Suzhou Dongwu will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 12 points behind Chengdu Qianbao.
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.
Suzhou Dongwu form and stats
The story so far in the League One for Suzhou Dongwu at their home stadium (Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium) is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Preceding that match was the home game against Beijing Renhe that was lost 0-2.
The manager J. Liu will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Beijing BG in only four days.
Suzhou has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Suzhou defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Chengdu Qianbao form and stats
3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Chengdu Qianbao, who have the most scored goals (13) in League One, playing as the away team in the League One this season.
The Chengdu Qianbao goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 216 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Beijing BG with the score of 1-0.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Nei Mongol Zhongyou in just four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Chengdu Qianbao's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 league matches away. As opposed to that, Chengdu Qianbao have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Chengdu Qianbao - Suzhou 2-1 entered in the official records.Top Goalscorers
  Z. Li 2 goals |  H. Li 2 goals |  D. Quintana Sosa 2 goals |
Suzhou Dongwu missing players
Chengdu Qianbao missing players
| Suzhou Dongwu | Chengdu Qianbao | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 62% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 76 | 33 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 45 | 82 |
| 26 | 15 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 20 | 36 |
| 27% | 27% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 35% | 36% |
- Chengdu Qianbao has the most points (9) away in League One
- Chengdu Qianbao has the most scored goals (13) in League One
- Chengdu Qianbao has the most scored goals (7) away in League One
- Chengdu Qianbao has the most scored goals in the first half (6) in League One
- Chengdu Qianbao has the most scored goals in the second half (7) in League One
- Chengdu Qianbao has the the best goal difference (+3) away in League One
- Chengdu Qianbao has the the best goal difference (+6) in League One
- Chengdu Qianbao have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Chengdu Qianbao haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Chengdu Qianbao is in the best form (4-1-1)
- Suzhou Dongwu has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in League One
- Suzhou Dongwu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Chengdu Qianbao | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 2 | Taizhou Yuanda | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Beijing Renhe | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | Suzhou Dongwu | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 5 | Beijing BG | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 6 | Nei Mongol Zhongyou | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 6 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)