Nantong Zhiyun are putting faith in their home crowd to aid them to win this match versus Chengdu Rongcheng. Who triumphs at Rugao Olympic Sports Center Stadium?
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Super League
Nantong Zhiyun form and stats
Nantong Zhiyun's results here at Rugao Olympic Sports Center Stadium in the Super League have been very modest with 2 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Nantong Zhiyun, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Nantong's previous game was also a home event, the defeat 0-3 versus Qingdao Jonoon (in FA Cup).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Wuhan Three Towns (2-4).If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 11 latest league matches shows that 9 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.
Nantong Zhiyun have scored {9 league goals} here from 11 matches, not a lot. Nantong Zhiyun's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Chengdu Rongcheng form and stats
4 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Chengdu Rongcheng playing as the away team in the Super League this season.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Shanghai Shenhua (placed 3rd) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. The attacker Andrigo got a match rating of 7.84 in that game. Andrigo scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 30 successful passes (of 36 total).
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Wuhan Three Towns.Rongcheng find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. Chengdu Rongcheng have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Chengdu Rongcheng have not lost in the last 4 matches (3-1-0) against Nantong Zhiyun.Chengdu Rongcheng - Nantong Zhiyun 1-0 was the outcome when this pair of contenders formerly did battle, some time ago this season. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 2 red cards from the last four encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  F. de Sousa Silva 9 goals |  R. Castillo Álvarez 7 goals |  M. Kim 6 goals |
Nantong Zhiyun missing players
Chengdu Rongcheng missing players
| Nantong Zhiyun | Chengdu Rongcheng | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 16 | 35 |
| 33 | 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 14 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 92% | 92% |
| 67% | 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 67% | 67% |
| 29% | 36% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 42% | 50% |
| 12% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 25% | 29% |
| 8% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 62% | 55% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 50% | 54% |
| 12% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 42% | 33% |
| 25% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 17% | 21% |
| 5.3 | 6.5 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
| 5.3 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.4 | 4 | 3.6 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 12.8 | 15.8 | 17.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 13.6 | 14.6 |
| 4.2 | 5.2 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 20% | 16% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | 31% |
| 13.8 | 11.9 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 9.3 | 8.5 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
- Nantong Zhiyun have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Super League
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest scored goals (9) at home in Super League
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Super League
- Nantong Zhiyun have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Super League
- Nantong Zhiyun have the most matches under the total-line (17) 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 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 52 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 29 | 53 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 44 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 24 | 44 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 42 |
| 4 | Beijing Guoan | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 43 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 41 |
| 5 | Wuhan Three Towns | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 39 |
| 6 | Hangzhou | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 39 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 39 |
| 7 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 37 |
| 8 | Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | 24 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 34 |
| 9 | Changchun Yatai | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 34 |
| 10 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 24 | -15 | 30 |
| 11 | Henan Jianye | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -4 | 28 |
| 12 | Meizhou Hakka | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 45 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 30 | -10 | 26 |
| 13 | Qingdao Jonoon | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 17 | -7 | 23 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 24 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -13 | 19 |
| 15 | Dalian Pro | 24 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 22 | -16 | 18 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 24 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 60 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 36 | -39 | 12 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
