Game week two of the League One season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Heilongjiang Lava Spring - Sichuan preview:
It's no vacation for neither Heilongjiang nor Sichuan 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.
Heilongjiang Lava Spring form and stats
Heilongjiang Lava Spring faced defeat in their previous match, away at Changchun Yatai (1-2). Ahead of that match, Heilongjiang won a home game hosting Changchun Yatai (4-1).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League One game versus Zhenjiang Huasa in only three days. This game is also played here.
Last season, Heilongjiang Lava Spring's league statistics were 15 wins, 9 draws and 6 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the League One. Over these 30 matches they scored 46 goals and conceded 34. Playing at home last season Heilongjiang Lava Spring managed 9-6-0 (win-draw-lost) with 27 goals and 13 conceded.
Sichuan form and stats
The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Y. Li, the Sichuan manager, as the last three away games were defeats. It's a growing despair in Sichuan as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Sichuan's previous game was their home loss versus Zhenjiang Huasa (0-2). Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Changchun Yatai (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties).
After this away game Sichuan return home for a League One game against Xinjiang Tianshan. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Let's have a look at how Sichuan performed last season in the League One: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 8 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 27 and conceded 36 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 4 and lost 7 with 12/25 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Heilongjiang Lava Spring missing players
Sichuan missing players
| Heilongjiang Lava Spring | Sichuan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Heilongjiang Lava Spring | Last season | Sichuan | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 10 | 22 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 46 | 27 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | ||
| 34 | 13 | Conceded | C | 10 | 20 | ||
| 90% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 73% | ||
| 83% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 41% | ||
| 47% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 23% | ||
| 23% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 5% | ||
| 17% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | ||
| 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 27% | ||
| 27% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 36% | ||
| 23% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 64% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | ||
| 234 | 131 | Total Shots | T S | 40 | 88 | ||
| 88 | 53 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 30 | ||
| 51% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 27% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nantong Zhiyun | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Zhenjiang Huasa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Changchun Yatai | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 5 | Sichuan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 6 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 59 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 57 |
| 2 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 30 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 59 | 42 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 17 | 56 |
| 3 | Guizhou Zhicheng | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 46 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 54 |
| 4 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 46 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 54 |
| 5 | Changchun Yatai | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 52 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 53 |
| 6 | Hangzhou | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 49 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 51 |
| 7 | Nei Mongol Zhongyou | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 51 |
| 8 | Beijing BG | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 51 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 46 |
| 9 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 39 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 44 |
| 10 | Meizhou Hakka | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 44 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 3 | 39 |
| 11 | Meizhou Meixian Techand | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 41 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 28 | -9 | 36 |
| 12 | Nantong Zhiyun | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 20 | -3 | 33 |
| 13 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 39 | 55 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 32 | -16 | 33 |
| 14 | Sichuan Longfor | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 52 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 32 | -16 | 31 |
| 15 | Liaoning Kaixin | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 33 | 57 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 27 | -24 | 21 |
| 16 | Shanghai Shenxin | 30 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 30 | 82 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 37 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 45 | -52 | 12 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)