A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Changchun Yatai fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and Xinjiang Tianshan's 6th place in the table will show on the pitch.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Changchun Yatai form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Changchun Yatai's two home games in the League One so far this season, having collected 3 points.
The home team returns after being equal after 90 minutes with Heilongjiang Lava Spring (placed 4th) on their last time out; the League One game ended 1-1. A strong away win before that one, visiting Sichuan and winning 3-1.
Changchun 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 nine matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won five, drew two and lost two.
Early season league goal statistics from Changchun Yatai's 2 home games: 2 goals, 2 conceded.
Xinjiang Tianshan form and stats
The League One season is young and Xinjiang Tianshan, who have the most conceded goals (9) in League One, have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.
Xinjiang might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Nantong Zhiyun proved too strong as Xinjiang Tianshan slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans. Prior to that match, the Xinjiang manager F. Sánchez Cipitria faced defeat when travelling to Zhenjiang Huasa and losing 2-3.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Xinjiang played away with similar odds. This revealed ten games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, two were draws and the home team won as expected seven times.
A new game in only four days for Xinjiang Tianshan, the League One home match versus Sichuan. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Xinjiang have conceded 5 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Xinjiang Tianshan - Changchun Yatai 0-2. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - zero - one (Changchun wins - draws - Xinjiang Tianshan wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Tan 3 goals |  D. Gao 3 goals |  G. Li 1 goals |
Changchun Yatai missing players
Xinjiang Tianshan missing players
| Changchun Yatai | Xinjiang Tianshan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 75 | 29 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 29 | 55 |
| 24 | 12 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 11 | 15 |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 18% | 20% |
- Changchun Yatai has the fewest clean sheets (0) 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 (8) in League One
- Changchun Yatai has the most scored goals in the second half (7) in League One
- Changchun Yatai have scored more than double the goals of Xinjiang Tianshan.
- Xinjiang Tianshan has the most conceded goals (5) away in League One
- Xinjiang Tianshan has the most conceded goals (9) in League One
- Xinjiang Tianshan has the most conceded goals in the first half (4) in League One
- Xinjiang Tianshan has the most conceded goals in the second half (5) in League One
- Xinjiang Tianshan has the the worst goal difference (-3) away in League One
- Xinjiang Tianshan has the the worst goal difference (-6) in League One
- Xinjiang Tianshan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Xinjiang Tianshan have yet to win a game.
- Xinjiang Tianshan is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nantong Zhiyun | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Changchun Yatai | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Zhenjiang Huasa | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 5 | Sichuan | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 3 |
| 6 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 2 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)