The League One league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Nantong Zhiyun and Nanjing City are placed 2nd and 4th respectively.
- Nantong Zhiyun have scored in all their matches so far.
- Nanjing City have the most clean sheets (2) 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.
Nantong Zhiyun form and stats
Nantong Zhiyun must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three League One games here at Dalian University Stadium.
The Nantong Zhiyun fans got no joy from their last match, a League One game also here at Dalian University Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Chengdu Qianbao (placed 1st).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Jiangxi Liansheng and winning 3-1.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Nantong as they are travelling to their away game against Zhenjiang Huasa in the League One. That match is four days after this one.
The Nantong fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. 3 goals have been conceded.
Nanjing City form and stats
It's gone fairly well in the League One away games so far for Nanjing City, who have the most clean sheets (2) in League One, with six points collected from three matches. Nanjing has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Two travels in a row for Nanjing City, whose manager could celebrate last time after the League One win against Beijing BG.
A loss against Zhenjiang Huasa was the result prior to that, in a home game.After this away game Nanjing City return home for a League One game against Chengdu Qianbao. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Nanjing as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Nanjing as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Nanjing City - Nantong Zhiyun 1-1.Nantong Zhiyun missing players
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| Nantong Zhiyun | Nanjing City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 33% | 60% |
| 60% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 80% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 20% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.2 | 8.7 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
| 2 | 2.3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| 62% | 57% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 133% |
- Nanjing City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in League One
- Nanjing City have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in League One
- Nanjing City have the most clean sheets (2) away in League One
- Nanjing City have the most clean sheets (2) in League One
- Nanjing City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nantong Zhiyun have scored in all their matches so far.
- Nantong Zhiyun 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 | Chengdu Qianbao | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Nantong Zhiyun | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Zhenjiang Huasa | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 4 | Nanjing City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 5 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -10 | 3 |
| 6 | Beijing BG | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 1 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)