Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Guizhou Zhicheng welcomes Xinjiang Tianshan

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Competition: China PR League One
Date: Sat 28.September
Match begins: 07:30 (UTC)
Venue: Guiyang Olympic Sports Center (52888 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and 12th place in the table will show on the pitch.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Xinjiang Tianshan have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 3200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Guizhou Zhicheng form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Guiyang Olympic Sports Center as Guizhou Zhicheng, who have the fewest conceded goals (24) in League One, have scored 22 goals to get 29 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the League One are 9-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).

In their previous game, the manager Chen Mao led his Guizhou Zhicheng to a defeat in the League One match away at Shaanxi Chang'an. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Guiyang Olympic Sports Center. Before that game, the home loss against Sichuan Longfor with the scoreline 1-2.

Guizhou Zhicheng have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Guiyang Olympic Sports Center with 22 goals in 13 league matches. From these home matches, Guizhou Zhicheng have conceded only 10 goals.

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Xinjiang Tianshan form and stats

There's been little loot from Xinjiang Tianshan's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 12 away games in the League One. Xinjiang Tianshan, who have the fewest scored goals (9) away in League One, only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws.

Xinjiang Tianshan won their last game, 4-3 versus Shanghai Shenxin played at home. The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Hangzhou.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Xinjiang Tianshan as they have only managed to score 9 times from 12 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Xinjiang Tianshan have conceded 21 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Xinjiang Tianshan - Guizhou Zhicheng 1-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Guizhou Zhicheng 2 wins, 1 draw and Xinjiang Tianshan 4 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

A. Maglica
15 goals
Stéfano
10 goals
N. Jelavić
7 goals

Guizhou Zhicheng missing players

Xinjiang Tianshan missing players

Guizhou Zhicheng Xinjiang Tianshan
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
26 13 5 Played P 3 12 26
15 9 2 Won W 1 2 9
3 2 1 Drew D 1 3 5
8 2 2 Lost L 1 7 12
38 22 5 Scored S 2 9 36
24 10 6 Conceded C 2 21 43
92% 85% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 83% 92%
65% 69% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 58% 65%
46% 38% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 42% 50%
12% 15% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 38%
12% 15% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 27%
50% 38% 40% BTTS BTTS 33% 42% 46%
38% 62% 60% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 35%
19% 15% 20% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 27%
 
5.6 5 6.6 Corners For (avg) C F 2 2.5 3.9
3.7 3.3 2 Corners Against (avg) C A 9.7 6.3 6
2.5 2.2 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.6 1.7
4 2 1 Red Cards R C 1 1 2
Key stats This season:
  • Guizhou Zhicheng have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Guizhou Zhicheng have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Xinjiang Tianshan have scored away.
  • Xinjiang Tianshan have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Xinjiang Tianshan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Xinjiang Tianshan have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Guizhou Zhicheng
All League One Club Friendlies Super League FA Cup
All Home Away
17-08-19 LO Guizhou Zhicheng 2 - 0 Heilongjiang Lava Spring
24-08-19 LO Hangzhou 1 - 4 Guizhou Zhicheng
31-08-19 LO Nantong Zhiyun 1 - 2 Guizhou Zhicheng
07-09-19 LO Shanghai Shenxin 0 - 1 Guizhou Zhicheng
14-09-19 LO Guizhou Zhicheng 1 - 2 Sichuan Longfor
21-09-19 LO Shaanxi Chang'an 1 - 0 Guizhou Zhicheng
28-09-19 LO Guizhou Zhicheng 07:30 Xinjiang Tianshan
19-10-19 LO Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 11:30 Guizhou Zhicheng
26-10-19 LO Guizhou Zhicheng 06:30 Nei Mongol Zhongyou
02-11-19 LO Beijing BG 06:30 Guizhou Zhicheng
Xinjiang Tianshan
All League One FA Cup
All Home Away
18-08-19 LO Xinjiang Tianshan 2 - 3 Nei Mongol Zhongyou
24-08-19 LO Heilongjiang Lava Spring 4 - 2 Xinjiang Tianshan
31-08-19 LO Beijing BG 3 - 1 Xinjiang Tianshan
07-09-19 LO Changchun Yatai 1 - 2 Xinjiang Tianshan
14-09-19 LO Xinjiang Tianshan 2 - 3 Hangzhou
21-09-19 LO Xinjiang Tianshan 4 - 3 Shanghai Shenxin
28-09-19 LO Guizhou Zhicheng 07:30 Xinjiang Tianshan
19-10-19 LO Sichuan Longfor 11:30 Xinjiang Tianshan
26-10-19 LO Xinjiang Tianshan 06:30 Shaanxi Chang'an
02-11-19 LO Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 06:30 Xinjiang Tianshan

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Qingdao Hainiu 26 14 6 6 52 33 12 8 3 1 30 11 14 6 3 5 22 22 19 48
2 Guizhou Zhicheng 26 15 3 8 38 24 13 9 2 2 22 10 13 6 1 6 16 14 14 48
3 Changchun Yatai 26 13 7 6 47 36 13 6 4 3 22 18 13 7 3 3 25 18 11 46
4 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 26 14 2 10 51 39 12 10 0 2 29 14 14 4 2 8 22 25 12 44
5 Hangzhou 26 12 8 6 43 35 13 8 1 4 24 15 13 4 7 2 19 20 8 44
6 Heilongjiang Lava Spring 26 12 8 6 35 28 13 8 5 0 21 10 13 4 3 6 14 18 7 44
7 Nei Mongol Zhongyou 26 12 6 8 25 26 12 5 4 3 11 10 14 7 2 5 14 16 -1 42
8 Beijing BG 26 12 5 9 48 27 14 9 2 3 34 15 12 3 3 6 14 12 21 41
9 Shaanxi Chang'an 26 12 4 10 31 28 13 7 1 5 19 13 13 5 3 5 12 15 3 40
10 Meizhou Hakka 26 9 6 11 38 36 13 4 5 4 19 15 13 5 1 7 19 21 2 33
11 Guangdong Southern Tigers F.C 26 9 6 11 34 39 14 3 6 5 18 19 12 6 0 6 16 20 -5 33
12 Xinjiang Tianshan 26 9 5 12 36 43 14 7 2 5 27 22 12 2 3 7 9 21 -7 32
13 Sichuan Longfor 26 7 7 12 27 40 13 5 3 5 14 15 13 2 4 7 13 25 -13 28
14 Nantong Zhiyun 26 5 8 13 28 36 13 3 3 7 13 18 13 2 5 6 15 18 -8 23
15 Liaoning Kaixin 26 5 6 15 29 47 13 2 3 8 15 24 13 3 3 7 14 23 -18 21
16 Shanghai Shenxin 26 3 3 20 28 73 13 1 1 11 10 33 13 2 2 9 18 40 -45 12

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