Wuhan Three Towns should be expected winners of this home fixture vs Nantong Zhiyun, if the league positions are anything to judge by. Or are we eyeing a possible shock?
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest scored goals (18) in Super League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Wuhan Three Towns form and stats
Wuhan Three Towns have played 11 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-5-2 (wins-draws-losses).
A good away victory last time out for Wuhan Three Towns, who won 1-0 against Chengdu Qianbao (placed 6th). Midfield player Stanciu got a match rating of 8.34 in that game, the max score being 10. Stanciu served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 42 successful passes (of 49 total).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Shanghai Shenhua (1-2).Wuhan Three Towns are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 7 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 5, drew 1 and lost 1.
Some stats: A review of the 10 latest league games highlights that 8 of them had at least one goal from each team.
Wuhan has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Wuhan Three Towns have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Nantong Zhiyun form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Nantong Zhiyun so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 1-6-5 (win-draw-lose).
Nantong Zhiyun play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Shenzhen (placed 16th). That win was so vital for this team, after a horrific period of eleven league rounds in a row not winning. Defender Liu was the best team player with a rating of 7.62. Liu hit one key pass and won 6 of 7 duels.
A 0-1 loss hosting Beijing Guoan before that.Few goals the story here? 9 of this team's most recent 11 league fixtures have contained two goals or less.
A quick return to home after this game, as Nantong are hosting Qingdao Jonoon in the FA Cup only four days away.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Nantong Zhiyun have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two teams in this fixture also met each other earlier on this match year: Nantong Zhiyun - Wuhan 0-5. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's three Wuhan Three Towns victories, zero draws and one Nantong Zhiyun win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Yakubu 11 goals |   R. Castillo Álvarez 7 goals |  A. Braga Bispo Junior 4 goals |
Wuhan Three Towns missing players
Nantong Zhiyun missing players
| Wuhan Three Towns | Nantong Zhiyun | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 36 | 15 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 29 |
| 91% | 82% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 73% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 65% |
| 52% | 45% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 17% | 26% |
| 22% | 18% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 13% | 18% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 70% | 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 61% |
| 26% | 27% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 13% |
| 13% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 26% |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4.1 | 5.2 |
| 4.3 | 4.5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 6.2 | 5.2 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.7 | 17.6 | 20.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 10.1 | 12.8 |
| 5.7 | 5.8 | 7.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
| 27% | 23% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 23% | 19% |
| 10.7 | 9.9 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.5 | 15 | 13.5 |
| 3.7 | 3.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Super League
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest scored goals (18) in Super League
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Super League
- Nantong Zhiyun have the most matches under the total-line (17) in Super League
- Nantong Zhiyun have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- 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 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 51 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 31 | 53 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 42 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 23 | 41 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 41 |
| 4 | Beijing Guoan | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 38 |
| 5 | Wuhan Three Towns | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 36 |
| 6 | Chengdu Qianbao | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 36 |
| 7 | Hangzhou | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 36 |
| 8 | Changchun Yatai | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 34 |
| 9 | Tianjin Teda | 23 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 31 |
| 10 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 24 | -11 | 30 |
| 11 | Meizhou Hakka | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 42 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 27 | -8 | 26 |
| 12 | Henan Jianye | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -6 | 25 |
| 13 | Qingdao Jonoon | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 17 | -8 | 20 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -11 | 19 |
| 15 | Dalian Yifang | 23 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -13 | 18 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 58 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 36 | -38 | 12 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
