Season ticket holders at Wuhua People's Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Zibo Sunday languishing in the 6th position so far. The guesting Sichuan will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Zibo Sunday is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Sichuan have the fewest scored goals (3) in League One
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!
Zibo Sunday form and stats
Zibo Sunday have played three League One home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. All in all it has been a very rough period for Zibo Sunday who hasn’t won a league-game in their last eleven attempts. Their previous win was against BIT, 1015 days ago.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Xinjiang Tianshan in the League One last time out and are looking for a win here.
Heartbreak before that as Sunday lost 1-2 at Hangzhou's place.Sunday have scored 1 goal here in 3 league matches, a depressing statistic. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Zibo Sunday with 6 goals conceded in these matches.
Sichuan form and stats
The League One season is young and Sichuan, who have the fewest scored goals (3) in League One, have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Sichuan have lost on their last two travels.
Sichuan won their last game, 1-0 versus Hangzhou played at home.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Shaanxi Chang'an's place.The schedule is very tough for Sichuan now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League One game at Xinjiang Tianshan is waiting in only four days.
Goals are few and far between in Sichuan's away league games. Only 0 goals from 3 travels. It's not easy to score on Sichuan as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Sichuan - Sunday 0-0. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - two - zero (Sunday wins - draws - Sichuan wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Zibo Sunday missing players
Sichuan missing players
| Zibo Sunday | Sichuan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 71% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.6 | 4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5.3 | 4.6 |
| 1.3 | 1.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| 44% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 20% |
- Sichuan have failed to score a single goal away.
- Sichuan have the fewest scored goals (0) away in League One
- Sichuan have the fewest scored goals (3) in League One
- Sichuan have yet to win a game away.
- Zibo Sunday have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Zibo Sunday have the fewest points (1) at home in League One
- Zibo Sunday have the fewest scored goals (1) at home in League One
- Zibo Sunday have the most conceded goals in the second half (11) in League One
- Zibo Sunday have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in League One
- Zibo Sunday have the the worst goal difference (-5) at home in League One
- Zibo Sunday have the the worst goal difference (-9) in League One
- Zibo Sunday have yet to win a game.
- Zibo Sunday is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| 2 | Hangzhou | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Sichuan | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 8 |
| 5 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 4 |
| 6 | Zibo Sunday | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 2 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)