nine rounds of fixtures have been played and Guizhou Zhicheng are 23 points ahead of Xinjiang Tianshan. What happens today?
- Guizhou Zhicheng have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in League One
- Xinjiang Tianshan have the fewest scored goals (2) in League One
The hosts Zhicheng saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the League One. That game was an away game at Nantong Zhiyun, so at least Zhicheng are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
It's quite the trip for Xinjiang Tianshan when visiting Zhicheng as the cities are 1700 kilometers apart.
Guizhou Zhicheng form and stats
1-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Guizhou Zhicheng so far this season.
Happy days for Zhicheng in their previous game, a League One match away at Nantong Zhiyun (placed 7th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Manager M. Chen felt very clever after Anwar Memet-Ali scored the winning goal against Nantong Zhiyun, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 45th minute.
Prior to that, an away loss at Shaanxi Chang'an in the FA Cup.The manager M. Chen will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Zibo Sunday in only four days.
Zhicheng has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Guizhou Zhicheng are not conceding a lot of goals here at Tazi Lake Sports Centre Football Field 3 in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Xinjiang Tianshan form and stats
Playing away, Xinjiang Tianshan, who have the fewest scored goals (2) in League One, have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the League One this season. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Xinjiang Tianshan, who have now gone 17 games without a victory. The Zibo Sunday game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.
Xinjiang are looking to quickly end their 702 minutes long goal drought in the League One.
The manager E. Pei was unhappy after their last game, a League One match played at their home ground Changzhou Institute of Technology. Xinjiang Tianshan suffered a 0-1 loss to Wuhan Three Towns (placed 3rd).
Preceding that, the 1-4 home loss versus Zibo Sunday.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Xinjiang manager E. Pei as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Beijing BG.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Xinjiang's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 4 matches. Xinjiang have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Zhicheng four wins, one draw and Xinjiang Tianshan four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Guizhou Zhicheng missing players
Xinjiang Tianshan missing players
| Guizhou Zhicheng | Xinjiang Tianshan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 22 | 48 |
| 84% | 78% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 42% | 56% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 74% |
| 21% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 53% |
| 16% | 22% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 37% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 32% |
| 32% | 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 42% |
| 47% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 37% | 44% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 58% |
| 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1 | 1.1 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2 | 2 | 2.8 |
| 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1 | 1.1 |
| 48% | 45% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 67% | 50% |
- Guizhou Zhicheng have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Guizhou Zhicheng have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in League One
- Xinjiang Tianshan have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Xinjiang Tianshan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Xinjiang Tianshan have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Xinjiang Tianshan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Xinjiang Tianshan have the fewest clean sheets (1) in League One
- Xinjiang Tianshan have the fewest scored goals (2) in League One
- Xinjiang Tianshan have yet to win a game away.
- Xinjiang Tianshan haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Chengdu Qianbao | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 28 | 44 |
| 2 | Meizhou Hakka | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 43 |
| 3 | Wuhan Three Towns | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 40 |
| 4 | Hangzhou | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 39 |
| 5 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 35 |
| 6 | Zhenjiang Huasa | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 32 |
| 7 | Nantong Zhiyun | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 31 |
| 8 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 30 |
| 9 | Guizhou Zhicheng | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 29 |
| 10 | Sichuan | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 26 |
| 11 | Suzhou Dongwu | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 25 |
| 12 | Nanjing City | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 21 |
| 13 | Shenyang Urban | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -9 | 21 |
| 14 | Zibo Sunday | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 16 |
| 15 | Beijing BG | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 14 |
| 16 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -16 | 10 |
| 17 | BIT | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 | -27 | 7 |
| 18 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -21 | 6 |
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