League One: The mid-table positions show the journey Nanjing City and Sichuan have been on so far. Both teams are up for it; let's go!
- Nanjing City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Sichuan have the most clean sheets (10) in League One
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Nanjing City form and stats
Three League One home games done for Nanjing City, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches. The Nanjing City manager F. Pea might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Nanjing shared the glory with Wuhan Three Towns in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. A disappointing finish for Nanjing City in their match versus Wuhan Three Towns as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score.
Preceding that match was the home game against Shaanxi Chang'an that was lost 0-2.Nanjing aren't scoring a lot here at Tazi Lake Sports Centre in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. 4 goals have been conceded.
Sichuan form and stats
The League One season is young and Sichuan have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far.
The Sichuan goalkeeper Chao Yang is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 185 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Impressive finishing from Wang Qi, Xia Dalong and Xiao Kun secured the home win 3-0 against Jiangxi Liansheng in their previous game.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Guizhou Zhicheng.A new game in only four days for Sichuan, the League One home match versus Wuhan Three Towns. Busy days.
Sichuan are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 3 away goals from 3 games (in the league). For Sichuan, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Sichuan - Nanjing 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season.Nanjing City missing players
Sichuan missing players
| Nanjing City | Sichuan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 19 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 11 |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 62% | 69% |
| 62% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 38% | 38% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 31% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 19% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 38% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 19% |
| 31% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 62% | 50% |
| 2.4 | 3.1 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
| 5.6 | 5.1 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
| 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.8 | 4.1 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 3.9 | 5.1 |
| 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.8 | 2.6 |
| 79% | 71% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 57% | 41% |
- Nanjing City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Nanjing City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sichuan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sichuan have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League One
- Sichuan have the most clean sheets (10) 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 | Chengdu Qianbao | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 37 |
| 2 | Meizhou Hakka | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 34 |
| 3 | Hangzhou | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 31 |
| 5 | Wuhan Three Towns | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 31 |
| 6 | Zhenjiang Huasa | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 28 |
| 7 | Nantong Zhiyun | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 27 |
| 9 | Sichuan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Guizhou Zhicheng | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | Suzhou Dongwu | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 |
| 12 | Nanjing City | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 17 |
| 13 | Shenyang Urban | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -10 | 16 |
| 14 | Zibo Sunday | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 14 |
| 15 | Beijing BG | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 10 |
| 16 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -13 | 10 |
| 17 | BIT | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -18 | 7 |
| 18 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -14 | 5 |
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