Neutral parties would believe there's a significant gap in quality between these sides based on results so far, with Nantong Zhiyun ahead of BIT by 51 points.
- Nantong Zhiyun have the most scored goals (46) in League One
- BIT have the fewest scored goals (8) in League One
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There have been little to rest for the host team, as they featured in a League One fixture only four days ago. That game was an away game at Beijing BG, so at least Nantong Zhiyun are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Nantong Zhiyun form and stats
Nantong Zhiyun are steadily winning League One games and points here at Kangqiao Football Base. 8 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 11 games.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Nantong Zhiyun, as their goalkeeper Xiaodong Shi has completely shut out the opponents for 722 minutes in the League One.
A strong away win for Nantong against Beijing BG the last match, as Ming-Yang were on target.
Before that, Nantong Zhiyun had a home game versus Sichuan which ended with a victory 2-0.Everyone expects Nantong Zhiyun to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 6 games: 6 home wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Nantong Zhiyun have won with at least two goals margin 6 times in similar situations.
It should be noted that a look at the 11 most recent league matches reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).
There will be little rest for Nantong after this match as they are travelling to Qingdao Jonoon for a League One game in only four days.
A decent goal production from Nantong Zhiyun in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 11 league matches. Defensively Nantong Zhiyun have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 11 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
BIT form and stats
Playing away, BIT, who have the fewest scored goals (8) in League One, have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 10 defeats in the League One this season. With the BIT losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
BIT aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 477 league minutes without a goal. Xiantao was the last player to find the net.
Home advantage was not enough for BIT in their previous game as they lost hosting Sichuan, 0-2.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-5 defeat against Shijiazhuang Kungfu.Nobody expects BIT to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 31 times before, with the overall statistics of won 7, draw 1 and lost 23. When defeated, 15 matches have been lost by two or more goals.
Stats flash: 9 of the last 11 league matches featuring this club have ended with only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).
A new game in only four days for BIT, the League One home match versus Beijing BG. Busy days.
The attacking power of BIT when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 10 league matches away. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that BIT concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own. BIT has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams get together this campaign, as the records show this recent fixture: BIT - Nantong 0-3. Previous three meetings with these squads: Nantong Zhiyun won three, BIT were winners in zero and we saw zero draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less. One of the profiles has been Turbo with 3 goals scored against BIT in these 3 meetings.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Correia 17 goals |  A. Traoré 8 goals | Z. Jiang 5 goals |
Nantong Zhiyun missing players
BIT missing players
| Nantong Zhiyun | BIT | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 16 | 8 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 46 | 20 | 12 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 8 | 27 | 54 |
| 86% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 76% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 86% |
| 67% | 55% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 70% | 62% |
| 24% | 9% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 60% | 43% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 10% | 10% |
| 38% | 36% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 29% |
| 62% | 64% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 14% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 71% |
| 5 | 5.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.3 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 2.9 | 2.6 | 1.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 10 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| 48% | 41% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 29% | 26% |
| 5 | 4.1 | 3.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3.7 | 8.2 | 10.1 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
- BIT have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- BIT have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- BIT have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- BIT have lost all their away matches so far.
- BIT have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- BIT have the fewest points (0) away in League One
- BIT have the fewest scored goals (8) in League One
- BIT have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in League One
- BIT have the most conceded goals (27) away in League One
- BIT have the most conceded goals (54) in League One
- BIT have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in League One
- BIT have the the worst goal difference (-21) away in League One
- BIT have the the worst goal difference (-46) in League One
- BIT haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Nantong Zhiyun have created more than twice as many corners as BIT.
- Nantong Zhiyun have not yet lost a game.
- Nantong Zhiyun have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Nantong Zhiyun have scored more than double the goals of BIT.
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest conceded goals (9) in League One
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in League One
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in League One
- Nantong Zhiyun have the most clean sheets (13) in League One
- Nantong Zhiyun have the most matches over the total-line (14) in League One
- Nantong Zhiyun have the most points (27) at home in League One
- Nantong Zhiyun have the most scored goals (46) in League One
- Nantong Zhiyun have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in League One
- Nantong Zhiyun have the the best goal difference (+16) at home in League One
- Nantong Zhiyun have the the best goal difference (+37) in League One
- Nantong Zhiyun have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 37 | 53 |
| 2 | Zhenjiang Huasa | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 43 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 31 | 53 |
| 3 | Qingdao Jonoon | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 24 | 46 |
| 4 | Shijiazhuang Kungfu | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 43 |
| 5 | Sichuan | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 41 |
| 6 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 16 | 38 |
| 7 | Suzhou Dongwu | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 32 |
| 8 | Qingdao Youth Island | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 31 |
| 9 | Nanjing City | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 30 |
| 10 | Zibo Sunday | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -4 | 29 |
| 11 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 26 |
| 12 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | Shanghai Jiading | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 25 | -12 | 22 |
| 14 | Guangxi Baoyun | 21 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 20 |
| 15 | Beijing BG | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 18 | -17 | 18 |
| 16 | Shenyang Urban | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -21 | 16 |
| 17 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 21 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 22 | -29 | 11 |
| 18 | BIT | 21 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 54 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 27 | -46 | 2 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
