With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second League One game of the season. Xinjiang Tianshan look forward to welcoming Zibo Sunday in front of their home support.
Xinjiang Tianshan have less rest than Zibo Sunday in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a League One game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Meizhou Hakka, so at least Xinjiang are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Xinjiang Tianshan form and stats
Last season, Xinjiang Tianshan's league statistics were 3 wins, 9 draws and 18 losses, resulting in a 16th position in the League One. Over these 30 matches they scored 24 goals and conceded 61. Playing at home last season Xinjiang Tianshan managed 3-5-7 (win-draw-lost) with 18 goals and 34 conceded.
Zibo Sunday form and stats
It's all red in the travel logs of Sunday, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team. With the Sunday losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
A 1-4 defeat away at Tianjin Teda before that.
Zibo Sunday lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
Head 2 Head
Xinjiang Tianshan missing players
Zibo Sunday missing players
| Xinjiang Tianshan | Zibo Sunday | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Xinjiang Tianshan | Last season | Zibo Sunday | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 17 | 9 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Scored | S | 10 | 28 | ||
| 27 | 13 | Conceded | C | 20 | 30 | ||
| 82% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | ||
| 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 64% | ||
| 47% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 45% | ||
| 24% | 11% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 18% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 18% | ||
| 59% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 36% | ||
| 18% | 11% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 32% | ||
| 41% | 44% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 41% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.2 | 7.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 54% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hangzhou | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Wuhan Three Towns | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Meizhou Hakka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Beijing BG | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Zhenjiang Huasa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Nanjing City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Nantong Zhiyun | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Sichuan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | BIT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Zibo Sunday | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
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