6th spot in the League One table for Sichuan right now, a good achievement. The match-going supporters hope for more goals as 11th-placed Zibo Sunday visit Dalian University Stadium.
- Sichuan have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in League One
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sichuan and Zibo Sunday.
Sichuan form and stats
Sichuan have collected 25 points from their League One home games so far after 8-1-6.
The home fans saw a 1-1 draw versus Jiangxi Liansheng last time out and are looking for a win here.
Before that match, a win away at Beijing BG.It should be considered that a look at the 13 most recent league games shows that 11 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sichuan as they are travelling to their away game against Zhenjiang Huasa in the League One. That match is three days after this one.
Sichuan has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches.
Zibo Sunday form and stats
There's been little loot from Zibo Sunday's travels as they have only collected 16 points from 16 away games in the League One. Zibo Sunday only have 5 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 1 draw. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Zibo Sunday are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
The club members enjoyed Sunday's previous fixture versus Beijing BG (placed 16th), a 2-1 win played at home. Those three points felt sweet as this club had gone four league matches without winning.
A 0-3 defeat away at Suzhou Dongwu before that.Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this team's 11 most recent league games have ended with three or more goals.
A new game in only three days for Zibo Sunday, the League One home match versus Jiangxi Liansheng. Busy days.
As for defending, Zibo Sunday rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 30 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Sichuan have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (1-3-0) when facing Zibo Sunday.The fixture history shows this score when the contenders met earlier this campaign; Zibo Sunday - Sichuan 1-2.
Top Goalscorers
  X. Ma 10 goals |   S. Ji 9 goals | E. García Martín 6 goals |
Sichuan missing players
Zibo Sunday missing players
| Sichuan | Zibo Sunday | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | 13 |
| 39 | 21 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | 36 |
| 27 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 12 | 27 | 46 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 87% |
| 74% | 87% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 67% | 73% |
| 26% | 27% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 60% | 60% |
| 6% | 13% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 33% | 37% |
| 6% | 13% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 27% | 13% |
| 26% | 13% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 53% | 57% |
| 42% | 53% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 30% |
| 32% | 33% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 27% | 27% |
| 5.6 | 6.3 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.9 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
| 1.3 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9.6 | 8.1 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 6.6 | 6.8 |
| 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| 33% | 39% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 48% | 46% |
| 5.9 | 6.3 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 8.5 | 9.4 |
| 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 2.7 | 3.9 |
- Sichuan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sichuan have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in League One
- Sichuan have the most matches under the total-line (23) in League One
- 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 | Zhenjiang Huasa | 31 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 75 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 10 | 56 | 80 |
| 2 | Nantong Zhiyun | 31 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 59 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 44 | 70 |
| 3 | Qingdao Jonoon | 31 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 66 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 7 | 45 | 69 |
| 4 | Hebei Kungfu | 31 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 22 | 63 |
| 5 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 31 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 48 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 24 | 59 |
| 6 | Sichuan | 31 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 39 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 54 |
| 7 | Suzhou Dongwu | 31 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 48 |
| 8 | Nanjing City | 31 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 34 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 44 |
| 9 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 44 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 28 | -2 | 40 |
| 10 | Qingdao Youth Island | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 40 | 41 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 21 | -1 | 39 |
| 11 | Zibo Sunday | 31 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 49 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 30 | -13 | 39 |
| 12 | Shenyang Urban | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 48 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -16 | 34 |
| 13 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 31 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 47 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | -11 | 33 |
| 14 | Guangxi Baoyun | 31 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 29 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -6 | 32 |
| 15 | Shanghai Jiading | 31 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 29 | 61 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 34 | -32 | 25 |
| 16 | Beijing BG | 31 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 56 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 33 | -32 | 23 |
| 17 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 31 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 29 | 71 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 42 | -42 | 21 |
| 18 | BIT | 31 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 74 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 34 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 40 | -60 | 6 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
