On paper it looks like advantage Nanjing City in this game versus Xinjiang Tianshan, but the visitors will battle to the bitter end. Here's our complete match preview!
- Nanjing City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Xinjiang Tianshan have the fewest scored goals (4) away in League One
Not much time to rest for the home side, as they had a League One match only four days back. This match was also played here at Jiangning Sports Center. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Xinjiang Tianshan have had more rest.
Nanjing City form and stats
Overall League One statistics at home this season for Nanjing City are 4-2-5 (wins-draws-losses). Nanjing are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Jiangning Sports Center, having lost their two previous games here.
Nanjing City's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Zibo Sunday (placed 9th).
Before that game, the home loss against Suzhou Dongwu with the scoreline 1-2.Nanjing City has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Nanjing's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Xinjiang Tianshan form and stats
Xinjiang Tianshan have only collected 1 point from their away games in the League One, after 0-1-10 (11 played). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Xinjiang Tianshan are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Xinjiang Tianshan had fun at their own home (Jiangning Sports Center) last time out, beating Suzhou Dongwu 1-0. That win was so important for this team, after a painful period of 15 league rounds in a row not winning.
A 0-4 defeat away at Shaanxi Chang'an before that.With the hosts identified as having a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the away team would be unexpected. Researching previous matches with similar odds and Xinjiang Tianshan as the visiting side, we found 9 results. The data from these were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 8 defeats. The visitors lost 6 of these matches by at least two goals.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this club's 12 most recent league matches have ended with at least three goals.
Goals are few and far between in Xinjiang's away league games. Only 4 goals from 11 travels. The Xinjiang Tianshan manager Azimat has some worries about the defense as 26 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The last head to head encounter ended Xinjiang Tianshan - Nanjing City 2-3, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Nanjing three wins, zero draws and Xinjiang Tianshan zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Bouli with 3 goals scored against Xinjiang Tianshan in these 3 matches.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Messi Bouli 12 goals |  X. Zhang 3 goals | Z. Xie 3 goals |
Nanjing City missing players
Xinjiang Tianshan missing players
| Nanjing City | Xinjiang Tianshan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | 17 |
| 27 | 14 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 18 |
| 27 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 10 | 26 | 50 |
| 83% | 91% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 74% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 82% | 83% |
| 43% | 45% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 55% | 61% |
| 26% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | 35% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 52% | 55% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 36% | 57% |
| 35% | 36% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 30% | 18% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 64% | 35% |
| 5.5 | 6.1 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 3.7 | 4.4 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7.6 | 7.1 | 6.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 5.1 | 6 |
| 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 44% | 56% | 78% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 17% | 33% |
| 5.3 | 5.7 | 3.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 6.5 | 8.8 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
- Nanjing City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nanjing City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Xinjiang Tianshan have scored away.
- Xinjiang Tianshan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Xinjiang Tianshan have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Xinjiang Tianshan have the fewest scored goals (4) away in League One
- Xinjiang Tianshan have yet to win a game away.
- Xinjiang Tianshan 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 | Zhenjiang Huasa | 24 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 58 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 10 | 42 | 62 |
| 2 | Nantong Zhiyun | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 38 | 57 |
| 3 | Qingdao Jonoon | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 27 | 50 |
| 4 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 39 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 23 | 47 |
| 5 | Shijiazhuang Kungfu | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 46 |
| 6 | Sichuan | 23 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 41 |
| 7 | Suzhou Dongwu | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 35 |
| 8 | Qingdao Youth Island | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 33 |
| 9 | Zibo Sunday | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -5 | 33 |
| 10 | Nanjing City | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 30 |
| 11 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 24 | -3 | 27 |
| 12 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | -6 | 26 |
| 13 | Shanghai Jiading | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 41 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 25 | -15 | 25 |
| 14 | Guangxi Baoyun | 24 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -6 | 23 |
| 15 | Beijing BG | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 22 | -20 | 19 |
| 16 | Shenyang Urban | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -22 | 17 |
| 17 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 23 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 50 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 26 | -32 | 14 |
| 18 | BIT | 23 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 56 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 28 | -47 | 3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
