Changchun Yatai perform at a high level so far being 2nd in the table. Nantong Zhiyun can look both up and down from their 3rd position.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a League One game only four days ago.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Changchun Yatai form and stats
Changchun Yatai, who have the most scored goals (12) in League One, must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three League One games here.
The Changchun supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Xinjiang Tianshan in League One and win 4-1. Before that, Changchun Yatai played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Heilongjiang Lava Spring.
Tan Long was absolutely essential when Changchun Yatai beat Xinjiang Tianshan 4-1, scoring three goals.
There will be little rest for Changchun after this match as they are travelling to Zhenjiang Huasa for a League One game in only three days.
Changchun Yatai can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 6 times. Changchun's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 3 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Nantong Zhiyun form and stats
Nantong Zhiyun are happy with their away performances in the League One so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Nantong, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Nantong's previous game was their home loss versus Zhenjiang Huasa (0-1). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Xinjiang Tianshan.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Nantong manager H. Xie as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Sichuan.
The visiting Nantong have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 3 goals from 3 games. The Nantong defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (1 goal in 3 games).
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Nantong Zhiyun - Changchun 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Changchun three wins, one draw and Nantong Zhiyun zero victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Tan 6 goals |  D. Gao 3 goals |  L. Vieira de Souza 2 goals |
Changchun Yatai missing players
Nantong Zhiyun missing players
| Changchun Yatai | Nantong Zhiyun | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 57% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 43% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 2.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 92 | 46 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 19 | 43 |
| 34 | 22 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 35% | 27% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 43% |
- Changchun Yatai has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in League One
- Changchun Yatai has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League One
- Changchun Yatai has the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in League One
- Changchun Yatai has the most points (6) at home in League One
- Changchun Yatai has the most points from losing position (4) in League One
- Changchun Yatai has the most scored goals (12) in League One
- Changchun Yatai has the most scored goals (6) at home in League One
- Changchun Yatai has the most scored goals in the second half (11) in League One
- Changchun Yatai has the the best goal difference (+3) at home in League One
- Changchun Yatai has the the best goal difference (+7) in League One
- Changchun Yatai have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Nantong Zhiyun has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in League One
- Nantong Zhiyun has the most scored goals in the first half (4) in League One
- Nantong Zhiyun have not yet lost a game 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 | Zhenjiang Huasa | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 | Changchun Yatai | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Nantong Zhiyun | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 5 | Sichuan | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 5 |
| 6 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 2 |
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