Nanjing City and Heilongjiang Lava Spring have delivered a "par" performance until now, to use a golf expression. The teams both hold mid-table spots in the League One.
- Nanjing City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Heilongjiang Lava Spring have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Nanjing City form and stats
When playing at home in the League One, Nanjing City have managed 6 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Nanjing City, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 270 minutes.
Happy days for Nanjing City in their previous game, a League One match away at BIT (placed 17th) that ended with a 3-0 victory.
Ahead of that match, Nanjing won a home game hosting Xinjiang Tianshan (5-0).The manager Pea will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Zibo Sunday in only four days.
The Nanjing fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 11 league matches. Nanjing have conceded 13 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Heilongjiang Lava Spring form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Heilongjiang Lava Spring's previous game was their home loss versus Zibo Sunday (1-2).
That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Jiangxi Liansheng.A quick return to home after this game, as Heilongjiang are hosting Xinjiang Tianshan in the League One only three days away.
The visiting Heilongjiang have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 11 games. 13 goals have been conceded by Heilongjiang in these games.
Head 2 Head
Heilongjiang Lava Spring - Nanjing 1-0 was the output when this pair of teams previously played each other, earlier this season.Nanjing City missing players
Heilongjiang Lava Spring missing players
| Nanjing City | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 38 | 20 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 25 | 47 |
| 38 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 20 | 38 |
| 91% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | 88% |
| 69% | 69% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 69% | 69% |
| 41% | 44% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 56% | 50% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 44% | 34% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 34% | 38% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 44% | 44% |
| 31% | 25% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 19% | 19% |
| 2.8 | 3.2 | 1.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 5.8 | 5.5 | 1.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5.2 | 4.9 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 7.3 | 7.3 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 62% | 63% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 55% | 51% |
| 7.6 | 6.3 | 3.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
- Heilongjiang Lava Spring have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nanjing City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Nanjing City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 60 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 36 | 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 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 52 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 38 | 68 |
| 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 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 39 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 22 | 58 |
| 6 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 55 |
| 7 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 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 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 46 |
| 10 | Nanjing City | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 44 |
| 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 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -12 | 33 |
| 13 | Suzhou Dongwu | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -13 | 29 |
| 14 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -26 | 26 |
| 15 | Beijing BG | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | -4 | 25 |
| 16 | Shenyang Urban | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 16 | -26 | 25 |
| 17 | BIT | 22 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 54 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 28 | -45 | 11 |
| 18 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 22 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 26 | -48 | 9 |
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