Chengdu Rongcheng will not count on any pleasantries from hosts Tianjin Jinmen Tiger in this Super League fixture. Here's the full match preview!
- Tianjin Jinmen Tiger have not yet lost a game at home.
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger and Chengdu Rongcheng should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger form and stats
5 victories, 8 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Tianjin Jinmen Tiger have to build on here at TEDA Football Stadium in the Super League. Two home wins in a row for Tianjin bring valid hopes of a third.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Jingqi Fang not having conceded a league goal in 218 minutes.
A good away victory last time out for Tianjin Jinmen Tiger, who won 1-0 against Wuhan Three Towns (placed 6th). Midfielder Ba was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.01 (out of ten) in that game. Ba served one assist and hit three key passes.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Dalian Yifang.Tianjin Jinmen Tiger are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 13 games.
Chengdu Rongcheng form and stats
5 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Chengdu Rongcheng playing as the away team in the Super League this season.
Chengdu Rongcheng go into this game after a win, the home game against Shanghai SIPG that ended 2-1. Midfielder Kim was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.83. Kim hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 40 successful passes (of 46 total).
Prior to that result Rongcheng won their away game at Nantong Zhiyun. The scoreline was 2-0.The visiting Chengdu Rongcheng have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 13 games. 14 goals have been conceded by Rongcheng in these games.
Head 2 Head
The latest head to head match ended Chengdu Rongcheng - Tianjin Jinmen Tiger 0-0, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Tianjin Jinmen Tiger zero wins, two draws and Chengdu Rongcheng one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. de Sousa Silva 9 goals |   R. Berič 8 goals |  E. de Oliveira Cardoso 6 goals |
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger missing players
Chengdu Rongcheng missing players
| Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | Chengdu Rongcheng | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 13 | 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 31 | 19 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 18 | 39 |
| 24 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 85% | 77% | 33% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 62% | 62% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 69% | 69% |
| 31% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 38% | 50% |
| 15% | 31% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 23% | 27% |
| 12% | 23% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 15% | 15% |
| 58% | 62% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 46% | 54% |
| 35% | 38% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 46% | 35% |
| 23% | 23% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 15% | 19% |
| 4.8 | 5.8 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 5.2 | 4.3 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.2 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 11.1 | 13 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 14 | 14.8 |
| 3.4 | 4.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| 35% | 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | 31% |
| 12.4 | 11.1 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3 |
- Tianjin Jinmen Tiger have not yet lost a game at home.
- Tianjin Jinmen Tiger have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Tianjin Jinmen Tiger have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 55 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 30 | 56 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 48 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 26 | 48 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 45 |
| 4 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 43 |
| 5 | Beijing Guoan | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 44 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 42 |
| 6 | Wuhan Three Towns | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 42 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 42 |
| 7 | Hangzhou | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 42 |
| 8 | Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | 26 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 40 |
| 9 | Changchun Yatai | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -1 | 35 |
| 10 | Henan Jianye | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -1 | 32 |
| 11 | Meizhou Hakka | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 40 | 46 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 30 | -6 | 30 |
| 12 | Cangzhou | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 47 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 28 | -19 | 30 |
| 13 | Qingdao Jonoon | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 21 | -9 | 23 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 25 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -15 | 19 |
| 15 | Dalian Yifang | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 23 | -17 | 19 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 25 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 65 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 41 | -43 | 12 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
