The home supporters bank on three points in this match, and the home advantage should work against a struggling visitor. Suzhou Dongwu are in 11th place while the guesting Jiangxi Liansheng sweat at 16th.
- Suzhou Dongwu have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in League One
- Jiangxi Liansheng have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
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
Suzhou Dongwu's struggle is real here at Huitang Stadium with only 4 points collected from 6 League One games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-4-2. With eight home League One games in a row without a win, the Suzhou fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the BIT game long ago, can be stopped today.
The fans are hoping that Suzhou will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the League One game against Meizhou Hakka (placed 1st).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Hangzhou (0-1).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Suzhou as they are travelling to their away game against Nanjing City in the League One. That match is four days after this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Suzhou here at Huitang Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 6 games). Suzhou Dongwu have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Jiangxi Liansheng form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Jiangxi Liansheng so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-4 (win-draw-lose).
Two travels in a row for Jiangxi Liansheng, whose manager Y. Huang could celebrate last time after the League One win against Shenyang Urban.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-4 defeat against Meizhou Hakka.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Hangzhou in just four days.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Jiangxi Liansheng's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 6 matches. Jiangxi Liansheng struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The former H2H match ended Jiangxi Liansheng - Suzhou 0-1, earlier this season. Statistics for the previous five meetings involving these two squads are: three wins for Suzhou, two draws and zero wins for Jiangxi Liansheng. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  C. Tang 5 goals | L. Zhang 4 goals |  M. Hu 3 goals |
Suzhou Dongwu missing players
Jiangxi Liansheng missing players
| Suzhou Dongwu | Jiangxi Liansheng | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 26 | 11 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 30 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 13 | 19 | 46 |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 95% |
| 73% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 55% | 64% |
| 45% | 36% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 36% | 45% |
| 32% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 27% | 41% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 27% | 23% |
| 64% | 64% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 18% | 32% |
| 18% | 18% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 36% | 18% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 55% | 55% |
| 4.5 | 4.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.1 |
| 3.5 | 3.2 | 1.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 6.4 | 5.4 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6.5 | 5.5 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| 2 | 1.6 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.2 | 1 |
| 58% | 61% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 62% | 64% |
- Jiangxi Liansheng have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Jiangxi Liansheng have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Suzhou Dongwu have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in League One
| 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 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 22 | 52 |
| 2 | Chengdu Qianbao | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 30 | 48 |
| 3 | Wuhan Three Towns | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 46 |
| 4 | Hangzhou | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 45 |
| 5 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 39 |
| 6 | Guizhou Zhicheng | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 35 |
| 7 | Nantong Zhiyun | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 34 |
| 8 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 34 |
| 9 | Zhenjiang Huasa | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 33 |
| 10 | Sichuan | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 30 |
| 11 | Suzhou Dongwu | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -2 | 26 |
| 12 | Nanjing City | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 25 |
| 13 | Shenyang Urban | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -13 | 21 |
| 14 | Zibo Sunday | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -10 | 16 |
| 15 | Beijing BG | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 15 |
| 16 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -21 | 13 |
| 17 | BIT | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 18 | -30 | 8 |
| 18 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -22 | 7 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)