Getting closer to the top sides is the task when these two mid-table sides battle it out. Both will be trying to strenghten their league status, Sichuan in 9th and Suzhou Dongwu in 12th place.
- Suzhou Dongwu have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in League One
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.
Sichuan form and stats
The story so far in the League One for Sichuan at their home stadium is 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Sichuan's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Nantong Zhiyun (placed 5th).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Shenyang Urban and winning 2-1.Sichuan are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Beijing BG awaits in four days.
Sichuan has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Sichuan are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Suzhou Dongwu form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Suzhou Dongwu so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 3-0-6 (win-draw-lose). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Suzhou Dongwu, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The Jiangxi Liansheng game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.
Suzhou Dongwu's last game was the home draw against Beijing BG (2-2).
A loss against Nantong Zhiyun was the result prior to that, in a home game.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Shaanxi Chang'an in just four days.
Suzhou have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 12 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Suzhou, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Q. Wang 5 goals | K. Xiao 5 goals |  C. Tang 5 goals |
Sichuan missing players
Suzhou Dongwu missing players
| Sichuan | Suzhou Dongwu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 16 | 31 |
| 23 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 8 | 25 | 46 |
| 83% | 87% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 52% | 47% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 79% | 76% |
| 24% | 13% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 64% | 55% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | 31% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 14% | 7% |
| 38% | 27% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 62% |
| 45% | 53% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 34% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 28% |
| 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.9 | 4.4 |
| 3.3 | 4.4 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| 2 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 5.3 | 6.4 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 7.1 | 6.4 |
| 2.3 | 2.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 44% | 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 43% | 45% |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 7 | 5.4 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 3.4 | 2.6 |
- Suzhou Dongwu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Suzhou Dongwu have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in League One
- Suzhou Dongwu haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Meizhou Hakka | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 54 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 32 | 71 |
| 2 | Wuhan Three Towns | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 32 | 70 |
| 3 | Hangzhou | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 23 | 62 |
| 4 | Chengdu Qianbao | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 31 | 59 |
| 5 | Nantong Zhiyun | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 55 |
| 6 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 51 |
| 7 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 28 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 49 |
| 8 | Zhenjiang Huasa | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 16 | 47 |
| 9 | Sichuan | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 42 |
| 10 | Guizhou Zhicheng | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 39 |
| 11 | Nanjing City | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -6 | 38 |
| 12 | Suzhou Dongwu | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -13 | 27 |
| 13 | Zibo Sunday | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -15 | 27 |
| 14 | Shenyang Urban | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 16 | -21 | 25 |
| 15 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -23 | 23 |
| 16 | Beijing BG | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -5 | 22 |
| 17 | BIT | 20 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 26 | -40 | 11 |
| 18 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 20 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 21 | -42 | 9 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)