This promises to be another interesting encounter at Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium in the League One. Sichuan is in 5th position and welcome Zibo Sunday in 6th place. Read all about the match here!
Sichuan and Zibo Sunday should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Sichuan form and stats
Overall League One stats at home this season for Sichuan are 0-0-1 (wins-draw-losses).
The Sichuan crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Shaanxi Chang'an here at Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium in a League One match. In the match before that, Sichuan hosted Beijing BG and drew the game 1-1.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Sichuan at home in the league. 0 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Last season, Sichuan's league statistics were 7 wins, 8 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 5th position in the League One. Over these 24 matches they scored 27 goals and conceded 36. Playing at home last season Sichuan managed 5-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 11 conceded.
Zibo Sunday form and stats
0 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Zibo Sunday playing as the away team in the League One this season. A depressing five defeats in a row for Sunday in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Baoding Yingli Yitong. It's looking increasingly bleak for Sunday who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Dalian Boyang was the last time a defeat was avoided.
There might be some fixture complaints from Sunday as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the League One match against Xinjiang Tianshan (2-3). A loss against Hangzhou was the result prior to that, in a home game.
A huge disappointment for Sunday in their last match (vs Xinjiang Tianshan). Leading 2-0 the victory seemed almost certain, but a fascinating collapse turned everything around and in the end all was lost in a 2-3 defeat.
2 goals so far away for Zibo Sunday, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Sichuan missing players
Zibo Sunday missing players
| Sichuan | Zibo Sunday | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| Sichuan | Last season | Zibo Sunday | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 15 | 7 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 10 | 28 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Conceded | C | 20 | 30 | ||
| 80% | 71% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | ||
| 73% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 64% | ||
| 33% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 45% | ||
| 13% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 18% | ||
| 67% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 36% | ||
| 27% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 32% | ||
| 27% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 41% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.2 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.7 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 54% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hangzhou | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Meizhou Hakka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Sichuan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 6 | Zibo Sunday | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)