Here's the whole lot you need to be aware of, and then some, ahead of the Cangzhou Mighty Lions - Changchun Yatai fixture!
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Changchun Yatai have scored more than double the goals of Cangzhou Mighty Lions.
These teams have little in common geographically as Changchun Yatai have to travel 1200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
These are full days for the host team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Super League. This match was also played here at Aswan Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Changchun Yatai have had more rest.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions form and stats
Cangzhou Mighty Lions's results here at Aswan Stadium in the Super League have been very modest with 1 victory, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
The home club members saw a 1-1 draw versus Hangzhou last time out and are looking for a victory here. Jiang was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Hangzhou after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Defender Yiming got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.55/10. Yiming won 8 of 11 duels.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Dalian Professional.Low on goals? Looking at this club's last 13 league matches, 10 have had zero, one or two goals.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Cangzhou as they have a new game in only four days, a Super League match thankfully also at home. Shanghai SIPG are visiting.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions aren't scoring a lot here at Aswan Stadium in the league, with only 6 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Cangzhou Mighty Lions have conceded 9 goals.
Changchun Yatai form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 2 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
Two travels in a row for Changchun Yatai, whose manager Chen could celebrate last time after the win against Hebei CFFC. Hooray; their first victory in the league after six rounds not winning. As mentioned above, Changchun was the only team on the pitch versus Hebei CFFC in their previous game, winning 7-1. This could be a tougher task. Negrão certainly enjoyed Changchun Yatai's last game versus Hebei CFFC, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 7-1 victory. The attacker Negrão got a match rating of 9.74 in that game. Negrão scored three goals, hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 2-2 draw at Tianjin Teda's stadium before that.After this away game Changchun Yatai return home for a Super League game against Chengdu Rongcheng. That game is only four sleeps after this.
It's early days yet, but Changchun Yatai has scored 16 and conceded 16 goals from their travels in the league so far (8 games).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the previous four meetings involving these two participants are: two wins for Cangzhou Mighty Lions, zero draws and two wins for Changchun Yatai. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: one game.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Figueiredo Pinto Júnior 7 goals |  L. Tan 5 goals |  E. Nascimento de Lima 4 goals |
Cangzhou Mighty Lions missing players
Changchun Yatai missing players
| Cangzhou Mighty Lions | Changchun Yatai | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 12 | 16 | 23 |
| 21 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | 21 |
| 93% | 88% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 77% |
| 86% | 88% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 77% |
| 29% | 12% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 75% | 54% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 23% |
| 50% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 69% |
| 14% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 23% |
| 43% | 38% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 31% |
| 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 5.7 | 5 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7.4 | 7.4 | 6.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.7 | 11.9 | 11.2 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.3 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
| 31% | 32% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 52% | 50% |
| 14.8 | 15.5 | 14.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 12.6 | 12.2 |
| 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Changchun Yatai have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Changchun Yatai have scored more than double the goals of Cangzhou Mighty Lions.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wuhan Three Towns | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 38 | 40 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 36 |
| 3 | Henan Jianye | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 4 | Meizhou Hakka | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Shanghai Shenhua | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 22 |
| 7 | Shanghai SIPG | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 8 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 20 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 19 |
| 11 | Wuhan Zall | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | Changchun Yatai | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 16 |
| 13 | Shenzhen | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 16 |
| 14 | Dalian Professional | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 12 |
| 15 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 11 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -11 | 10 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -26 | 3 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -32 | 3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
