Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Heilongjiang Lava Spring in 4th and Shaanxi Chang'an in 3rd place.
It's no vacation for neither Heilongjiang Lava Spring nor Shaanxi Chang'an as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's quite the trip for Shaanxi Chang'an when visiting Heilongjiang as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
Heilongjiang Lava Spring form and stats
Overall League One stats at home this season for Heilongjiang Lava Spring, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) in League One, are 0-4-1 (wins-draw-losses). The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Heilongjiang has four draws from their last four matches. The home fans are hungry for more even though Heilongjiang have been steadily collecting points here at Changzhou Olympic Sports Center through three straight draws.
The home team returns to Changzhou Olympic Sports Center after being equal after 90 minutes with Jiangxi Liansheng on their last time out; the League One game ended 1-1. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Nantong Zhiyun.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Heilongjiang as they have a new game in only four days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Suzhou Dongwu are visiting.
Heilongjiang has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 2 goals from 5 games. Heilongjiang Lava Spring are not conceding a lot of goals here at Changzhou Olympic Sports Center in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
Shaanxi Chang'an form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Shaanxi Chang'an playing as the away team in the League One this season.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Nei Mongol Zhongyou in their previous outing. The League One match ended in a draw 1-1. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Jiangxi Liansheng.
A quick return to home after this game, as Shaanxi Chang'an are hosting Nantong Zhiyun in the League One only three days away.
The visiting Shaanxi Chang'an have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 5 games. As opposed to that, Shaanxi Chang'an have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's two Heilongjiang victories, one draw and zero Shaanxi Chang'an wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Yang 5 goals |  B. Fan 2 goals | Y. Li 2 goals |
Heilongjiang Lava Spring missing players
Shaanxi Chang'an missing players
| Heilongjiang Lava Spring | Shaanxi Chang'an | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 58% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 42% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 94 | 43 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 47 | 106 |
| 37 | 20 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 26 | 46 |
| 19% | 15% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 23% | 28% |
- Heilongjiang Lava Spring has the fewest conceded goals (6) in League One
- Heilongjiang Lava Spring has the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in League One
- Heilongjiang Lava Spring have yet to win a game at home.
- Shaanxi Chang'an haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Changchun Yatai | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 21 |
| 2 | Zhenjiang Huasa | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | Nantong Zhiyun | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 4 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 5 | Sichuan | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 6 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -11 | 3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)