The bragging rights belong to Hangzhou so far, with the 4th spot in the League One table and hosting Guizhou Zhicheng (who are in 11th).
- Hangzhou have the most points from losing position (15) in League One
- Guizhou Zhicheng have the fewest points from losing position (1) in League One
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 Hangzhou and Guizhou Zhicheng.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Hangzhou form and stats
9-0-1 is the performance here so far in the League One, giving Hangzhou a total of 27 from their 10 games here. Outstanding results!
A good away victory last time out for Hangzhou, who won 2-1 against Zhenjiang Huasa (placed 8th).
Prior to that, an away loss at Wuhan Three Towns.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Hangzhou as they are travelling to their away game against Chengdu Qianbao in the League One. That match is four days after this one.
Goals decide football matches and Hangzhou are scoring many of them at home; 20 on target from 10 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Hangzhou have only let in 5 goals at home. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Guizhou Zhicheng form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. Zhicheng are desperate to end a ten-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Zibo Sunday fixture.
Canjie was the last player to score for the away team. Guizhou Zhicheng haven't scored a league goal in the last 362 minutes.
Home advantage was not enough for Zhicheng in their previous game, as they lost their League One-match, hosting Meizhou Hakka, 0-5. Zhicheng lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.
Prior to that match, the Zhicheng manager Piao faced defeat when travelling to Chengdu Qianbao and losing 0-5.The schedule is very tough for Zhicheng now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League One game at Zhenjiang Huasa is waiting in only four days.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Guizhou Zhicheng's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 16 goals from these trips. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have fought previously this season: Guizhou Zhicheng - Hangzhou 0-0. Head-to-head statistics (for the previous five meetings): Hangzhou won one game, two matches ended in a draw and Guizhou Zhicheng got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / twoTop Goalscorers
  N. Mushekwi 23 goals |  F. Andrijašević 5 goals |   S. Mihajlović 5 goals |
Hangzhou missing players
Guizhou Zhicheng missing players
| Hangzhou | Guizhou Zhicheng | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| 19 | 12 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 59 | 32 | 8 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 23 |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 13 | 19 | 40 |
| 94% | 93% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 84% |
| 71% | 73% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 47% | 52% |
| 52% | 60% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 20% | 29% |
| 29% | 27% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 20% | 23% |
| 13% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 60% | 20% | 13% |
| 48% | 47% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 33% | 32% |
| 45% | 53% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 47% | 42% |
| 13% | 7% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 27% | 42% |
| 5.6 | 5.8 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3 |
| 2.9 | 2.3 | 1.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 5.8 | 4.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 5.7 | 6 |
| 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 69% | 65% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 40% | 36% |
| 3 | 2.8 | 2.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.7 | 5.5 | 6.2 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.7 | 2.2 |
- Guizhou Zhicheng have the fewest points from losing position (1) in League One
- Hangzhou have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hangzhou have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Hangzhou have scored more than double the goals of Guizhou Zhicheng.
- Hangzhou have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in League One
- Hangzhou have the most points from losing position (15) in League One
- Hangzhou have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at 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 | Meizhou Hakka | 21 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 59 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 37 | 74 |
| 2 | Wuhan Three Towns | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 32 | 73 |
| 3 | Chengdu Qianbao | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 37 | 65 |
| 4 | Hangzhou | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 23 | 65 |
| 5 | Nantong Zhiyun | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 19 | 55 |
| 6 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 54 |
| 7 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 52 |
| 8 | Zhenjiang Huasa | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 47 |
| 9 | Sichuan | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 43 |
| 10 | Nanjing City | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -1 | 41 |
| 11 | Guizhou Zhicheng | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -17 | 39 |
| 12 | Zibo Sunday | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -13 | 30 |
| 13 | Suzhou Dongwu | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -13 | 28 |
| 14 | Beijing BG | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | -3 | 25 |
| 15 | Shenyang Urban | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 16 | -23 | 25 |
| 16 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -27 | 23 |
| 17 | BIT | 21 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 51 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 28 | -42 | 11 |
| 18 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 21 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 26 | -47 | 9 |
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