Jiangning Sports Center: Get ready for a football festivity when Nanjing City host Nantong Zhiyun. All the latest on the fixture at Tipsway!
- Nanjing City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest conceded goals (13) 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 Nanjing City and Nantong Zhiyun.
Nanjing City form and stats
5-3-7 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Nanjing City so far this season.
The Nanjing goalkeeper Zihao Huang is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 301 minutes without conceding a goal in the League One.
Happy days for Nanjing City in their previous game, a fixture away at Shaanxi Chang'an (placed 5th) that ended with a 1-0 victory.
Before that fixture, a home loss in the FA Cup against Shanghai SIPG.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Nanjing City as they are travelling to their away game against Heilongjiang Lava Spring in the League One. That match is three days after this one.
The Nanjing fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 15 matches. Nanjing City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Nantong Zhiyun form and stats
The away performances of Nantong Zhiyun have been very solid so far with 11 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats in the League One. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. Having won their last three away games Nantong Zhiyun has no reason to fear anyone.
Nantong Zhiyun have much to to correct after their shock defeat (1-2) to Shijiazhuang Kungfu in their previous outing, played at their own home ground.
A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Shanghai Jiading.Lacking goals? 9 of this club's latest 12 league fixtures have contained zero, one or two goals.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The League One trip to Shaanxi Chang'an.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Nantong are regular goalscorers on their travels. Nantong Zhiyun's manager Cao has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {6 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two teams in this fixture also played each other earlier this match year: Nantong Zhiyun - Nanjing 0-0. Nanjing City-Nantong Zhiyun H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Nanjing City zero wins, Nantong Zhiyun one win, two draws. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  J. Correia 20 goals |  R. Messi Bouli 15 goals |  A. Traoré 9 goals |
Nanjing City missing players
Nantong Zhiyun missing players
| Nanjing City | Nantong Zhiyun | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 30 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | 21 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 | 19 | 4 | Scored | S | 16 | 32 | 58 |
| 33 | 19 | 9 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 80% | 87% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 87% |
| 70% | 73% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 67% |
| 47% | 53% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 64% | 57% |
| 27% | 27% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 29% | 20% |
| 13% | 13% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 14% | 7% |
| 50% | 60% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 36% | 33% |
| 40% | 33% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 64% | 63% |
| 30% | 20% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 7% | 17% |
| 5.2 | 5.7 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.8 | 5.4 |
| 3.7 | 4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 7.6 | 7.1 | 4.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 9.6 | 9.5 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| 48% | 53% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 76% | 55% | 48% |
| 5.5 | 5.6 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.6 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
- Nanjing City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nantong Zhiyun have not yet lost a game away.
- Nantong Zhiyun have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nantong Zhiyun have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest conceded goals (13) in League One
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in League One
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in League One
- Nantong Zhiyun have the most clean sheets (19) in League One
- Nantong Zhiyun have the most clean sheets (9) away in League One
| 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 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 75 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 10 | 58 | 80 |
| 2 | Nantong Zhiyun | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 58 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 45 | 70 |
| 3 | Qingdao Jonoon | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 65 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 7 | 45 | 68 |
| 4 | Shijiazhuang Kungfu | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 21 | 60 |
| 5 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 45 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 22 | 56 |
| 6 | Sichuan | 30 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 38 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 53 |
| 7 | Suzhou Dongwu | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 45 |
| 8 | Nanjing City | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 38 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 41 |
| 9 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 44 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 27 | -1 | 40 |
| 10 | Qingdao Youth Island | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -1 | 38 |
| 11 | Zibo Sunday | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 34 | 48 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 30 | -14 | 36 |
| 12 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 21 | -11 | 32 |
| 13 | Shenyang Urban | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 48 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -17 | 31 |
| 14 | Guangxi Baoyun | 30 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -9 | 29 |
| 15 | Shanghai Jiading | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 28 | 58 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 34 | -30 | 25 |
| 16 | Beijing BG | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 54 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 31 | -31 | 23 |
| 17 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 30 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 27 | 66 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 37 | -39 | 21 |
| 18 | BIT | 30 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 73 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 34 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 39 | -59 | 6 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
