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
The fixture lists shows this result when the contenders played each other previously this season; Cangzhou Mighty Lions - Nantong Zhiyun 1-1. Previous three meetings featuring these sides: Nantong won zero, Cangzhou Mighty Lions triumphed in one and we saw two draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Castillo Álvarez 6 goals |   J. Locadia 6 goals | O. Taty Maritu 5 goals |
Nantong Zhiyun missing players
Cangzhou Mighty Lions missing players
| Nantong Zhiyun | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 14 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 10 | 21 |
| 24 | 13 | 8 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 88% | 78% |
| 28% | 33% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 50% | 44% |
| 11% | 22% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 17% |
| 6% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 25% | 17% |
| 61% | 56% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 75% | 72% |
| 11% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 12% | 6% |
| 28% | 22% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 22% |
| 5.3 | 7.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
| 5.6 | 4.1 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 6 | 5.8 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12.7 | 16.3 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 10 | 11.3 |
| 4.2 | 5.7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 19% | 16% | 7% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 30% |
| 13.7 | 11.4 | 14.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 14.4 | 13.9 |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nantong Zhiyun have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) 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 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 43 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 35 |
| 3 | Chengdu Qianbao | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Shandong Luneng | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 29 |
| 5 | Tianjin Teda | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 28 |
| 7 | Wuhan Three Towns | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 27 |
| 8 | Changchun Yatai | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 26 |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 21 |
| 11 | Qingdao Jonoon | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -2 | 16 |
| 12 | Meizhou Hakka | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 16 |
| 13 | Henan Jianye | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 16 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -10 | 14 |
| 15 | Dalian Professional | 18 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 12 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 27 | -30 | 12 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
