League One: The average league table spots shows the journey Shanghai Jiading and Qingdao Youth Island have taken uptil now. Both contenders are up for it; let's go!
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.
Shanghai Jiading form and stats
Shanghai Jiading have collected 23 points from their League One home games so far after 7-2-3.
Shanghai's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-2 versus Qingdao Youth Island (placed 8th). The home side are looking to build on that result.
Before that game, the home loss against Zhenjiang Huasa with the scoreline 2-6.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Shanghai Jiading home games with this odds we find 4 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 2 matches were won by at least two goals.
The Shanghai Jiading fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 12 league matches. Shanghai have conceded 16 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Qingdao Youth Island form and stats
There's been little loot from Qingdao Youth Island's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 12 away games in the League One. Qingdao Youth Island only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws.
Qingdao Youth Island lost away at Shanghai Jiading (2-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
A draw for Qingdao Youth Island before that, at their own venue hosting Jiangxi Liansheng (2-2).Qingdao find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. Qingdao Youth Island have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Shanghai Jiading - Qingdao Youth Island 3-2 was the outcome when these squads formerly played each other, earlier this season. Head to head statistics (for the former two meetings): Shanghai won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Qingdao Youth Island have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / zero. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Valdumar with 6 goals scored against Shanghai Jiading in these 2 matches.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Augusto Té 10 goals | J. Lourenço da Silva 6 goals |  A. Ferreira 4 goals |
Shanghai Jiading missing players
Qingdao Youth Island missing players
| Shanghai Jiading | Qingdao Youth Island | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 7 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 13 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 26 | 19 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 30 |
| 41 | 16 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 17 | 28 |
| 88% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 83% | 88% |
| 79% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 42% | 50% |
| 33% | 42% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 42% | 29% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | 50% |
| 29% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | 29% |
| 33% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 42% | 33% |
| 3.7 | 4.4 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| 4.2 | 3.7 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 8.2 | 9.6 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.2 | 6.5 | 6.7 |
| 2.6 | 3.5 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| 42% | 46% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 62% | 58% |
| 10.7 | 9.7 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.2 | 7.1 | 6.1 |
| 3.4 | 2.7 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| 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 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 54 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 10 | 39 | 59 |
| 2 | Nantong Zhiyun | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 38 | 57 |
| 3 | Qingdao Jonoon | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 24 | 47 |
| 4 | Hebei Kungfu | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 46 |
| 5 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 21 | 44 |
| 6 | Sichuan | 23 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 41 |
| 7 | Suzhou Dongwu | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 35 |
| 8 | Qingdao Youth Island | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 33 |
| 9 | Zibo Sunday | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -3 | 33 |
| 10 | Nanjing City | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 30 |
| 11 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 27 |
| 12 | Shanghai Jiading | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 41 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 25 | -15 | 25 |
| 13 | Guangxi Baoyun | 23 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 23 |
| 14 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -7 | 23 |
| 15 | Beijing BG | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 19 | -17 | 19 |
| 16 | Shenyang Urban | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -22 | 17 |
| 17 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 23 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 50 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 26 | -32 | 14 |
| 18 | BIT | 23 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 56 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 28 | -47 | 3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
