Shaanxi Chang'an are considered as favourites to win this home game against Xinjiang Tianshan, if the league positions are anything to judge by. Or are we eyeing a possible shock?
- Shaanxi Chang'an have the most points from losing position (11) in League One
- Xinjiang Tianshan have yet to win a game away.
It's quite the trip for Xinjiang Tianshan when visiting Chang'an as the cities are 1100 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.
Shaanxi Chang'an form and stats
Shaanxi Chang'an have played 11 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-6-2 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager Wang led his Shaanxi Chang'an to a defeat away at Suzhou Dongwu. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Jiangning Sports Center.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Zibo Sunday.It should be taken into account that a glance at the 10 latest league fixtures reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Shaanxi Chang'an as they are travelling to their away game against Shenyang Urban in the League One. That match is four days after this one.
Shaanxi 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 10 from 11 matches.
Xinjiang Tianshan form and stats
There's been little loot from Xinjiang Tianshan's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 10 away games in the League One. Xinjiang Tianshan only have 0 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 1 draw. With the Xinjiang losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
Xinjiang Tianshan might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Zibo Sunday proved too strong as Xinjiang Tianshan slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Changzhou Institute of Technology.
A 2-3 loss hosting Nanjing City before that.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Xinjiang Tianshan played away with similar odds. This revealed 7 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 5 times.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 8 of this side's 10 latest league games have ended with three goals or more.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Suzhou Dongwu in just three days.
Xinjiang are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 4 goals from 10 away games. For Xinjiang Tianshan, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Shaanxi Chang'an have avoided a loss in the last 6 games (4-2-0) against Xinjiang Tianshan.Shaanxi Chang'an and Xinjiang Tianshan have faced each other earlier this season: Xinjiang Tianshan - Chang'an 0-2.
Top Goalscorers
  Z. Pang 8 goals | J. Ma 3 goals |  R. Ndip Tambe 3 goals |
Shaanxi Chang'an missing players
Xinjiang Tianshan missing players
| Shaanxi Chang'an | Xinjiang Tianshan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | 16 |
| 30 | 11 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| 14 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 10 | 22 | 46 |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 86% |
| 29% | 18% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 62% |
| 14% | 9% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 30% | 33% |
| 5% | 9% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 48% | 64% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | 62% |
| 43% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 14% | 18% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 60% | 33% |
| 4 | 4.7 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
| 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 4.3 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2.5 | 5.5 | 6.3 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 62% | 50% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 17% | 33% |
| 4 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.5 | 6.7 | 9.2 |
| 1.3 | 1.6 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.5 |
- Shaanxi Chang'an have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shaanxi Chang'an have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Xinjiang Tianshan have scored away.
- Shaanxi Chang'an have the most points from losing position (11) in League One
- Xinjiang Tianshan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Xinjiang Tianshan have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Xinjiang Tianshan have yet to win a game away.
- Xinjiang Tianshan haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nantong Zhiyun | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 38 | 56 |
| 2 | Zhenjiang Huasa | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 48 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 35 | 56 |
| 3 | Qingdao Jonoon | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 24 | 46 |
| 4 | Hebei Kungfu | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 43 |
| 5 | Sichuan | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 41 |
| 6 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 16 | 38 |
| 7 | Suzhou Dongwu | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 35 |
| 8 | Qingdao Youth Island | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 32 |
| 9 | Nanjing City | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 30 |
| 10 | Zibo Sunday | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -4 | 29 |
| 11 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 27 |
| 12 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | Shanghai Jiading | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 25 | -12 | 22 |
| 14 | Guangxi Baoyun | 22 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -6 | 20 |
| 15 | Beijing BG | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 18 | -17 | 18 |
| 16 | Shenyang Urban | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -21 | 16 |
| 17 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 21 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 22 | -29 | 11 |
| 18 | BIT | 22 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 28 | -47 | 2 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
