The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Nantong Zhiyun are in the 3rd position while the guesting Suzhou Dongwu worry at 6th.
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
The story so far in the League One for Nantong Zhiyun at their home stadium (Changzhou Olympic Sports Center) is 1 win, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
Nantong Zhiyun manager H. Xie and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Heilongjiang Lava Spring in the League One. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Heilongjiang Lava Spring.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Nantong, as the League One home game vs Nei Mongol Zhongyou is only four days away.
Nantong aren't scoring a lot here at Changzhou Olympic Sports Center in the league, with only 4 goals from 5 games. Nantong are not conceding a lot of goals here at Changzhou Olympic Sports Center in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
Suzhou Dongwu form and stats
1-0-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Suzhou Dongwu in their League One matches away. Three has not been a lucky number for Suzhou as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Nei Mongol Zhongyou match.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League One home defeat versus Nei Mongol Zhongyou with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Beijing BG's place.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Jiangxi Liansheng in just three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Suzhou as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. Suzhou struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 8 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - one - zero (Nantong Zhiyun wins - draws - Suzhou Dongwu wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Nantong Zhiyun missing players
Suzhou Dongwu missing players
| Nantong Zhiyun | Suzhou Dongwu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 18 |
| 82% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 91% |
| 64% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 64% |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 45% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 36% |
| 36% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 60% | 55% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 68 | 31 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 45 | 87 |
| 25 | 11 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 13 | 33 |
| 40% | 36% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 23% | 24% |
- Nantong Zhiyun has the most scored goals in the first half (5) in League One
- Suzhou Dongwu have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Suzhou Dongwu haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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)