13th- against 8th position might not sound all that sexy. Fear not: We have the intelligence that makes Zibo Sunday - Heilongjiang Lava Spring (even) more interesting!
- Zibo Sunday have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Heilongjiang Lava Spring have scored at least twice as many goals away as Zibo Sunday have scored home.
These are busy days for the team playing at home, as they were in action only four days ago in the League One. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at BIT.
Zibo Sunday form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League One this season. Zibo Sunday have only managed 2 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses from their games here.
Happy days for Sunday in their previous game, a League One match away at BIT (placed 17th) that ended with a 2-0 victory.
Heartbreak before that as Sunday lost 1-5 at Shijiazhuang Ever Bright's place.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Jiangxi Liansheng are coming to town in four days.
Sunday have scored 6 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. Sunday have conceded 17 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Heilongjiang Lava Spring form and stats
Playing away, Heilongjiang Lava Spring have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the League One this season.
Two travels in a row for Heilongjiang Lava Spring, whose manager M. Gao could celebrate last time after the League One win against Chengdu Qianbao.
A loss against Zhenjiang Huasa was the result prior to that, in a home game.Heilongjiang are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Heilongjiang have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Zibo Sunday missing players
Heilongjiang Lava Spring missing players
| Zibo Sunday | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 21 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 20 | 36 |
| 47 | 24 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 18 | 34 |
| 85% | 85% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 88% |
| 70% | 69% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 69% | 69% |
| 52% | 54% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 54% | 46% |
| 30% | 31% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 46% | 35% |
| 11% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 15% |
| 44% | 46% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 54% | 54% |
| 26% | 15% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 38% | 38% |
| 44% | 54% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 15% | 19% |
| 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| 4.3 | 4.5 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 2.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 6.2 | 6 |
| 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 56% | 41% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 70% | 65% | 55% |
| 9 | 10.6 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 2.3 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| 3.3 | 3.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
- Heilongjiang Lava Spring have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Heilongjiang Lava Spring have scored at least twice as many goals away as Zibo Sunday have scored home.
- Zibo Sunday have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Zibo Sunday 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 | Meizhou Hakka | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 31 | 64 |
| 2 | Wuhan Three Towns | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 28 | 61 |
| 3 | Hangzhou | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 24 | 58 |
| 4 | Chengdu Qianbao | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 30 | 55 |
| 5 | Nantong Zhiyun | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 46 |
| 6 | Zhenjiang Huasa | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 15 | 44 |
| 7 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 42 |
| 8 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -1 | 41 |
| 9 | Sichuan | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 38 |
| 10 | Guizhou Zhicheng | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 38 |
| 11 | Nanjing City | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -8 | 32 |
| 12 | Suzhou Dongwu | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -9 | 26 |
| 13 | Zibo Sunday | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -13 | 25 |
| 14 | Shenyang Urban | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -15 | 25 |
| 15 | Beijing BG | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 20 |
| 16 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -24 | 17 |
| 17 | BIT | 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 23 | -39 | 9 |
| 18 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 17 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 18 | -38 | 8 |
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