Qingdao Jonoon are located at 2nd, while Shenyang Urban are lingering 37 points behind in the standings. Can they shorten the gap?
- Qingdao Jonoon is in the best form (5-1-0) in League One
- Qingdao Jonoon have scored more than double the goals of Shenyang Urban.
Qingdao Jonoon can neither be promoted or relegated from League One. Shenyang Urban is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.
It's quite the trip for Shenyang Urban when visiting Qingdao as the cities are 1900 kilometers apart.
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.
Qingdao Jonoon form and stats
Qingdao Jonoon have played 16 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 9-4-3 (wins-draws-losses). days ago.
Happy days for Qingdao Jonoon in their previous game, a fixture away at Xinjiang Tianshan (placed 17th) that ended with a 7-1 victory. As mentioned above, Qingdao "killed" Xinjiang Tianshan in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Qingdao Youth Island that ended 1-1.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Qingdao Jonoon as they are travelling to their away game against Guangxi Baoyun in the League One. That match is four days after this one.
Goals decide football matches and Qingdao Jonoon are scoring many of them at home; 34 on target from 16 league matches. Qingdao Jonoon have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Shenyang Urban form and stats
Playing away, Shenyang Urban have won 5 games, drawn 4 and suffered 7 defeats in the League One this season. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Shenyang, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Shenyang Urban's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Guangxi Baoyun that finished 1-1.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus BIT.A new game in only four days for Shenyang, the League One home match versus Qingdao Youth Island. Busy days.
23 goals have been conceded by Shenyang Urban in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Unexpectedly enough, Shenyang have found the net in every league match they've performed in since failing to score against today's opposition; the Shenyang Urban - Qingdao Jonoon 0-3 game five game weeks ago. One of the stars has been Onuegbu with 3 goals scored against Shenyang Urban in these 1 encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Onuegbu 27 goals |  W. Xie 10 goals | J. Liu 6 goals |
Qingdao Jonoon missing players
Shenyang Urban missing players
| Qingdao Jonoon | Shenyang Urban | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 22 | 9 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 73 | 34 | 14 | Scored | S | 2 | 16 | 33 |
| 22 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 8 | 23 | 49 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 88% | 94% |
| 84% | 94% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 75% | 81% |
| 50% | 50% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 56% | 53% |
| 22% | 19% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 25% | 25% |
| 22% | 19% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 53% | 62% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 44% | 50% |
| 41% | 31% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 31% | 22% |
| 9% | 6% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 38% | 34% |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 1.1 | 0.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9.2 | 8.6 | 7.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 8.1 | 8.3 |
| 4.6 | 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
| 52% | 57% | 70% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 35% | 39% |
| 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.4 | 8.7 | 8.1 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 |
- Qingdao Jonoon have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Qingdao Jonoon have scored more than double the goals of Shenyang Urban.
- Qingdao Jonoon have the most scored goals in the first half (43) in League One
- Qingdao Jonoon haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Qingdao Jonoon is in the best form (5-1-0) in League One
- Shenyang Urban 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 | 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)
