This match features two teams living in the basement of the League One, Suzhou Dongwu holding 6th place and Nei Mongol Zhongyou lying 5th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Suzhou Dongwu form and stats
Suzhou Dongwu, who have the most conceded goals (15) in League One, have played 5 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Suzhou, their manager J. Liu and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 186 minutes without scoring a league goal. Li Haowen was the last player to find the net.
No payout for Suzhou in their previous match, an away game at Beijing BG that ended in defeat 0-4. Preceding that match was the home game against Chengdu Qianbao that was lost 0-1.
Suzhou Dongwu were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
There will be little rest for Suzhou after this match as they are travelling to Nantong Zhiyun for a League One game in only four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Suzhou here at Changzhou Institute of Technology in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 5 games). Suzhou have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Nei Mongol Zhongyou form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest scored goals (5) in League One, on their League One travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Zhongyou seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Zhongyou aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 373 league minutes without a goal. Fang Hao was the last player to find the net.
Nei Mongol Zhongyou play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Chengdu Qianbao. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Beijing Renhe.
Nei Mongol Zhongyou are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 5 away games. As opposed to that, Zhongyou have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Suzhou Dongwu and Nei Mongol Zhongyou have met before this season: Nei Mongol Zhongyou - Suzhou 0-2. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - one - zero (Suzhou wins - draws - Nei Mongol Zhongyou wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Z. Li 2 goals |  H. Li 2 goals |  A. Pacheco Fraga 2 goals |
Suzhou Dongwu missing players
Nei Mongol Zhongyou missing players
| Suzhou Dongwu | Nei Mongol Zhongyou | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 90% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 80% |
| 60% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 60% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 60% | 60% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 80% | 70% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | 36 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 41 | 73 |
| 28 | 15 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 17 | 27 |
| 25% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | 19% |
- Nei Mongol Zhongyou has the fewest scored goals (2) away in League One
- Nei Mongol Zhongyou has the fewest scored goals (5) in League One
- Nei Mongol Zhongyou has the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in League One
- Nei Mongol Zhongyou have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Nei Mongol Zhongyou is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Suzhou Dongwu has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League One
- Suzhou Dongwu has the fewest points from losing position (0) in League One
- Suzhou Dongwu has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in League One
- Suzhou Dongwu has the most conceded goals (15) in League One
- Suzhou Dongwu has the most conceded goals in the second half (8) in League One
- Suzhou Dongwu has the the worst goal difference (-8) in League One
- Suzhou Dongwu have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | Taizhou Yuanda | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | Beijing Renhe | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | Beijing BG | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | Nei Mongol Zhongyou | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 7 |
| 6 | Suzhou Dongwu | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 7 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)