Shaanxi Chang'an make preparations for another game after their 0-2 result against Heilongjiang Lava Spring, a game that produced some answers. Will they show it against Nanjing City?
- Shaanxi Chang'an have the most points from losing position (14) in League One
Nanjing City could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a FA Cup game only three sleeps ago.
Shaanxi Chang'an form and stats
Shaanxi Chang'an are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Jiangning Sports Center, having lost their two previous games here.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 215 minutes without scoring a league goal. Junliang was the last player to find the net.
The Chang'an crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Heilongjiang Lava Spring here at Jiangning Sports Center.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Hebei Kungfu (0-2).It should be added that a look at the 12 most recent league games shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
Shaanxi Chang'an are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Shanghai Jiading awaits in three days.
Shaanxi Chang'an are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Chang'an are not conceding a lot of goals here at Jiangning Sports Center in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 15 matches.
Nanjing City form and stats
Nanjing City are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
The Nanjing goalkeeper Zihao Huang is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 211 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a FA Cup home defeat versus Shanghai SIPG with 0-5 on the scoreboard.
A draw for Nanjing City before that, at their own venue hosting Hebei Kungfu (0-0).Looking at the earlier recent performances of Nanjing when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 1 and winning 0 games.
A quick return to home after this game, as Nanjing City are hosting Nantong Zhiyun in the League One only four days away.
The visiting Nanjing have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 14 games.
Head 2 Head
Here's the end result when the contenders played each other earlier this season; Nanjing City - Shaanxi Chang'an 2-3. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: three - zero - zero (Shaanxi Chang'an wins - draws - Nanjing City wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Messi Bouli 15 goals |  Z. Pang 10 goals | J. Ma 4 goals |
Shaanxi Chang'an missing players
Nanjing City missing players
| Shaanxi Chang'an | Nanjing City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 16 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 45 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 18 | 37 |
| 22 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 14 | 33 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 71% | 79% |
| 72% | 73% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 71% | 72% |
| 34% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 43% | 48% |
| 21% | 13% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 29% | 28% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 45% | 47% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 43% | 52% |
| 41% | 33% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 43% | 38% |
| 17% | 27% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 43% | 31% |
| 4.6 | 5.6 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.9 | 5.3 |
| 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.2 | 8.3 | 7.7 |
| 2.7 | 2.4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 59% | 47% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 43% | 47% |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
- Shaanxi Chang'an have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shaanxi Chang'an have the most points from losing position (14) in League One
- Shaanxi Chang'an have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | Zhenjiang Huasa | 29 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 73 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 10 | 56 | 77 |
| 2 | Nantong Zhiyun | 29 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 57 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 46 | 70 |
| 3 | Qingdao Jonoon | 29 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 63 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 43 | 65 |
| 4 | Hebei Kungfu | 29 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 20 | 57 |
| 5 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 23 | 56 |
| 6 | Sichuan | 29 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 36 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 50 |
| 7 | Suzhou Dongwu | 29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 42 |
| 8 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 44 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 27 | -1 | 40 |
| 9 | Nanjing City | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 37 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 38 |
| 10 | Qingdao Youth Island | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -1 | 38 |
| 11 | Zibo Sunday | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 27 | -11 | 36 |
| 12 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 21 | -9 | 32 |
| 13 | Shenyang Urban | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 48 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -17 | 31 |
| 14 | Guangxi Baoyun | 30 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -9 | 29 |
| 15 | Shanghai Jiading | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 28 | 58 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 34 | -30 | 25 |
| 16 | Beijing BG | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 52 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 31 | -29 | 23 |
| 17 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 30 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 27 | 66 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 37 | -39 | 21 |
| 18 | BIT | 29 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 71 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 39 | -57 | 6 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
