The league table in League One tells a story about these teams so far, with Chengdu Qianbao leading Nei Mongol Zhongyou by 15 points. Match preview to follow:
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Chengdu and Nei Mongol Zhongyou.
Chengdu Qianbao form and stats
3-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Chengdu Qianbao, who have the most scored goals (14) in League One, so far this season.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Chengdu, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 306 minutes in the League One.
Happy days for Chengdu in their previous game, a League One match away at Suzhou Dongwu (placed 5th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Taizhou Yuanda that ended 0-0.
The Chengdu fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. Chengdu Qianbao are not conceding a lot of goals here at Shuangliu Sports Centre in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Nei Mongol Zhongyou form and stats
Playing away, Nei Mongol Zhongyou, who have the fewest scored goals (5) in League One, have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the League One this season.
Zhongyou have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 283 minutes ago. Fang Hao was the goal scorer.
Zhongyou delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Beijing Renhe (placed 2nd) in their previous match; a League One game. Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Suzhou Dongwu.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Zhongyou's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. Zhongyou have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Nei Mongol Zhongyou - Chengdu Qianbao 0-2 entered in the official records.Top Goalscorers
  X. Ma 2 goals |  D. Quintana Sosa 2 goals |  G. Wu 2 goals |
Chengdu Qianbao missing players
Nei Mongol Zhongyou missing players
| Chengdu Qianbao | Nei Mongol Zhongyou | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 89% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 78% |
| 56% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 44% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 25% | 22% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 25% | 33% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 75% | 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 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | 37 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 32 | 64 |
| 37 | 16 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 14 | 24 |
| 38% | 38% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 14% | 21% |
- Chengdu Qianbao has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in League One
- Chengdu Qianbao has the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in League One
- Chengdu Qianbao has the most scored goals (14) in League One
- Chengdu Qianbao has the the best goal difference (+7) in League One
- Chengdu Qianbao have not yet lost a game at home.
- Chengdu Qianbao have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Chengdu Qianbao have scored more than double the goals of Nei Mongol Zhongyou.
- Chengdu Qianbao is in the best form (4-1-1)
- Nei Mongol Zhongyou has the fewest scored goals (2) away in League One
- Nei Mongol Zhongyou has the fewest scored goals (5) in League One
- Nei Mongol Zhongyou has the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in League One
- Nei Mongol Zhongyou has the the worst goal difference (-2) away in League One
- Nei Mongol Zhongyou has the the worst goal difference (-6) in League One
- Nei Mongol Zhongyou have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Nei Mongol Zhongyou have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chengdu Qianbao | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 22 |
| 2 | Beijing Renhe | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 3 | Taizhou Yuanda | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Beijing BG | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -4 | 8 |
| 5 | Suzhou Dongwu | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 7 |
| 6 | Nei Mongol Zhongyou | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 7 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)