With their 9 point advantage in the league table, Nantong Zhiyun fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Nei Mongol Zhongyou.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Nantong Zhiyun form and stats
1 victory, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Nantong Zhiyun have to build on here at Changzhou Institute of Technology in the League One. The last three games played by Nantong, regardless of arena, have all ended draws. Nantong have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
The spoils were shared in Nantong Zhiyun's previous game, also at home. Visiting Suzhou Dongwu travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Before that, Nantong played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Heilongjiang Lava Spring.
M. Kovačević was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Suzhou Dongwu after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
Nantong are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Shaanxi Chang'an awaits in three days.
Nantong have scored 4 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. Nantong have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Nei Mongol Zhongyou form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Zhongyou's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Shaanxi Chang'an that finished 1-1. Prior to that result Nei Mongol Zhongyou won their away game at Suzhou Dongwu. The scoreline was 3-1.
The schedule is very tough for Zhongyou now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League One game at Jiangxi Liansheng is waiting in only three days.
Goals are few and far between in Zhongyou's away league games. Only 2 goals from 5 travels. As opposed to that, Zhongyou have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's two Nantong victories, one draw and zero Nei Mongol Zhongyou wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Xu 4 goals |   A. Pacheco Fraga 4 goals | M. Kovačević 3 goals |
Nantong Zhiyun missing players
Nei Mongol Zhongyou missing players
| Nantong Zhiyun | Nei Mongol Zhongyou | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 83% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 58% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | 45 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 48 | 91 |
| 32 | 18 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 20 | 35 |
| 34% | 28% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 26% |
- Nantong Zhiyun has the most scored goals in the first half (5) in League One
- Nei Mongol Zhongyou have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Changchun Yatai | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 21 |
| 2 | Zhenjiang Huasa | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | Nantong Zhiyun | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 4 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 5 | Sichuan | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 6 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -11 | 3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)