After five games we know a little more about the qualities of Heilongjiang Lava Spring and Changchun Yatai in this fresh League One season. Read our match preview!
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.
Heilongjiang Lava Spring form and stats
Three League One home games done for Heilongjiang Lava Spring, who are not happy collecting 2 points from these matches.
Heilongjiang Lava Spring are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 320 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Fan Bojian).
The Heilongjiang Lava Spring crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Nantong Zhiyun here in a League One match. 0-0 away at Xinjiang Tianshan before that.
The manager H. Li will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sichuan in only four days.
Heilongjiang Lava Spring have scored 1 goal here in 3 league matches, a depressing statistic. From these home matches, Heilongjiang Lava Spring have conceded only 2 goals.
Changchun Yatai form and stats
Changchun Yatai, who have the most scored goals (7) in League One, are happy with their away performances in the League One so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.
Two travels in a row for Changchun Yatai, whose manager S. Babayan could celebrate last time after the League One win against Sichuan. A loss against Zhenjiang Huasa was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Changchun made it very difficult for themselves in their last game, Sun Jie receiving a red card in the 52nd minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Changchun Yatai won the match 3-1!
After this away game Changchun return home for a League One game against Xinjiang Tianshan. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Changchun Yatai has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 5 goals from 3 games. The Changchun defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (1 goal in 3 games).
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Changchun Yatai - Heilongjiang Lava Spring 2-1. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - one - one (Heilongjiang Lava Spring wins - draws - Changchun Yatai 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 |   B. Fan 1 goals |
Heilongjiang Lava Spring missing players
Changchun Yatai missing players
| Heilongjiang Lava Spring | Changchun Yatai | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 60% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 80% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 60% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 40% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 40% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.3 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 43 | 30 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 39 | 68 |
| 13 | 11 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 15% | 9% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 32% |
- Changchun Yatai has the most scored goals (5) away in League One
- Changchun Yatai has the most scored goals (7) in League One
- Changchun Yatai has the most scored goals in the second half (6) in League One
- Changchun Yatai has the the best goal difference (+4) away in League One
- Changchun Yatai have not yet lost a game away.
- Changchun Yatai have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Changchun Yatai have scored more than double the goals of Heilongjiang Lava Spring.
- Heilongjiang Lava Spring have yet to win a game.
| Heilongjiang Lava Spring | Last season | Changchun Yatai | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 46 | 27 | Scored | S | 28 | 52 | ||
| 34 | 13 | Conceded | C | 23 | 42 | ||
| 90% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 83% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 83% | ||
| 47% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 53% | ||
| 23% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 37% | ||
| 17% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 30% | ||
| 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 77% | ||
| 27% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 17% | ||
| 23% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 7% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 234 | 131 | Total Shots | T S | 134 | 274 | ||
| 88 | 53 | Shots on Target | S O | 55 | 138 | ||
| 51% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 51% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zhenjiang Huasa | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | Changchun Yatai | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Nantong Zhiyun | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 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 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 2 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)