League One: Nantong Zhiyun host Heilongjiang Lava Spring in what promises to be an engaging football game. Here's all the pre-match info you need!
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest conceded goals (18) in League One
- Heilongjiang Lava Spring have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Nantong Zhiyun can neither be promoted or relegated from League One. Heilongjiang is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.
It's no vacation for neither Nantong Zhiyun nor Heilongjiang Lava Spring as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Nantong Zhiyun form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Rugao Olympic Sports Center Stadium as Nantong Zhiyun have scored 26 goals to get 34 points from 16 games. The overall stats in the League One are 10-4-2 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Nantong Zhiyun to get some points in this home game.
The club members are hoping that Nantong will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the game against Shaanxi Chang'an (placed 5th).
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Nanjing City.It should be added that a peek at the 19 latest league matches reveals that 15 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).
The manager Cao will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Shanghai Jiading in only four days.
A decent goal production from Nantong Zhiyun in their home games so far, with 26 goals from 16 league matches. Nantong Zhiyun have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {7 goals}.
Heilongjiang Lava Spring form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats.
The attacking players of Heilongjiang have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 200 minutes.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Nanjing City with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
A 0-1 defeat away at Shijiazhuang Kungfu before that.Some information for sports gamblers wanting to bet on only one (or no) team scoring in this match: This club have played 5 consecutive league matches with just one or no team finding the net.
A quick return to home after this game, as Heilongjiang Lava Spring are hosting Shaanxi Chang'an in the League One only four days away.
Heilongjiang Lava Spring are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 21 away goals from 16 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Heilongjiang have conceded 28 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Nantong Zhiyun have put together a streak of 7 consecutive games without defeat (4-3-0) when facing Heilongjiang Lava Spring.Strangely enough, Heilongjiang Lava Spring met Nantong Zhiyun the last time they featured in a game with three or more goals in total. That was the Heilongjiang - Nantong Zhiyun 0-3 game five league rounds ago, and only "under 2.5" for the visitors since then!
Top Goalscorers
  J. Correia 21 goals |  A. Traoré 9 goals |  E. Etti 8 goals |
Nantong Zhiyun missing players
Heilongjiang Lava Spring missing players
| Nantong Zhiyun | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 31 |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 61 | 26 | 7 | Scored | S | 6 | 21 | 41 |
| 18 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 10 | 28 | 47 |
| 88% | 81% | 60% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 69% | 62% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 88% | 81% |
| 59% | 50% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 62% | 58% |
| 22% | 12% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 31% | 35% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 19% | 13% |
| 38% | 31% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 69% | 61% |
| 59% | 62% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 19% | 23% |
| 16% | 25% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 12% | 23% |
| 5.5 | 5.9 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.2 | 4.4 | 4 |
| 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.5 | 9.5 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.1 | 7.5 |
| 4.1 | 4 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| 47% | 41% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 48% | 46% |
| 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 8.6 | 8.7 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 3.9 | 3.3 |
- Heilongjiang Lava Spring have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Heilongjiang Lava Spring haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Nantong Zhiyun have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest conceded goals (18) in League One
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in League One
- Nantong Zhiyun have the most clean sheets (10) at home in League One
- Nantong Zhiyun have the most clean sheets (19) in League One
- Nantong Zhiyun have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| 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 | 31 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 75 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 10 | 56 | 80 |
| 2 | Qingdao Jonoon | 32 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 73 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 8 | 51 | 72 |
| 3 | Nantong Zhiyun | 32 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 61 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 43 | 70 |
| 4 | Shijiazhuang Kungfu | 32 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 45 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 20 | 63 |
| 5 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 51 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 25 | 62 |
| 6 | Sichuan | 32 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 40 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 57 |
| 7 | Suzhou Dongwu | 31 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 48 |
| 8 | Nanjing City | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 34 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 47 |
| 9 | Qingdao Youth Island | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 42 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 1 | 42 |
| 10 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 47 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 28 | -3 | 40 |
| 11 | Zibo Sunday | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 36 | 50 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 31 | -14 | 39 |
| 12 | Shenyang Urban | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 33 | 49 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -16 | 35 |
| 13 | Guangxi Baoyun | 32 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 30 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -6 | 33 |
| 14 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 31 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 47 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | -11 | 33 |
| 15 | Shanghai Jiading | 32 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 33 | 63 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 29 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 34 | -30 | 28 |
| 16 | Beijing BG | 31 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 56 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 33 | -32 | 23 |
| 17 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 32 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 30 | 78 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 42 | -48 | 21 |
| 18 | BIT | 32 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 77 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 37 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 40 | -62 | 6 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
