The host team, Dongguan United, should be the favourites in this fixture, but Hainan Star have displayed both flair and fearlessness. Learn more about the match!
- Dongguan United have the fewest conceded goals (4) in League Two
- Hainan Star have the most conceded goals (14) in League Two
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Dongguan United and Hainan Star.
Dongguan United form and stats
When playing at home in the League Two, Dongguan United, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) in League Two, have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.
The supporters are hoping that Dongguan United will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Tai'an Tiankuang (placed 1st).
Preceding that match was the home game against Yichun Grand Tiger that was lost 1-2.Dongguan are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 4 matches.
Hainan Star form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most conceded goals (14) in League Two, on their League Two travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
There were no winners in Hainan Star's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Baotou Nanjiao (placed 6th).
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Zhuhai Qin'ao.The attacking power of Hainan Star when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Hainan Star have conceded 6 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have battled before this season: Hainan Star - Dongguan 1-1.
Dongguan United missing players
Hainan Star missing players
| Dongguan United | Hainan Star | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 25% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 25% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 25% | 22% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 25% | 56% |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 4.3 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 6.3 | 4.7 |
| 3.4 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.3 | 7.7 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 4 | 5.9 |
| 3.4 | 4.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 1.3 | 2.6 |
| 25% | 23% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 50% | 44% |
| 5.6 | 6.7 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 22 | 12 | 9.1 |
| 1.9 | 2.3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 5 | 4.3 |
- Dongguan United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Dongguan United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Dongguan United have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Dongguan United have the fewest conceded goals (4) in League Two
- Dongguan United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in League Two
- Dongguan United have the most clean sheets (4) in League Two
- Dongguan United have the most dropped points from leading position (5) in League Two
- Dongguan United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hainan Star have the most conceded goals (14) in League Two
- Hainan Star have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in League Two
- Hainan Star have the the worst goal difference (-3) away in League Two
- Hainan Star have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Hainan Star 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 | Tai'an Tiankuang | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 2 | Dongguan United | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| 3 | Zhuhai Qin'ao | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 4 | Hainan Star | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 5 | Yichun Grand Tiger | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 6 | Baotou Nanjiao | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
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