Victory to the hosting team is expected from this game if the league standings is a way to look into the future. The Sichuan club members are positive that the gap between 5th and Dongguan United's 11th spot in the table will be revealed on the playing field.
- Sichuan have the most points from losing position (6) in League One
- Dongguan United have yet to win a game away.
The visiting Dongguan United played their last game only four days ago, a FA Cup match.
Sichuan form and stats
Sichuan have played 5 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Sichuan's previous fixture was also a home event, the loss 1-4 against Hangzhou (in FA Cup).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a League One home game that ended 1-1 versus Guangxi Baoyun.There will be little rest for Sichuan after this match as they are travelling to Wuxi Wugou for a League One game in only four days.
A decent goal production from Sichuan in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. 6 goals have been conceded.
Dongguan United form and stats
The visitors are W0-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League One.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, a FA Cup home loss versus Shandong Luneng with 1-6 on the scoreboard.
A draw for Dongguan United before that, at their own venue hosting Suzhou Dongwu (0-0).A tale of few goals? 8 of this team's last 10 league rounds have seen two or less goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Guangxi Baoyun in just four days.
Dongguan are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {1 goals} from 4 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Dongguan United have conceded 7 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Ortiz Mendoza 4 goals | E. García Martín 3 goals |   K. Onuegbu 2 goals |
Sichuan missing players
Dongguan United missing players
| Sichuan | Dongguan United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 90% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 60% |
| 30% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 80% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 40% |
| 30% | 20% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 75% | 40% |
| 5.4 | 6.6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 2.8 | 3.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 4.6 |
| 2.4 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.6 | 12.8 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4.5 | 6 |
| 3.5 | 5.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| 34% | 35% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 11% | 24% |
| 4.7 | 6.4 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11 | 7.9 |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.8 | 2.7 |
- All of Sichuan's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Dongguan United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Dongguan United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Dongguan United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Dongguan United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Dongguan United have yet to win a game away.
- Dongguan United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Sichuan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sichuan have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dongguan United have scored away.
- Sichuan have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sichuan have the most points from losing position (6) in League One
- Sichuan have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Sichuan have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sichuan 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 | Guangxi Baoyun | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 24 |
| 2 | Qingdao Youth Island | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | Nanjing City | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Jinan Xingzhou | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Sichuan | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Suzhou Dongwu | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 7 | Yanbian Longding | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 15 |
| 9 | Shijiazhuang Kungfu | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 10 | Dantong Hantong | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Dongguan United | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 12 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 8 |
| 13 | Shenyang Urban | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 8 |
| 14 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 15 | Shanghai Jiading | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -12 | 4 |
| 16 | Wuxi Wugou | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | -16 | 3 |
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