Battling Cangzhou Mighty Lions are desperate to pull off a small shock when they host enterprising Wuhan Three Towns in the next league match. It’s 13th vs 5th and the home crowd will have so-so confidence.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have the most conceded goals (17) in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have the most scored goals (12) away in Super League
It's no vacation for neither Cangzhou Mighty Lions nor Wuhan Three Towns as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions form and stats
0-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Cangzhou Mighty Lions, who have the most conceded goals (17) in Super League, so far this season.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions faced defeat in their previous match, away at Beijing Guoan (2-6). Cangzhou were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Maritu (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.03/10. Maritu scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that match was the home game against Changchun Yatai that was lost 2-4.Cangzhou Mighty Lions have conceded 7 from these games.
Wuhan Three Towns form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (12) away in Super League, are W3-D2-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
Two trips in a row for Wuhan Three Towns, whose manager Pineda could celebrate last time after the win against Nantong Zhiyun. That win felt nice as this club had gone four league fixtures without winning. As mentioned above, Wuhan was the only team on the pitch versus Nantong Zhiyun in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task. It's hard not to mention Tao's lethal finishing against Nantong Zhiyun. three goals were a big reason for the important victory. Midfield player Tao was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.52/10. Tao scored three goals, served one assist, hit one key pass and had 19 successful passes (of 21 total).
Preceding that match was the 3-3 draw at home vs Chengdu Rongcheng.The Wuhan Three Towns manager Pineda has got the team scoring on the road, with 12 away goals in 5 league matches. Wuhan Three Towns are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Cangzhou Mighty Lions one win, zero draws and Wuhan Three Towns one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Taty Maritu 4 goals |  J. Locadia 3 goals |   Q. Tao 3 goals |
Cangzhou Mighty Lions missing players
Wuhan Three Towns missing players
| Cangzhou Mighty Lions | Wuhan Three Towns | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | 16 |
| 17 | 7 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 78% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 33% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 44% |
| 22% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 22% |
| 22% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 22% |
| 78% | 75% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 56% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 33% |
| 11% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 4.6 | 5.8 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
| 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3 | 4 |
| 2.3 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.6 | 13.5 | 17.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 15.6 | 15.8 |
| 3.4 | 4.5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 6.6 | 6 |
| 32% | 22% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 36% | 30% |
| 15.2 | 17 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11.2 | 11.4 |
| 5.3 | 6.2 | 7.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
- All of Wuhan Three Towns's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have the most conceded goals (17) in Super League
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in Super League
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Super League
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have yet to win a game at home.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Wuhan Three Towns have not yet lost a game away.
- Wuhan Three Towns have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Wuhan Three Towns have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Wuhan Three Towns have scored at least twice as many goals away as Cangzhou Mighty Lions have scored home.
- Wuhan Three Towns have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Wuhan Three Towns have the most scored goals (12) away in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have the the best goal difference (+9) away in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Wuhan Three Towns haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Shanghai SIPG | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 20 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 | Changchun Yatai | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Wuhan Three Towns | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Tianjin Teda | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 8 | Shandong Luneng | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 8 |
| 9 | Qingdao Jonoon | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 10 | Meizhou Hakka | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 11 | Shenzhen | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 8 |
| 12 | Henan Jianye | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 7 |
| 14 | Dalian Yifang | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Nantong Zhiyun | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 6 |
| 16 | Hangzhou | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
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