It's early days in the League One and the teams are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
Qingdao Hainiu could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a FA Cup game only four sleeps ago. That game was a home fixture for Qingdao Hainiu, against Lhasa Chengtou. But now it's all about beating Nei Mongol Zhongyou!
Nei Mongol Zhongyou form and stats
The hosts won their first game here, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Nei Mongol Zhongyou last season were 8 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses from 15 games.Nei Mongol Zhongyou's previous game was a League One match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Shaanxi Chang'an. The home side are looking to build on that result. In the game before, an away victory match versus Changchun Yatai with a 2-0 scoreline.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Nei Mongol Zhongyou at home. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Qingdao Hainiu form and stats
Qingdao Hainiu are doing rather OK so far in their away games, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).Qingdao Hainiu won their last game, 2-0 versus Lhasa Chengtou played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Guizhou Zhicheng.
Qingdao Hainiu has the goal stats of 2-4 (for/against) from 2 business trips at the early stages of this season.
Head 2 Head
Last eight meetings between the teams: Nei Mongol Zhongyou won 1, Qingdao Hainiu won 6 and 1 draw.Top Goalscorers
Zhang Tianxiang 2 goals |  A. Senghor 2 goals |  Wang Dong 2 goals |
Nei Mongol Zhongyou missing players
Qingdao Hainiu missing players
| Nei Mongol Zhongyou | Qingdao Hainiu | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 5 | 1 | Played | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | Scored | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 0 | Conceded | 4 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 80% |
| 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 80% |
| 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 100% | 80% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | Both teams to score | 50% | 40% |
| 60% | 100% | Clean Sheet | 0% | 40% |
| 40% | 0% | Failed To Score | 50% | 40% |
| 3 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | 2 | 4.6 |
| 5.8 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | 5.5 | 4.4 |
| 1.4 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.5 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | Red Cards (total) | 0 | 0 |
| Nei Mongol Zhongyou | Last season | Qingdao Hainiu | ||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | Played | 15 | 30 |
| 36 | 18 | Scored | 32 | 63 |
| 54 | 20 | Conceded | 26 | 44 |
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | 93% | 97% |
| 73% | 67% | Over 1.5 | 87% | 87% |
| 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | 80% | 73% |
| 37% | 20% | Over 3.5 | 67% | 50% |
| 20% | 7% | Over 4.5 | 40% | 33% |
| 53% | 53% | Both teams to score | 80% | 77% |
| 20% | 33% | Clean Sheet | 13% | 17% |
| 33% | 20% | Failed To Score | 13% | 10% |
| 1.4 | 2.1 | Corners For (avg) | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| 1.7 | 2.2 | Corners Against (avg) | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| 1.2 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 3 | Red Cards (total) | 1 | 3 |
- Qingdao Hainiu is involved in more matches over 2.5 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 | D | P |
| 1 | Meizhou Meixian Techand | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Guizhou Zhicheng | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Hangzhou | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Qingdao Hainiu | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Nei Mongol Zhongyou | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Liaoning Kaixin | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 8 |
| 8 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | Changchun Yatai | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Sichuan Longfor | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 12 | Beijing BG | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 5 |
| 13 | Nantong Zhiyun | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 14 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 4 |
| 15 | Shanghai Shenxin | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 4 |
| 16 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -9 | 1 |
