League One: A pair of teams who have done splendidly as yet. Prepare for Wuhan Three Towns - Nantong Zhiyun with this thorough preview!
- Wuhan Three Towns have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in League One
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in League One
Both participants have had time to rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's trust this will be an energetic game!
Wuhan Three Towns form and stats
6-1-0 is the performance here at Tazi Lake Sports Centre Football Field 3 so far in the League One, giving Wuhan Three Towns a total of 19 from their 7 games here. Outstanding results! Wuhan Three Towns has a nice streak going on as they have played twelve consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Nanjing City defeat 75 days ago.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Xiaofeng Geng not having conceded a league goal in 248 minutes.
A good away victory last time out for Wuhan, who won 1-0 against Beijing BG (placed 16th).
Ahead of that match, Wuhan Three Towns won a home game hosting Xinjiang Tianshan (3-0).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Wuhan as they are travelling to their away game against Zibo Sunday in the League One. That match is four days after this one.
Wuhan are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (21 goals in 7 games). From these home matches, Wuhan have conceded only 5 goals.
Nantong Zhiyun form and stats
4-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Nantong Zhiyun in their League One matches away. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Nantong Zhiyun's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Heilongjiang Lava Spring game.
Impressive finishing from Lei Wenjie, Jiang Zilei and Zé Turbo (2) secured the home win 4-2 against Zibo Sunday in their previous game. A bonkers game with masses of goals last time out for Nantong, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that entertaining match, will this game be as refreshing?
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Guizhou Zhicheng at their stadium, the result 2-0.A new game in only four days for Nantong, the League One home match versus Xinjiang Tianshan. Busy days.
Nantong has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 7 games. Nantong are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 3 goals away.
Head 2 Head
The squads have played each other already this season, with the final score Nantong Zhiyun - Wuhan Three Towns 1-2 entered in the official records.Wuhan Three Towns missing players
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| Wuhan Three Towns | Nantong Zhiyun | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 0 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 17 | 8 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 56 | 30 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 19 | 42 |
| 19 | 12 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 79% | 83% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 71% |
| 67% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 42% | 54% |
| 54% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 17% |
| 58% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 42% | 54% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 42% | 29% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 21% |
| 5.7 | 5.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 2.5 | 3.1 |
| 1.8 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.6 | 11.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.2 | 6.6 | 7.1 |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 53% | 55% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 52% | 59% |
- Nantong Zhiyun have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Nantong Zhiyun have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in League One
- Wuhan Three Towns have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Wuhan Three Towns have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Wuhan Three Towns have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in League One
- Wuhan Three Towns have the most matches over the total-line (14) in League One
- Wuhan Three Towns have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Wuhan Three Towns 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 | Meizhou Hakka | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 26 | 58 |
| 2 | Wuhan Three Towns | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 55 |
| 3 | Chengdu Qianbao | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 32 | 54 |
| 4 | Hangzhou | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 52 |
| 5 | Nantong Zhiyun | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 43 |
| 6 | Zhenjiang Huasa | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 40 |
| 7 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 40 |
| 8 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 38 |
| 9 | Guizhou Zhicheng | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 37 |
| 10 | Sichuan | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 34 |
| 11 | Nanjing City | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 28 |
| 12 | Suzhou Dongwu | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -4 | 26 |
| 13 | Shenyang Urban | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | -16 | 21 |
| 14 | Zibo Sunday | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -13 | 19 |
| 15 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -20 | 17 |
| 16 | Beijing BG | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 16 |
| 17 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -28 | 8 |
| 18 | BIT | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 22 | -36 | 8 |
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